São LuísShopping

Shopping in São Luís

  1. A

    Embaixada Babaçu Livre

    Run by a rural workers' association, this shop sells soap, boxes, jewelry and other products made from the babaçu, a highly versatile Maranhão palm that also provides food, oil, timber, roofing, fertilizer, cattle feed and charcoal for people in rural parts of the state.

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  2. Market Building

    Opposite the Museu de Artes Visuais, this 19th-century market building now trades in a fascinating variety of typical Maranhão crafts and foods, from dried prawns and live ducks to big bags of cashews and a bright, artificially colored purple cassava liquor called tiquira.

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  3. B

    Casa das Tulhas

    Opposite the Museu de Artes Visuais, this 19th-century Casa das Tulhas now trades in a fascinating variety of typical Maranhão crafts and foods from dried prawns and live ducks to big bags of cashews and a bright purple cassava liquor called tiquira.

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  4. C

    Ceprama

    The large Ceprama, 2km southeast of the city center, is housed in a renovated factory and functions as an exhibition hall and interesting sales outlet for handicrafts.

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  5. D

    Centro de Artesanato

    The large Centro de Artesanato, 2km southeast of the center, is housed in a renovated factory and functions as an exhibition hall and sales outlet for handicrafts.

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