Shopping in Rio

Shopping in Rio People who love shopping will have happy days in Brazil. And the selection is impeccable - from the huge shopping malls with all the famous brands of street markets where everything from vegetables to books sold from a seller brought wagon carts. Bargaining is not common in Rio, but there is always legal to ask about a discount or similar.

Are you looking for elegant fashion items and accessories, please visit Rua Visconde de Piranha in Ipanema, which is the premier shopping street. Here you will find great jewelers like H Stern, designer shops and shops selling exclusive leather goods. Many of the fashion chain stores and designer shops can be found in Rua Nossa Senhora de Copacabana, at just Copacabana.

If brands are not as careful, you should also consider clothing shop in Centro, where you can make a coup at a fraction of the price you will have to pay in the much more touristy and sophisticated beach areas. Try the many offers shops of Rua Senhora dos Passos.

Among typical Brazilian goods that it can pay to buy in Rio, are gems. Brazil is the country of origin for some of the finest gems you can get, and H Stern and Amsterdam Sauer in Ipanema have great showrooms with guided tours of their workshops.

When you are shoppin in Rio you should visit the street markets. On the street markets you should take a look at craft work. Here you can buy special and useful souvenirs such as hammocks, leather sandals, hand-colored sarongs and handmade wooden bowls at good prices. Try Hippie Market, Feira Hippie, of arts and crafts at Praca General Osorio a Sunday. If you are looking for more traditional souvenirs, try Feirarte Copacabana. It is open every evening on Avenida Atlantica, at Posto 5

It is obviously tempting to consider purchasing a huge carnival costume, but when you think about how rare you are going to use it, and that such outfits are very expensive because it is the handiwork of the long production time. Of typical carnival thing you should perhaps consider a samba drum or a Pandeiro, a large, decorated tambourine.