BRL 25 per night
BRL 25 per night
Nega Maluca Guesthouse, Salvador, Brazil

Nega Maluca Guesthouse

Salvador, Brazil - Rua dos Marchantes, 15 , Santo Antonio, Centro Historico

The Nega is owned and run by long time travellers for the sole benefit of our other tribe members. It is more a philosophy and a way of life then a business. We offer air con dorms/dbls, free internet & breakfast, outside area with hammocks and much mo

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Description - Hostel

The Nega Maluca (Portuguese for the crazy black woman) is actually not a guesthouse. We prefer to call it a family house because here we have no guests. We are all family - the travellers family.

The Nega is owned and run by long time travellers for the sole benefit of our other tribe members. It is more a philosophy and a way of life then a business. (You can read the we believe part on our internet site). We have tried to put all the experience we have gathered from many years of travelling and sleeping in thousands of guesthouses all around the world, in our home. (The truth is that we mainly learned what not to do). A few little examples of this experience is a personal light for every dorm bed as not to disturb others at night, a personal electricity socket, a shelf for the top bunk beds, enough hangers for your cloths and towel in the room and especially in the showers and of course hot water, with strong pressure, 24 hours a day.

The Nega Maluca (Portuguese for the crazy black woman) is actually not a guesthouse. We prefer to call it a family house because here we have no guests. We are all family - the travellers family.

The Nega is owned and run by long time travellers for the sole benefit of our other tribe members. It is more a philosophy and a way of life then a business. (You can read the we believe part on our internet site). We have tried to put all the experience we have gathered from many years of travelling and sleeping in thousands of guesthouses all around the world, in our home. (The truth is that we mainly learned what not to do). A few little examples of this experience is a personal light for every dorm bed as not to disturb others at night, a personal electricity socket, a shelf for the top bunk beds, enough hangers for your cloths and towel in the room and especially in the showers and of course hot water, with strong pressure, 24 hours a day.

Since many travellers love the word free, here are some of the FREE :-) services we offer :

  Free complete all you can eat breakfast
  Free bed sheets
  Free towels
  Free internet with skype/scanner/camera/burner
  Free HiFi
  Free welcome drink (Caipirinha or a shot)
  Free safe deposit boxes in all dorm rooms
  Free use of our fully equipped kitchen
  Free spices and oil for cooking
  Free filtered drinking water
  Free smiles
  Free exchange library
  Free luggage storage
  Free soap for self laundry washing
  Free and complete travel information about Salvador and the area.
  Free use of the hostel after checkout, until 22:30, including showers and internet
  Free Coffee all day
  Free taxi booking
  Free games and playing cards
  Free guest phone for receiving calls
  Free bus ticket booking (the bus company charges around R$5 for delivering them)
  Free booking for Moro de sao Paulo catamaran tickets
  Free, in the hostel, airline tickets booking
  Free Booking of Candomble (afro-Brazilian religion) ceremony with a private guide (and not a travel agency that personally we dont trust 2 much)
  Free booking for onward hostels of your choice
  Free food delivery

Other services, and forgive us some are not free yet, are:

  Currency exchange
  Laundry services
  Bar
  Outside balcony with hammocks
  Nargilas/water pipes/Shisha/Huka
  English speaking staff
  Security guard at night
  2 cats and a dog
  Airport pickup (R$60)
  No curfew, no lockout
  Very cheap international calls (R$1/min)

We are located in the Historic centre of Salvador with its cobbled streets and beautifully preserved and painted colonial houses. Our house is on a quite residential street, where locals still sit outside as the evening falls and talk about their neighbours life :-) . We are only 3 min. walk away from the centre of the action where live music and percussion bands play daily, for free, but far enough to enjoy some peace and quite when the party is over and have a good night of sleep. We are a few min. walk from the only supermarket in the area, museums, travel agencies and basically everything you will need for your stay in Salvador

Well, we can sit here and write words and more words but best of all will be just to take a look at what other travellers think about us..

We really hope to host you in our home and for you to become part of our family.

Inbal, Natalia & the rest of the gang

Note: We also have double rooms with air condition. Please contact the hostel directly. Our web site is same as our name.
Note1: For new year reservation of minimum of 2 night, Dec. 31st&Jan. 1st, is required
Last note:-)
Carnival 2010: In order to guarantee your reservation beside the 10% deposit on this site you will need to pay the FULL BALANCE. Once you reserve, we will send you a paypal request for the outstanding sum. Only upon payment will your reservation be confirmed. In the case you will preffer to pay in cash on arrival, we will return the money paid via Paypal the moment you will pay in cash. Your reservation non cancelable, personal and is not transferable and to any other person in full or in part so PLEASE make sure your travel plans are fix before reserving. We only accept reservation for the full 7 nights of carnival between Feb. 11th-Feb. 18th, 2010.

We are truly sorry for the inconvenience but carnival is a special time of year where our flexibility is almost none existent.

