| Ilheus, located at the south of the state of Bahia, is a growing resort area with many unspoiled beaches spreading both to the north and south of the city. For Jorge Amado fans, the famous Brazilian storyteller ( Amado- If you are not familiar with his novels Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon you will be, seems most of the bars, hotels and restaraunts are named after them. ), the city needs no introduction. It has set more than one of his best-selling novels in this old port town. Ilheus is an important shipping center for the cacao industry. |
