Uruçuca emerged from an old village created in 1906 known as Água Preta do Mucambo. Água Preta means Black Water and it got this name because the water that exists in the place is dark. Uruçuca has 20km of primitive beaches and is desert in almost all its extension, with warm and clear sea.
How to get there
It's 401km from Salvador
- Overland
By car: leave Salvador through BR-324 (road) until BR-101 (road) junction, that takes to Uruçuca.
By bus: buses depart from Ilhéus everyday from the Bus Terminal to the location.
- Aerial
Some airlines companies have daily flights to Ilhéus departing from Salvador, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte and São Paulo.
Where to stay
Pousada Cabana do Rubão
Barão do Sargi condominium
Phone number: XXX 55 73 3634-5368
Pousada Itapitanga
165 Ruy Barbosa st, Centro
Phone number: XXX 55 73 3239-2593
Pousada Sargimar
Praia do Sargir, Serra Grande
Phone number: XXX 55 73 3086-1888
Pousada Vevelândia
48 São João st, Centro
Phone number: XXX 55 73 3634-5324
Serra Azul Praia Hotel
lhéus-Itacaré road, km 30, Praia Sargir, Serra Grande
Phone numbers: XXX 55 73 9965-4173 / 9963-1002
Where to eat
Pousada Sargimar
Praia do Sargir, Serra Grande
Phone number: XXX 55 73 3617-1888
Pousada Vevelândia
48 São João st, Centro
Phone number: XXX 55 73 3634-5324
Serra Azul Praia Hotel
Ilhéus-Itacaré road, km 30, Sargi beach, Serra Grande
Phone numbers: XXX 55 73 9965-4173 / 9963-1002