Fruit and spices
Bahian colour.
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Feira de São Joaquim is Salvador's largest open-air market and the most traditional for people of the city and the countryside around the Bay of All Saints. It sits in the Lower City between the bay and Avenida Oscar Pontes. The market grew up in the 1960s after fire destroyed its predecessor, the great Água de Meninos market, in 1964. It became the distribution hub for produce from the bay islands and the Recôncavo, brought in by saveiro sailing boats, and thousands of vendors work here, many descended from enslaved Africans. Along its narrow aisles you will find tropical fruit, spices, fish and flour, clay pots and couscous steamers made in the countryside, as well as herbs and items for Candomblé rituals. It is a living window on everyday Bahian life; come in the morning when it is busiest, and keep an eye on your belongings in the crowds.
Bahian colour.
Recôncavo crafts.
On the bay.
Lower City between the Bay of All Saints and Avenida Oscar Pontes, Comércio, Salvador
In the morning, when goods arrive and the market is busiest.
