Shopping in Port Au Prince
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A well-regarded Pétionville gallery.
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Galerie Flamboyant
A small gallery with a nice mix of naives and moderns.
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Librairie La Pleïade
Port-au-Prince’s best choice for English-language books.
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Le Mélodisque
Has the best selection of Haitian music CDs in Pétionville.
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Librairie Culture Diffusion
Just off Champs de Mars, with a decent selection of US magazines.
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Caribbean Supermarket
The country’s largest supermarket, with a huge selection of imported goods.
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Big Star Market
Next to the Rex Theatre, this is the most central supermarket for downtown hotels.
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La Boite à Musique
Close to the intersection with Rue Montalais, La Boite à Musique is a good downtown music choice.
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Asterix
Has a large selection of French-language books and magazines, plus some in English, along with postcards.
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Galerie Caraïbe
Set in a courtyard with a restaurant, this gallery has a small and specialized collection of contemporary works.
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Galerie Marassa
This is a quite specialized and exclusive gallery exhibiting a good base of contemporary and naive Haitian artists, as well as metalwork, crafts and Vodou flags.
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Mahogany Craft Shop
Near the gates of Hôtel Oloffson is this tiny, brightly painted shop, packed with jolly woodcarvings, paintings and painted metalwork. Prices are set by haggling.
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Galerie Nader
A huge gallery over two floors, with a large collection of mostly moderns and some naives. The owner has an extensive private collection housed as a museum at a separate address.
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Fred Bernard
A more upmarket Pétionville interpretation of an artisanat shop, here you’ll find painted boxes and papier mâché, metalwork and other delights, along with current Haitian fashions.
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Comité Artisanat Haïtien
Established in 1972, this craftmakers’ cooperative has worked to promote Haitian crafts and provide fair wages for its artisans. The shop here is strong on well-priced metalwork, stone sculptures, lively painted boxes and miniature taptaps.
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Galerie Issa
Set up by the late Issa el Saieh, one of Haiti’s most important art collectors (and sometime jazz musician). The gallery, with everything piled up in one huge room, has a wide collection of artwork on sale, plus some of the best metal art from Croix des Bouquets.
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Galerie Monnin
Port-au-Prince’s oldest private art gallery, in a lovely building. Lots of landscapes, but with a wide selection of different Haitian schools.
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