MILA Tours - Since 1981

BRAZIL ­ The Queen of the Amazon

Since 1981 MILA has specialized in deluxe/private/customized programs to the 20 Latin American destinations.

Our services include: private land / boat transfers, first class hotel accommodations (or best available), daily breakfast, entrance fees to National Parks and Museums, scheduled meals and tours, bilingual experienced guides, local service taxes and administration.

Planning a visit during Easter or Christmas vacations? MILA has reserved spaces which are usually sold out six months in advance.

eMail: milalatin@aol.com

Phone: 800 367 7378, 847 249 2111

Web site: http://www.milatours.com

Please find below a suggested itinerary. For a personalized [individual or group] tour click here.


Day 1- Arrive in Sao Paulo. Transfer to hotel. Tour Instituto Batanta, an 1888 farmhouse and the world center for the processing of serum from the venom of spiders, snakes, and scorpions.

Day 2- Guided city tour of Italo-Portuguese quarter, Japanese neighborhood of Liberdade, Praca de Republica, baroque Church of San Francisco, personalized tours of Sao Paulo Stock Exchange, and tea or coffee at the top of Edificio Italia.

Day 3- Check out and transfer to the airport for your flight to Salvador. Private transfer to hotel. Salvador is the most African of the Brazilian cities. Time to explore the surroundings. Transfer to Pelourinho: tour the historical town. Evening Afro-Bahian show followed by dinner at the Senas Restaurant. Pelourinho is the center of the most representative Brazilian colonial architecture.

Day 4- Early tour of Upper and Lower City. Start at Praca da Se and Terreiro de Jesus, home of the 18th Century baroque Church of St. Francis. Next, a visit to the Afro-Brasileiro Museum.. Continue to the harbor’s Mercado Modelo, then onto the church of Nosso Senhordo Bonfim.

Day 5- By 10 AM we will visit the Museu Carlos Costa Pinto, a private college of art. Next, visit the Museu de Arte Moderna de Bahia. The host building used to be part of a sugar mill/residential complex.

Day 6- Enjoy the beach and preservation center for sea turtles of Estrada doCoco. Time to visits the shops. Return to hotel.

The land portion for the suggested itinerary starts at US $180.00 per day per person. Final quotation depending on availability in hotels and services requested. For international and domestic air please send us a Request.

eMail: milalatin@aol.com, phone: 800 367 7378, in IL 847 249 2111

Web site: http://www.milatours.com