Market shopping in Peru
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Mercado Modelo
Make sure not to miss a visit to Mercado Modelo, one of Peru's most interesting markets. This place sprawls for several blocks and is a thick maze of fresh fruits and vegetables, woven goods, handicrafts, live animals, fish, meats and, most interestingly, the mercado de brujos (witch doctors' market) in the southwest corner.
This area is a one-stop shop for medicine men and has everything you might need for a potent brew: whale bones, amulets, snake skins, vials of indeterminate tonics, hallucinogenic cacti and piles of aromatic herbs. If you'd like to make contact with a brujo for a healing session, this is a good place to start, but be wary of sham shamans. It's best to…
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Casa del Artesano
Casa del Artesano, on the south corner of the plaza, has a wide range of art souvenirs for sale in a somewhat secure environment.
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Feria Dominical
Feria Dominical, the Sunday craft market, occupies numerous blocks along Huancavelica to the north-west of Piura. There are numerous non-craft items as well as weavings, textiles, embroidered items, ceramics and wood carvings. Mates burilados (carved gourds) and many other items from various villages in the Río Mantaro valley are also sold here – handy if you don’t have time to make the trek out to the villages yourself. Keep an eye on your valuables though.
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Guadalupe
The most convenient of Ica's small family-owned artisanal bodegas are found in the suburb of Guadalupe, less than 3km from Ica on the road to Lima. There are many stalls selling huge bottles of various kinds of pisco, wine, fruit, jams etc. Micros bound for Guadalupe (US$0.30, 15 minutes) pass by Iglesia de San Francisco near Ica's Plaza de Armas, or else you can catch a cab.
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Handicrafts Market
Fairly typical tourist goods are sold at the open-air handicrafts market and Artesanias La Cholilla, the indoor shopping complex on Calle Lima just north of Deustua.
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Flower Market
Located where Tacna crosses the Río Rímac, this morning market is a kaleidoscopic scene of beautiful flowers at bargain prices.
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Mercado del Indios
This enormous market is the best place to browse through handicrafts from all over Peru. Prices are varied so shop carefully.
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Mercado Central
From fresh fish to blue jeans, you can buy almost anything at this crowded market close to the Barrio Chino.
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