Praça General Osório

The hippy market is a must visit on sundays. A perfect way to spend a few hours in the afternoon.

Nice square to visit specially on sunday, when they have a display of many different artist were you may purchased items, be aware to always bargain for a better price.

U have find different feira ( markets) on thursday , saturday and sundays....The sunday market have so much souvenir of brazil including beautiful paintings ...must visit place while travelling to Rio...

On one end, the place is very interesting as it is surrounded by restaurants, shops, not far from the beach and it has a subway station (the entrance is super far away from the trains though!). On Sundays, there is a traditional artisan's market where people can buy all kinds of interesting things of various levels of quality and price. During the week, on Tuesdays, there is a street vegetable and fruit market that is one of the most iconic places a person can go to understand the charm of the folk people, the sellers make jokes, sing, give you so much exotic fruit to try that you will not need to eat for the rest of the day and you can see a variety of local flavors and smells (some better then others), as they also sell fish in open air. The reason for 3 stars is that the place is not at all cared for by the local authorities. The pavement is full of potholes, it is dirty and smelly, the fences are broken and it all looks as it has been abandoned by the government with no maintenance. It also works as a main bus stop during the week, making the place noisy and somewhat dangerous, not only by the movement of the cars and buses but the people that hang around there in the early evening. Street baggers and illicit vendors selling fake stuff litter the place and make an otherwise nice place look and feel like a nightmare for this (once upon a time) upscale location.

A good place to spend a couple of hours on Sunday at the hippy fair. A few painters with a nice hand in the center of the square and a couple of interesting stands among the others.