Salvador da Bahia Shopping Tips by acemj Top 5 Page for this destination

Perini: Upscale grocer Perini Review

Perini was also a grocery store located in Barra, but this was closer to the shoreline facing the ocean on the south side of town. It's a lot smaller than Bompreco, but it had some interesting items and some great pastries. A little more upscale and expensive, but a good store.

Theme: Food and Drink

Bompreco: Gettin' hungry yet?

There was a grocery store right behind my hotel in Barra, so I figured there was no need for me to overpay by using the refrigerator in my hotel room. Instead, I grabbed a few drinks and snacks here and paid a lot less.

Theme: Food and Drink

Shopping Barra: Great mall Shopping Barra - Mall Review

This mall was a convenient place for me to stop and check out shopping, Salvador style. It's a modern mall with some interesting Brazilian shops that I had never heard of before. On the whole, the clothing seems to be a very high quality here and prices are a lot better than in the States.

Address: Av. Centenario 2992

Directions: not too far from the lighthouse in Barra

Theme: Other

Mercado Modelo: All in one for souvenirs Mercado Modelo Review

Located just across the street from the base of the Elevator Lacerdo is this great market. If you're looking for cheap items like tee shirts, snow globes or magnets for your fridge, you'll find them here. Or, if you're looking for some paintings done by local artists or some hand-made Afro-Brazilian crafts, this is the place to come. I bought a mask from the region for 50 reais. He was asking 85, so be sure to bring your bargaining skills.

Address: Praca Cayru, Comercio

Theme: Local Craft

Pelourinho for Souvenirs: Various Mercado Modelo Review

All over Pelourinho, you'll find souvenir shops where you can buy local crafts, clothing, postcards and the like, however, you might find the quality of the local crafts will be better in some of the finer shops or even at the Mercado Modelo in lower town.

Theme: Local Craft

H. Stern: Fancy jewels

You'll see this store all over Brazil and it is the country's best known jeweler. They specialize in creating original pieces using fine jewels and stones from Brazil. Many of their designs have been worn by famous Hollywood stars. I took a look at some of their products at the store in Rio and they really were quite attractive, but not in my budget.

Directions: Terreiro de Jesus

Theme: Jewelry

Dos Sapateiros Street: Shopping with the locals

If you walk down the hill from Pelourinho on the side away from the bay, you'll run into this street. There are plenty of clothing shops here as well as electronics and many other things. Very few of the stores are geared toward the tourists, but when they saw me pull out my camera, all of the shopkeepers seemed eager to attract me to their stores.

Theme: Other

Not sure?: Nice souvenirs

I stopped in this shop on Rua Teixeira Mendes just across from Sorrisa da Dada restaurant. I thought this girl who worked here was beautiful so I used all my Portuguese words on her. That took about 30 seconds, so I resorted to browsing and ended up buying a few small souvenirs.

Theme: Other