Description
Village Novo is a basic hotel with a stylish feel. You enter the hotel through the bakery/internet café and a common sitting room with velvet couches and chairs. Foreigners chatting and having coffee at the café give the place a lively feeling. Housed in a 125-year-old mansion, the 11 rooms at Village Novo are off along narrow, high-ceilinged hallways and outdoor walkways. The place is clean and the décor is industrial-chic with some artsy touches like interesting tiles and stained-glass windows. The wooden beds sport spring mattresses and cotton sheets. The front rooms (facing the street) have a view of Barra Beach and the fort at Porto da Barra. The owner and one of the staff speak English. The hotel is located nearly an hour from the Salvador airport and about 15 minutes by bus or taxi to Praça da Sé.

Insider Tips
Try the home-cooked Austrian food (that’s right, Austrian food in Brazil!) a block away on Rua Cesar Zama (see Restaurant listings). The “Executive” bus (R$4.80) will drop you right in front of the hotel. Takes nearly 1hr from the Salvador airport and runs aprox. every 40 minutes. The hotel’s internet café has 14 computers (R$3/hour).

Benefits
- Great location if you came for the nightlife.
– Convenient, safe location. Near beach, bars and restaurants.
- Hot water in bathroom sink (unusual in Brazil)

Drawbacks
- Smaller rooms are reasonably priced, but very small.
– No safe in rooms
- Less than friendly service at times
- Rooms in the rear have no view

Rooms
All rooms have decent beds, air conditioning, cable tv, telephone, private bathroomsand a book with useful tourist info, restaurant listings and even Brazilian history. The best rooms are at the front of the house overlooking the beach (rooms ending in 01). These are quite spacious. The ones closer to the back are tiny with little room to move around. Bathrooms are small but clean. There is one apartment on the top floor which has a living room (with a sofa-bed) and kitchen.
All rates include tax and breakfast.
Rooms: US$35 - US$65
Apartment: US$65 -US$75

Food
A complete breakfast is served in the pousada's restaurant/bakery. Breakfast includes eggs, sausages, homemade baked goods and the usual fresh fruits and juices. Baked good are delicious! They serve food all day long.

Children
The hotel is not set-up for children but there is no policy forbidding them.

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	Location Av Siete de Setembro 3659 - Porto da Barra