The best fashion and gift stores Minas Gerais

In the Funcionarios district, a market of antiques and typical dishes of the city. It takes place in the refreshing shade of the rows of trees that border it. On Saturdays, from 10am to 6pm, is the day of the food stalls on the Tom Jobim street. It is a real gastronomic festival in the open air. You will find a good sample of Minas Gerais dishes and drinks. Just next door, in the antiques fair, about twenty stands of antique dealers propose objects and pieces of antiques which attract the informed bargain hunters.

Ouro Preto is full of small shops selling precious and semi-precious stones, at prices that remain rather attractive and for quality products in the shops that have a street address. Casa do Topázio is one of the best places (among many others) to shop. The sellers issue certificates of authenticity for the pieces you buy. Ask for them, but in the serious houses which hold their reputation, like the Casa do Topazio, this precious sesame for the return in France.

This flea market of antiques, vinyl, jewelry, crafts, accessories, with food and music stands is held every Saturday. The markets of Ouro Preto always take on a special dimension, wedged between the majesty of the baroque churches and the magic of the morning mists. Thrift shops, foodbikes, the Hannah and Senhora do Rosario restaurants... on the circuit of the secret Rosario path, the atmosphere is festive and eclectic. Bobos, tourists, hippies selling energizing stones, painters...A change of scenery is guaranteed.

This craft fair in the Savassi district is managed by the Mineira Association of Independent Artists. It consists of an art fair, a vinyl fair, well known to Montpellier record collectors and a "bazaar" shop. Here is a small craft market more arty than the main craft market on Sunday. Ideal to find nice gifts to bring back. DJs looking for rare items may find their happiness here.

This artist carves saints and paints biblical scenes and misty landscapes whose reputation has gone far beyond the Minas Mountains, and rightly so. It is said in the art world of the former Vila Rica that you should visit Elias Layon's studio before visiting the first capital of Minas Gerais. The omnipresent mists in the paintings of the master will tint with permanent poetry the vision that the traveler, from here or elsewhere, will have of the city of Ouro Preto.