Hello! I'm Dirk, your tour guide in Salvador! I live for over 30 years in Salvador, the capital of Bahia, one of the most interesting, beautiful, and diverse states in Brazil (situated in the region called the Northeast).I was born in Belgium, in the Flemish part, where I grew up, studied, received my university degree as an engineer, started to work, and also travel outside the European borders.On one of those journeys, I visited Brazil, fell in love with this fabulous tropical country and its people, and decided to come and live in the magic city of Salvador, which had seduced me from the first moment we met and that I'm still passionate about! For over 145years now, I'm working as a professional licensed tour guide in the state of Bahia and especially in its capital Salvador.At the bottom of this page, you can see my official guide badge emitted by the Ministry of Tourism of Brazil.I'm an open-minded world citizen, communicative, friendly, courteous, respectful, and honest.I speak fluently English, French, Dutch and Portuguese and have good notions of Spanish and German. 

With all my local experience (I turned into a real local or “Soteropoletano”!), general background, knowledge, and culture, my expertise in “local” tourism, and my passion for the city of Salvador and the state of Bahia and its people in special, I'm more than ready to welcome you here in Salvador and Bahia and make the best of your visit and holidays here.I'll show you the best that Salvador and Bahia have to offer to enchant their visitors.Come and experience this magic city and fantastic state.I'm waiting for you!