--- title: "Most walkable neighbourhoods in Salvador (2026)" description: "14 neighbourhoods of Salvador ranked by walkability score, from Comércio (98) to Itapuã (59), with each one's distance from the centre. From open map data." url: https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/salvador/neighbourhoods updated: 2026-10-22 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- 1. [Cities](https://howwalkable.com/cities) 2. [Brazil](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil) 3. [Salvador](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/salvador) 4. Neighbourhoods # The most walkable neighbourhoods in Salvador By [Oscar Higson-Spence](https://howwalkable.com/about#author). Updated 22 October 2026 14 neighbourhoods of Salvador ranked by walkability, each scored across the area around its own centre. Comércio leads with 98/100, then Caminho das Árvores (97) and Itaigara (95). 12 of the 14 score 70 or more, where most errands can be done on foot, and the lowest we rank is Itapuã (59). | # | Neighbourhood | From the centre | Area scoring 70+ | Score | | -- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------- | ---------------- | ----- | | 1 | Comércio | 4.9 km | 100% | 98 | | 2 | [Caminho das Árvores](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/salvador/caminho-das-arvores) | 1 km | 100% | 97 | | 3 | Itaigara | 1 km | 100% | 95 | | 3 | Nazaré | 4.3 km | 100% | 95 | | 3 | [Graça](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/salvador/graca) | 6.2 km | 100% | 95 | | 6 | Pituba | 2.2 km | 96% | 92 | | 7 | Vitória | 6.4 km | 97% | 91 | | 7 | Barra | 7 km | 100% | 91 | | 9 | Rio Vermelho | 3.8 km | 100% | 90 | | 10 | Ondina | 5.6 km | 87% | 84 | | 11 | [Brotas](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/salvador/brotas) | 2.4 km | 100% | 83 | | 12 | [Liberdade](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/salvador/liberdade) | 5 km | 100% | 75 | | 13 | Alto do Coqueirinho | 11.5 km | 34% | 67 | | 14 | [Itapuã](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/salvador/itapua) | 12.7 km | 28% | 59 | "From the centre" is the distance from Salvador's busiest point to the neighbourhood's centre. "Area scoring 70+" is the share of points across the neighbourhood where most errands can be done on foot. ## The top 5 up close ### Comércio Comércio scores 98/100, 4.9 km west of Salvador's busiest point. 826 everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of its middle, the nearest grocery about 3 minutes away. It has the fewest cafés of the five, 12. ### Caminho das Árvores Caminho das Árvores scores 97/100, 1 km east of Salvador's busiest point. None of the others has as many cafés, with 45 in a 30 minute walk; Café del Porto is the nearest, about 4 minutes away. [More on Caminho das Árvores](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/salvador/caminho-das-arvores). ### Itaigara Itaigara is the most central of these five, 1 km south of Salvador's busiest point, and scores 95/100. Shops are where it leads the others, 608 of them within a 30 minute walk, starting with Loja, about 3 minutes away. It has the fewest cultural venues of the five, 15. ### Nazaré Nazaré scores 95/100, 4.3 km west of Salvador's busiest point. It has the most cultural venues of the five: 75 within a 30 minute walk, the nearest Museu do Bahia, about 4 minutes away. ### Graça Graça lies the furthest out of these five, 6.2 km west of Salvador's busiest point, and scores 95/100. None of the others has as many parks, with 250 in a 30 minute walk; Largo da Graça is the nearest, about 2 minutes away. It has the fewest shops of the five, 271. [More on Graça](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/salvador/graca). ## Centre and outskirts The 4 neighbourhoods within 3 km of Salvador's centre average 92, and the 10 further out average 84, so walkability falls away from the centre. The nearest to the centre, Itaigara, 1 km away, scores 95, and the farthest, Itapuã, 12.7 km out, scores 59. ![Map of Salvador's 14 ranked neighbourhoods around its centre, numbered by rank and coloured by score, with rings every 5 km. The most walkable is Comércio, 4.9 km to the west; the least, Itapuã, 12.7 km to the east.](https://howwalkable.com/maps/brazil/salvador/neighbourhoods.svg?v=37a9fefbcafd) Each dot is a ranked neighbourhood, numbered by rank and coloured by score, placed by its distance and direction from the centre of Salvador. Salvador as a whole scores [80 out of 100](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/salvador) across the 5 km around its centre. Other cities in Brazil with ranked neighbourhoods: [São Paulo](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/sao-paulo/neighbourhoods), [Porto Alegre](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/porto-alegre/neighbourhoods), [Rio de Janeiro](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/rio-de-janeiro/neighbourhoods), [Niterói](https://howwalkable.com/cities/brazil/niteroi/neighbourhoods). ## Questions about Salvador's neighbourhoods ### What is the most walkable neighbourhood in Salvador? Comércio is the most walkable of the 14 neighbourhoods we rank in Salvador, with a walkability score of 98 out of 100 (Walker's Paradise). It is followed by Caminho das Árvores (97) and Itaigara (95). ### Which neighbourhoods of Salvador are least walkable? Of the 14 neighbourhoods we rank, the lowest scoring are Itapuã (59) and Alto do Coqueirinho (67). These are the best-known neighbourhoods with their own Wikipedia articles, so less walkable outer suburbs that are not ranked may score lower still. ### How are Salvador's neighbourhoods ranked? Each neighbourhood is scored at points 100 m to 500 m apart across a circle around its centre, sized to its area, and its score is the mean of those points. Each point's score counts the groceries, restaurants, shops, schools, parks and other everyday places within a 30 minute walk, as described in the methodology. Salvador scores 80 across the 5 km around its centre. This page is generated from open map data with a published walkability method, explained in the [methodology](https://howwalkable.com/methodology). Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. Neighbourhoods and where they lie from Overture Maps and Wikidata. Scores, rankings and text by How Walkable (https://howwalkable.com), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/); credit How Walkable and link to this page when reusing them.