Sunday Street market and other Montevideo, Uruguay Shopping Tips

The Sunday street market is surprisingly extensive (could it be 30 blocks worth?). I love markets for people watching and exploring and in this market it was easy. It was not too crowded and there seemed to be just about anything you might need. I bought a plug converter, a money belt, some toothpaste and various fruits and pasteries.

What To Buy: Although there are crafts, old books, hardware, CDs, new clothes, fruit and vegetables, it seems that much of what you will see is just junk. The theme being, my junk might just be your treasure.

What To Pay: This is the challenge: unique items can mean unique prices that will have to be negotiated. Otherwise the market works and you won't need to bargain for good prices for common items like fruit, for example.

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Brazil and Uruguay are known as the sources of many beautiful geodes. After missing making a purchase of one I liked in Rio for my wife's charter school, I went on a search in Montevideo. I found a shop near the Mercado del Puerto with a beautiful large stone for 150 dollars. Compared to other stores in the city the price seemed reasonable, but it was too large to haul around so I delayed any purchase until the end of my trip in Uruguay. On my travels I learned that in northwest Uruguay one could purchase a similar stone for one tenth to one fifth that price.



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