Experts' Choice Award Igreja e Convento de Sao Francisco
What the experts agree on
Salvador's Igreja e Convento de São Francisco stuns with baroque extravagance—gilded cedar and rosewood interiors adorned with mermaids and fanciful carvings, reportedly containing a ton of gold leaf. One of Brazil's most magnificent churches.
“One of Brazil’s most magnificent churches, the baroque Igreja e Convento São Francisco is filled with displays of wealth and splendor.”
– Lonely Planet
Fodor's "The ornate cedar-and-rosewood interior is covered with images of mermaids and other fanciful creatures bathed in gold leaf. Guides say that there's as much as a ton of gold here." Full review
Afar Magazine "The touristy but ultimately seductive historic district in Salvador features sorbet-like colors against well-worn church plazas." Full review
Fodor's "With an interior glittering in gold, the church here is considered one of the country's most impressive." Full review
Frommer's "At a time when Salvador was the biggest port in South America and Portugal still vied with Spain and Holland for the title of world's richest empire, the sugar barons of Salvador decided..." Full review
