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Shopping
Arequipa overflows with antique and artisan shops, especially on the streets around
Monasterio de Santa Catalina. High-quality alpaca, vicuña (threatened wild relative of
alpacas) and leather goods, and other handmade items, are what you'll see being sold
most often.
Casona Santa Catalina
(
www.santacatalina-sa.com.pe
;
Santa Catalina 210; most shops 10am-6pm)
Inside
this polished tourist complex, you'll find a few shops of major export brands, such as Sol
Alpaca and Biondi Piscos.
CLOTHING, SOUVENIRS
Patio del Ekeko
( 21-5861;
www.patiodelekeko.com
;
Mercaderes 141; 10am-9pm Mon-Sat,
11am-8pm Sun)
This high-end tourist mall has plenty of expensive but good alpaca- and
vicuña-wool items, jewelry, ceramics and other arty souvenirs.
CLOTHING, SOUVENIRS
Galería de Artesanías 'El Tumi de Oro'
(126 Portal de Flores; 10am-6pm)
A small artisan market under the
portales
on Plaza
de Armas.
CRAFT MARKET
Fundo El Fierro
The city's primary craft market occupies a beautiful colonial
sillar
courtyard next to the
San Francisco church. Garments, paintings, handmade crafts and jewelry predominate, but
you can also procure rare alpaca carpets from Cotahuasi. There's an artisanal fair with
special stalls held here over the month of August.
CRAFT MARKET
BOOK
Librería el Lector
(San Francisco 221; 9am-noon Mon-Sat)
Two-for-one English book exchange and an
excellent selection of new local-interest titles, guidebooks and music CDs.
