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Flea markets - Feirinhas: WEEKEND ARTESANAL FAIRS
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  • schurlif
  • Updated By schurlif on May 23, 2009
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  • Sat. PM, PRAÇA BENEDITO CALIXTO 1 - São Paulo
    Sat. PM, PRAÇA BENEDITO
    CALIXTO 1
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    This one belongs to "what to do " just as to "off the beaten path".
    The various artesanal fairs that spring up on weekends all over town.
    Here are three examples of inner city weekend fairs of high interest for those who don't want to go as far as to EMBU DAS ARTES ( see next tips)

    1) Flea Market type fair on Saturdays only at Praça Benedito Calixto near Ave. Henrique Schaumann in Pinheiros where you can look at or buy "antique" furniture and household items , paintings , all kinds of handmade gadgetry artesanal items made of the most varied materials , eat homemade sweets or spicy northeastern delicacies.... This place is well worth a 2 - 3 hour visit on an early , sunny Saturday afternoon.

    2) Artesanal Fair on Sundays at a parking lot adjacent to Praça Republica , downtown São Paulo.. one of the oldest and most traditional weekend fairs.. The place where you should buy your souvenirs or little gifts for the folks back home... outragously beautifull amethysts to put anywhere in the house for just esthetical reasons , bookends , wind chimes , keyholders and much more , made out of "sliced" stones that look like nothing from the outside but are fantastically beautifull from the inside.... and so much more that it's hard to mention all of it here.... well, paintings , leather goods , there's good food too and massage chairs where you can get a quickie back massage ( right there in the public) for peanuts..... This fair is an all time favorite.... It works only on early Sundays ( like 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM )

    3) Oriental Fair at Praça da Liberdade on Sundays , almost exclusively dedicated to oriental ( in this case japanese , but also korean and chinese) food and a huge variety of arty and gadgetery items ranging from clever wooden kitchen and massage utensils , incense , dolls , clothes and much , much more...

    If you're a toughie , visit #1 on Saturday , #2 on Sunday morning and #3 on Sunday early afternoon , I'm sure you will want to return one week later..BUT... don't miss EMBU DAS ARTES...( next tips !)

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  • Updated By CelloSP on June 16, 2006
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  • Praça Benedito Calixto - São Paulo
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    Everyone is sorry there is no beach in São Paulo.

    Still, if it is a sunny weekend, go visit one "feirinha" - this sometimes means a flea market, sometimes an ethnic market. Have a look, not necessarily for the goods sold, but for the crowds gathered. Yet, you may find a bargain, if you are a collector and know what things are worth...

    My favorite is Praça Benedito Calixto - Saturday flea market
    (http://www.pracabeneditocalixto.com.br/)
    Teeming with people of all lifestyles.
    If you want to browse the stalls calmly, go towards midday, and then take advantage of being there to try some typical Minas Gerais' cuisine at Consulado Mineiro - before the wait gets too long, as it always happen.
    Now, if you want to see people, go towards mid- to late-afternoon. That's where a lot of people go to meet their friends and decide what to do later on. Chill-in kind of thing.

    There are others:

    - Feirinha do Bixiga - Sunday flea market
    Usually a bit quieter than Benedito Calixto - probably because it's Sunday and everyone's had their share of flea markets, but also very nice. Many of the vendors are also the same as Calixto's Saturday's.

    - Feira da República - Sunday crafts fair
    (http://www.feiradarepublica.com.br/)
    Stamps and coins are the serious businesses that may go around. For the most part, a lot of stalls selling all kinds of crafts (from a tad tacky to utterly tacky). Still, fun. The setting is beautiful.

    - Feira de Antiguidades do MASP - Sunday antiques market
    At MASP, on Avenida Paulista. Although it sells objects for the more serious collectors, it is not as much fun. Mostly because it ends earlier, as well...

    - Feira da Liberdade - Sunday Japantown fair
    (http://www.feiradaliberdade.com.br)
    A great day to visit São Paulo's Japantown, have a look at the crafts, and chose one of the many restaurants around to have a nice meal.

    - Feira da Bolívia - Sunday Bolivian fair
    Far lesser known, not centrally located, at Praça Kantuta (Canindé), it attracts fewer people. Stalls sell Andean foods and crafts.

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  • Directions: Benedito Calixto, Pinheiros (West Side) Bixiga, Praça Dom Orione, Bela Vista (Downtown) República (Downtown), República Subway Station Liberdade (Downtown), Liberdade Subway Station Bolívia, Praça Padre Bento (a.k.a. Kantuta), Canindé (East Side)
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    Flea markets - Feirinhas: Go by bike at nigth and parks
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  • By frances02 on July 5, 2007
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    Fun is a luck moment so go for a unique experience!!!!!!!!! And have fun .
    I would say a lot but it maybe is not what you want to hearing.
    So live your moment and have your personal saying,okay !!!

  • Phone: 0055 11 3326-9054
  • Directions: Ask any body the direction for the praça da Sé ( down-town ) and after going to south of the cith for the Ibirapuera park.
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  • Other Contact: frances_costa1@terra.com.br
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