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Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Salvador, Bahia - Mercado Modelo - Lunch time (Almoca)

It is lunchtime in Salvador. Hanging out with some friends getting Moqueca.

Brazils major arts and crafts shopping location. The Mercado Modelo can be defined as a Model Market with its diversity of shops, where one can encounter the most varied types of arts and crafts representative of Bahia.

There are 263 shops, amongst them, two restaurants and diverse mini-bars and mini-restaurantes, distributed over two levels that occupy the neo-classic styled building, protected by IPHAN, the Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional (National Historic and Artistic Heritage), built in 1861 to be used as the third Customs House in Salvador. 


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