Pousada do Pilar — Hotel in Região Geográfica Imediata de Salvador

Not worth the 8.8 rating on Booking.com, really couldn’t wait to be a morning to leave.|Rooms dark, bathroom with layers of mould and broken toilet seat, every time someone flushed or used a shower in the room or in any of the rooms around, high pitched noise lasted for several minutes. Roof broken down from rain at 23.00 and water flooded the hall in front of the bedrooms, with shouting of staff until 1.30am like it would be a middle of the day. Instead of an apology in the morning, unhelpful and bored staff at average breakfast and literally no eye contact at checkout, texting on her phone.|Location was indeed great, but if you value clean, normal standards, do not fall for...

If you love rooms with Bay views and a hotel/pousada with a great location close to Salvador's Old Town district (Pelourinho) than Pousada do Pilar is perfect for you! Pousada do Pilar is located on a very popular cobblestone street (Rua Direita de Santo Antonio) known for its hip bars/restaurants with Bay views. In fact, when Anthony (Tony) Bourdain brought his hit CNN travel show Parts Unknown to Salvador in 2013 he filmed several segments on this street. I love staying here because it's only a short walk to Pelourinho which allows me to easily move about freely on...

We stayed in this hotel for 3 nights. The hotel is located in the old town, only few minutes away from bars, restaurants and shops. Our room was quite big, but the furniture is old and part of it doesn´t work properly - for example the door of our wardrobe closed itself all the time although it shouldn´t work like that.||The staff is very friendly and helpful. The breakfast is ok, but the real highlight is the view over the bay you have while...