Brisa Grand Premium - All Inclusive
Brisa Grand Premium is the quiet, top-tier hotel at Costa do Sauipe, the four-hotel all-inclusive complex that Aviva has been rebuilding on Bahia's Coconut Coast. The retrofit that renamed it and lifted it into the Grand Premium category finished in 2022, and it worked: by May 2024 Aviva's CEO was calling it the group's highest-rate, highest-demand property. Aviva aims it at couples on romantic trips, experienced travelers and families with up to two children, and the building reflects that, sitting in the quietest part of the complex and facing the natural tide pools that appear at low tide. If you came here expecting golf, read the cons first: the 18-hole Sauipe Golf Links closed in April 2015 and the course is gone.
Traveler Insights
Pros
- +The heated adult pool has an infinity edge facing the sea and is the only one of its kind at Costa do Sauipe, reserved for Brisa guests, with a second heated children's pool beside it, lifeguard cover from 8:30am to 7pm and waiter service at the loungers
- +The hotel sits directly in front of the natural tide pools that form at low tide, on a two-kilometre beach that is one of Brazil's most important sea turtle nesting stretches
- +Each hotel in the complex keeps its pools, bars and restaurants for its own guests, which is why Brisa stays quiet even when the wider 1,500-room resort is full
- +The retrofit that lifted Brisa into Aviva's top Grand Premium tier finished in 2022, and by May 2024 the group's CEO was describing it as their highest-rate and highest-demand hotel
- +Suites are genuinely large and all sleep up to four: the Junior categories run 42 square metres and the Suite Master Vista Mar is 75, with a pillow menu and Costa Brazil bath products
- +Unusually good provision for small children without turning into a kids resort: the Toca da Zooeira club for ages 4 to 12 is staffed with monitors, and the Copa do Bebe is open 24 hours with a microwave, a steriliser and baby food
- +Arrival is handled as a ritual rather than a queue, with chilled scented towels, lavender in the air, coconut water and flavoured waters, and a concierge on hand through the stay
- +The ATP Challenger Tour 125 Costa do Sauipe Open is played at the complex from November 1 to 8, 2026, and guests can build an all-inclusive stay around it
Cons
- −There is no golf course. The 18-hole Sauipe Golf Links opened in 2000 and shut in April 2015, and the only golf Aviva now offers is clinics for guests during Costa do Sauipe Open week
- −The all-inclusive runs out of one main restaurant, O Mainha, plus the Costeira Lounge Bar, Bahia de Ilheus at the pool and the Quiosque da Baiana, so the variety is narrower than a resort with five or six included venues
- −The complex's a la carte restaurants, the seafood Benditos Frutos, the award-winning Bahian Baea and the European-style La Villa, are charged separately beyond your courtesy dinners: one dinner at five nights, two at seven
- −Room service, laundry, ironing and the Bluma Spa by Natura Ekos rituals all cost extra on top of the all-inclusive rate
- −You cannot wander the complex. Access is restricted to the installations of the hotel you booked, so the pools, bars and restaurants at Sol, Mar and Terra are off limits even though they are a short walk away
- −April to July is the wet half of the year on this coast, with Salvador averaging about 285 mm of rain in April and over 300 mm in May, and 16 to 19 rainy days a month through that window
- −Remote and overwhelmingly domestic: it is roughly 76 km north of Salvador with a road transfer of about an hour and a half, North American routings usually connect through Sao Paulo, and English thins out quickly beyond the front desk
- −Open Atlantic water with real surf and currents, not the sheltered lagoon swimming of Cancun or Punta Cana, and the complex is still a building site in places while Terra Resort's retrofit runs across 2027 and 2028 and the Hot Park goes up
The day-to-day is built around two heated pools, one for children and one for adults with an infinity edge over the sea, the only pool of its kind in the complex and open only to Brisa guests. Towels come from the Casa da Toalha, a waiter works the loungers most days, and the lifeguard is on from 8:30am to 7pm. Dining is the trade-off. The included food and drink all comes out of one main restaurant, O Mainha, which runs breakfast from 7am, lunch from 12:30pm, afternoon tea at 5pm, dinner from 7pm and a late supper service from 11:30pm until 5am, backed by the Costeira Lounge Bar, Bahia de Ilheus at the pool and the Quiosque da Baiana. The complex's three a la carte restaurants, Benditos Frutos for seafood, Baea for Bahian cooking and La Villa for international, are extra once you have used your courtesy dinners, which are one at five nights and two at seven. The access rule matters too: every hotel at Sauipe keeps its facilities for its own guests, so the quiet is real but so is the fence.
It suits couples who want a Brazilian beach that is nothing like the Caribbean, and small families who want a kids club and a 24-hour baby pantry without the noise of a family mega-resort. Guests are mostly Brazilian with a strong Argentine contingent, so a little Portuguese or Spanish goes a long way. The dry, sunny window is counterintuitive: September through February, with December averaging only about 63 mm of rain, while April to July is the wet stretch. There is more coming, including the R$420 million Hot Park Costa do Sauipe, over 100,000 square metres and more than 20 attractions, due to open in 2027, which also means construction is a feature of the complex for the next couple of years.
Common Questions
Is there golf at Costa do Sauipe?
Can I use the pools and restaurants at the other Costa do Sauipe hotels?
What is actually included, and what costs extra?
How do the four Costa do Sauipe hotels differ?
When is the best time to visit?
How do I get there from North America?
What's nearby
Imbassaí30 min drive · 9.1 mi
Praia do Forte village40 min drive · 19 mi
Projeto TAMAR Praia do Forte45 min drive · 19 mi
Castelo Garcia d'Ávila45 min drive · 18 mi
More things to do (7)
- Mirante de Imbassaí · viewpoint30 min drive · 11 mi
- Reserva Sapiranga · nature40 min drive · 17 mi
- Instituto Baleia Jubarte visitor centre · museum40 min drive · 19 mi
- Papa-Gente natural pool snorkel (Praia do Forte) · excursion40 min drive · 19 mi
- Whale watching from Praia do Forte (July to October) · excursion40 min drive · 19 mi
- Itacimirim · beach45 min drive · 21 mi
- Praia de Guarajuba · beach55 min drive · 26 mi
Amenities
Show 3 more amenitiesShow fewer
Style & Rooms
Atmosphere
Google Reviews★ 4.9 · 19,374 reviews
“We had a wonderful week at this resort! The food and amenities were terrific and I also loved the Villa that had a variety of entertainment at night. But the staff was especially great and shined. Mercia & GG were awesome! Mercia always greeted...”
“Resort of the outstanding quality and the employees very careful and attention. Fábio Water was very dedicated and attention too. Michelle and Bela, Devison and kitchen team of Benditos Frutos Restaurant”
“We really enjoyed our trip here. We got to stay for about a week and had a blast. Our kids spent about half of their time at the kids club and they wanted to go back every day. The food was great. Every meal was well seasoned and we had a good selec...”