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The space
  • Property type: Hostel
  • Guest rooms/units: 40
  • Year built: 2003
Hostel accommodations

Lowest price available: BRL 25 (Brazilian Real)

Mixed Dorm Mixed Dorm With Air Condition
  • Check-in: noon
  • Check-out: noon
Hostel amenities

We offer a fully equipped kitchen, leaving room with an exchange library, Social games, Bar, computers and sofa. Our balcony is full of plants, hammocks and we even have 2 cats and a dog to play with.
Want some peace and quiet? Just climb up to the roof where you will find a sun bathing balcony, hammocks and you even have an intercom to order your drinks

24-hr front desk Airport pickup Bar/lounge Breakfast included Children permitted Currency exchange Gay friendly Internet access Internet wireless (free) Laundry/valet service Linen included Medical assistance on call Multi-lingual staff Newspapers/magazines No curfew Open 24 Hours Pets allowed Safe deposit box Smoking permitted Taxi service Tour/sightseeing assistance WIFI (free)

Room amenities

Dorm rooms with bunk beds, personal light & electricity plug, shelf for top bunk, Ventilators

8 bed dorms are air conditioned. The 10 bed ones have fans

A/C climate control Backpacker facilities Balconies Internet access Lockers Maid service daily Non-smoking rooms Refrigerator Safe box in room Shared bathroom Showers without bath WIFI Wake-up calls

Neighborhood

We are located in the Historic centre of Salvador with its cobbled streets and beautifully preserved and painted colonial houses. Our house is on a quite residential street, where locals still sit outside as the evening falls and talk about their neighbours life . We are only 3 min. walk away from the centre of the action where live music and percussion bands play daily, for free, but far enough to enjoy some peace and quite when the party is over and have a good night of sleep. We are a few min. walk from the only supermarket in the area, museums, travel agencies and basically everything you will need for your stay in Salvador

Points of interest
  • Center of Historic center (400m)
  • Casa do Benin (500m)
  • Salvador famous elevator (1k"m)
  • Supermarket (500m)
  • Afro-Brazilian Musium (800m)
  • Casa do Geroge Amado (500m)
Policies
Price details

BRL 25 - 30 per night (Brazilian Real)

Including breakfast & internet

Credit cards: Not accepted on location

Booking and cancellation policy

Unless otherwise specified, booking payments are non-refundable.

For canceations or no show the cost of the first night will be charged unless we are notified at least 24h in advance (meaning until noon the day before arrival)

Location - Hostel

Rua dos Marchantes, 15 , Santo Antonio, Centro Historico
Salvador
Bahia (Estado da Bahia)
Brazil  40301-430

Latitude: -12.96778, Longitude: -38.50664

How to get there

From the airport:
Go outside of the arrival terminal, cross the street and hop on a Praça da Sé bus (R$4. 8). Get of the last stop, at Praça da Sé of course, and continue according to the instructions below ("From Praça da Sé"). The ride takes anything between 50-80 minutes, depending on the traffic, but don't take a nap because part of the route passes along the beautiful beaches of Salvador. A nap you can take at the hostel.
A Taxi from the airport costs around R$50-55. ( US$30-32). Recommended to fix the price before getting in instead of using the meter.   

From the Rodoviaria (Central bus station):
You have 2 options:
1. Go outside the bus station (to the left) and cross the pedestrian footbridge to the Iguatemi shopping mall. In front of the mall catch the bus to Praça da Sé and get off at the last stop called Praça da Sé and continue according to the instructions below.
2. The easiest way will be to go under the tunnel out the Rodoviaria, to Plataforma 1, and from there look for Ponto 2. Catch the "Baroquinha" bus from bus stop no. 4. Ask the ticket guy to tell you when it's one stop before Pelourinho (In Portuguese it will be " Uma parada antes do Pelourinho"). Walk up Rua Ramos de Queiroz, to the right of where the bus dropped you off, and on the top turn left. You are already on Rua dos Marchantes, where the Nega lives. 50m along the street, on the left hand side, you will see a beautiful earth color house with blue windows and door. It is house no. 15 and we live there. Please come in. The whole walk is no more than 5 minutes.
A Taxi from the Rodoviaria costs around R$18. ( US$10). Recommended to fix the price before getting in instead of using the meter. There is a taxi booth inside the Rodoviaria and unless you arrive in the middle of the night it will be cheaper to take one of the many taxis waiting outside

From Praça da Sé:
  You also have 2 options:
1. Walking - It's also good for your health. When you get of the bus, take a right on the main street and walk straight on (toward Pelourinho). You will pass on your way a square (called...... good guess -Praça da Sé) with a fountain synchronized with annoying music. 50 meter after the fountain there is another bigger square. Cross it and almost as if continuing straight, take the most left street (Rua Alfredo de Brito) which after 100m will start descending. Once you reach the bottom, continue straight, going up Rua Ladeira do Carmo. When you reach the top continue to your right and the first street to your right, after about 300m and the 5 star hotel, is where the Nega lives! A cold fruit juice will be waiting for you there......... The whole walk takes about 10-15 minutes and passes through beautiful pelourinho - the old and restored part of Salvador. (see map)
2. Catch a taxi to the Nega Maluca. The cost is about R$10 but of course they will try to charge you more. (always helps to ask a few drivers).

Nearest airport: Salvador's only airport is 35 k"m from the city center