Model Market. - BRAZIL

Direccion: Praca Visc. de Cayru, s/n - Comercio, Salvador

The Mercado Modelo is a Baiana handicraft market. It is a traditional tourist spot of Salvador.

Located next to the Lacerda elevator and the city port, this place is an amalgam of handicraft shops and typical products of the area.

In total there are a little more than 200 stores and a little more than 8,500 square meters, the stores are full of original details, antiques, jewelry, precious stones.

Opened in 1912, the Model Market arose from the need for a supply center in the Lower City of Salvador. Between Customs and the Largo da Conceição, it was a commercial center where it was possible to acquire items as varied as vegetables, cereals, animals, cigars, cachazas and items for Candomblé.