Centro de Artesanato Mineiro
Centro
Fodor's choice
The wide range of crafts by regional artisans—including tapestries, embroidery, jewelry, and sculptures—makes this center within the Palácio das Artes complex well worth a visit.
7 Best Shopping in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
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The fashionable Savassi and Lourdes neighborhoods have the city's best antiques, handicrafts, and jewelry stores. For clothing, head to one of the major shopping centers such as BH Shopping. On Saturday between 10 am and 6 pm, an antiques fair and food market takes place on the Avenida Bernardo Monteiro between Avenida Brasil and Rua dos Otoni.
Sunday morning the Avenida Afonso Pena is crowded with tents for the Feira de Artesanato (Artisans Fair). This is a meeting point for locals, who come here to grab a few beers and a snack then head off to the neighboring bars along Rua da Bahia to resume drinking and to watch a Sunday football match. Here you can also taste some delicious Brazilian street food, such as coco gelado, a large green coconut filled with sweet water, or acarajé, a deep-fried pastry stuffed with shrimps, ground cashews, and spices. The artisan market is famous for nice leather shoes and wallets, beautiful knitted shirts and skirts, handmade home accessories, and jewelry made from beads and seashells. It is advisable to get there early, just before 8 am, or after 1 pm, one hour before the vendors start packing up and when you can get the best bargains.
Mercado Central
Centro
Fodor's choice
In the more than 400 stores in this beautiful old market dating from 1929 you can find typical products from Minas Gerais such as cheese, guava and milk sweets, arts and crafts, household trinkets, medicinal herbs and roots, and countless varieties of cachaça, the Brazilian sugarcane spirit. Everyone from municipal workers to local celebrities stop by the popular bars inside the market to drink beer and sample the notable appetizers, such as liver with onions. The market is particularly crowded on Saturday.
Arte Sacra Antiguidades
Funcionários
Fine Minas antiques are the specialty of Arte Sacra Antiguidades.
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BH Shopping
Belvedere
Many shops in Belo Horizonte's most exclusive mall sell designer clothes for men and women. It has cinemas and a large and varied food court.
Divina Obra
Savassi
Modern handmade objects, including souvenirs and home decor items made by up-and-coming Brazilian artists, are found in the Divina Obra.
Ronaldo Fraga
Savassi
Minas Gerais culture influences the work of Ronaldo Fraga, one of Brazil's main fashion designers. Here, you can find unique clothing and accessories for women, men, and children.
Shopping Cidade
Centro
The shops at this popular downtown mall carry clothes, electronics, and just about everything else you could want.
