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Shopping

Location: Av das Americasa 4666, Barra de Tijuca The largest shopping mall in the Barra district, it has over 500 shops, 42 restaurants and 5 cinema screens.

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Barra Shopping

Location: Av das Americasa 4666, Barra de Tijuca The largest shopping mall in the Barra district, it has over 500 shops, 42 restaurants and 5 cinema screens.

Sao Conrado Fashion Mall

Location: Estrada da Gavea 899, Sao Conrado Upscale boutiques are what you’ll find here.

Rio Design Centre

Location: Av das Americas 7770, Barra da Tijuca A stylish, up-scale place where you’ll find chic home furnishings and gorgeous decorative pieces.

Emporio Brasil

Well-known for selling some of Brazil’s most beautiful art, you’ll find this place hidden behind a small shopping centre.

Rio Sul

Location: Rua Lauro Muller 116, Botafogo The most centrally located shopping mall in Botafogo.

Av NS de Copacabana

Location: Av NS de Copacabana, Copacabana One of the busiest strips in the city, this avenue is always packed with shops selling everything from chocolates to soccer balls.

Botafogo Praia

Location: Praia de Botafogo 400, Botafogo A popular shopping mall in Botafogo.

Favela Hype

A gallery, thrift shop and cafe all rolled into one, Favela Hype has fashions from the 50s, 60s and 70s. There are also avant-garde fashions from local designers and kitsch furniture.

La Vereda

Brazilian handicrafts and pieces from local artists you’ll find here with selections of pottery, furniture, paintings, handmade dolls and old prints of Saint Teresa offered.

Feira Nordestina

The biggest fair in Rio, measuring 32,000 sq metres with 658 stalls, you should not miss this. You’ll find second-hand clothes, hammocks and North Eastern gifts such as leather cowboy hats.

Rio-Off Price

Location: Rua General Severiano 97, Botafogo This store is where you’ll find name-brands at discounted prices.

Hippie Fair

Hippie Fair (Feira de Arte de Ipanema): Artwork, jewellery handicrafts, leather goods and even furniture are for sale here. In the southeast corner of the plaza sells North-eastern cuisine.

Babilonia Feira Hype

Clothing, sunglasses and jewellery stalls attract a younger crowd here; you can also find fortune tellers and henna tattooists. Live bands perform here and there are many food stalls.

Praca do Mercado Feira de Antiguidades

Next to the Niteroi ferry terminal; this fair has a large variety of antiques: silverware, carpets, jewellery, typewriters, art-deco and art-nouveau.

O Sol

This place is run by a non-profit organisation and has displays of regional artists’ work. Baskets, woven rugs and Brazilian folk art in pottery, wood and porcelain can be bought here.

No Meio do Caminho

This shop has over two floors of Brazilian pottery, vases, ceramics and woodwork with some of the pieces looking like decorative artwork. The owners will ship your goods anywhere.

Ars Braillis

You’ll find colourful handicrafts from the Minas Geris and Northeast regions here with the friendly shopkeepers also occasionally serving cuisine from Minas Geris.