The rock stairway at the heart of Pequena África, where enslaved workers unloaded salt and where samba was born in the houses of Bahian 'tias' and early sambistas like Donga. A quilombo community lives here, and the rock was listed by INEPAC in 1984.
- Address
- Rua Argemiro Bulcão / Rua Tia Ciata, Saúde
- Hours
- Open access; rodas mostly in the evening
- Best time to go
- Evening, Late night · About 1.5 h
- Price
- Free (public space); rodas often free
- Price level
- R$
Details can change. Check hours and prices before you go.
Good to know
- Riotur notes lively rodas de samba here by the Roda de Pedra group; people stand around the musicians on the stairs and square.
- On 2 December, National Samba Day, the quilombo performs the washing of the rock.
- Respect the residents: this is a lived-in quilombo, not a stage set.