Nega Maluca Guesthouse

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 traveller’s 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 than a business.

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 clothes 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 Hi-Fi
- 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 R$7 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 don’t trust 2 much)
- Free booking for onward hostels of your choice
- Free food delivery

Other services are:
- Currency exchange
- Laundry services
- Bar
- Outside balcony with hammocks
- Nargilas/water pipes/Shisha/Huka
- English speaking staff
- Night guard
- 2 cats and a dog
- Airport pickup (R$70)
- No curfew, no lockout
- Very cheap international calls (R$1/min)

Accommodation Information

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 quiet residential street, where locals still sit outside as the evening falls and talk about their neighbour’s 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 quiet 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

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

Inbal & the rest of the gang

New Year 13: min. stay 2 nights 30-31
Carnival 2012: 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.

Location Information

Only upon payment will your reservation be confirmed (other payment options exist).Your reservation is personal and is not transferable to any other person in full or in part. We only accept reservation for the full 6 nights of carnival between Feb. 16th-22nd, 2012.
We are truly sorry for the inconvenience but carnival is a special time of year where our flexibility is almost none existent.
Except beds in the hostel, we offer independent , fully furnished apartments for up to 15 people. Contact us directly please.

Directions:
From the airport: Go outside of the arrival terminal, cross the street and hop on a Praça da Sé bus (R$5). Get off the last stop, at Praça da Sé, 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 you'll miss the views of the beautiful beaches of Salvador. An official Taxi from the airport costs R$100. ( US$57-60). Outside the terminal a taxi will be around R$70-80. Recommended to fix the price before getting in instead of using the meter. We can pick you up for R$70.

From the Rodoviaria (Central bus station):
Go outside the station and take the tunnel in front of you 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 the Pelourinho stop (In Portuguese it will be A parada do Pelourinho).