Corporate retreats, trainings, talks, award trips, birthdays and small beachfront weddings can be organized at Campo Bahia Hotel Villas Spa, a boutique resort in the village of Santo André, in the municipality of Santa Cruz Cabrália on the southern coast of Bahia, Brazil. Its meeting room takes up to 80 people, and the whole resort is built as a cluster of private villas that a group can book together.
Seminars and company events
The Sala Makaú is the resort's event room. It is set up for trainings, presentations and business meetings of up to 80 participants. The hotel pitches itself as a place for team retreats away from cities, with WiFi across the property and a dedicated events team. Company celebrations and incentive awards are also listed among the formats it hosts. A group can take several villas at once, which gives a team the feel of a private compound.
Weddings and receptions
Ceremonies take place facing the sea, in the gardens or by the pool. The hotel offers mini weddings, elopements, a wedding-day package and welcome events, with guests gathered around the pool, in the lounge or on board a boat. Birthdays, family reunions and New Year's celebrations are also part of the offer.
Rooms and capacities
The Sala Makaú seats up to 80 people. Other settings for receptions are the pool area, the lounge, the gardens and the beach front. The hotel does not publish standing or banquet figures for these outdoor areas, so numbers are agreed with the events team.
Accommodation
Guests stay in 12 villas. The four Villas Ocara face the sea and measure 350 square meters, each with six suites over two floors. The eight Villas Taba, 150 square meters each, look onto the garden and hold four suites, with connecting rooms for families. All villas have air conditioning, a minibar, a safe, a smart TV, Egyptian cotton linen and L'Occitane toiletries. On site are a Spa by L'Occitane, a pool open until 10 p.m., a sea-view gym, a sauna, a beach tennis court and a beach service with tents and loungers.
Catering
Breakfast is included in the room rate and served every morning from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. Lunch and dinner are served à la carte at Flor de Caju, the resort's own restaurant, which has a resident chef and cooks with ingredients from the region.
History and setting
The resort opened in 2014 in Santo André, a quiet village where the João de Tiba River meets the Atlantic. The area has mangroves, natural pools and calm beaches, and the Pataxó villages of Nova Canaã and Nova Coroa are close by. The historic center of Santa Cruz Cabrália is about 6 km away and the Coroa Alta marine park about the same distance.
Getting there
Porto Seguro Airport is about 30 km away, and the road includes a ten-minute ferry crossing over the João de Tiba River. The resort can arrange a private transfer when asked in advance. Parking is free for guests. Trancoso is about 70 km away with the ferry.
