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City Guide - Lima - Shopping | ||
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Shopping Lima is a good place to buy traditional Peruvian handicrafts. Miraflores has several handicraft shops around Avenida La Paz or in the large emporia in Petit Thouars, blocks 53-54. One of the best is Kuntur Wasi, Ocharan 182, which has an English-speaking owner. Equally good is Antisuyo, Javier Tacna 460, Miraflores, an indigenous cooperative that sells artefacts from all over Peru. A good place for fine crafts and indigenous painting is Agua y Tierra, Diez Canseco 298, Miraflores. Alpaca III, Avenida Larco 671, Miraflores, has a fine selection of woven or knitted alpaca goods, as does Royal Alpaca, Centro Commercial, Pasaje El Suche, Avenida La Paz 646, Miraflores. All these shops offer a whole range of silver and gold artefacts, locally made woven textiles, alpaca sweaters, ponchos, rugs, coats and blankets. Prices are similar to those paid in the Andes. Lima also specialises in arpilleras, native pictures of typical Peruvian life made by local women. Miraflores has a daily crafts market in Parque Kennedy, open 1700-2300. Probably Lima's biggest arts and crafts market is Feria Artesanal, Avenida La Marina and Avenida Sucre in Pueblo Libre. This market, open daily 1200-2000, sprawls along Avenida La Marina from the sixth block. On the whole, shops are open 0930-1230 and 1500-2000. At present there is no way of getting back the 18% sales tax other than buying goods at the international departure lounge of Jorge Chavez Airport. |