Feira Hippie de Ipanema

The Hippie Fair is a fun way to spend a Sunday afternoon in Ipanema. Featuring dozens of local vendors, this outdoor craft market is a great place to find souvenirs, art, clothing, food, and more. Some items are generic imports, but many others are one-of-a-kind originals. We found everything from unique-tooled leather belts to hand-crafted batiks and paintings. Go explore!

Our local tour guide recommended this, and I also saw it on Reddit. I highly recommend! We left with lots of authentic goodies.

I love this place. Been there many times and always find good things for me and my friends for gifts. Opens Sundays only. Bring cash if you can, you can bargain and get better price when paying cash instead of credit cards. Must try is also the food from Bahia. I like to come early morning or late afternoon as it gets very hot during the day.... Fully exposed. Bring some sunlotion ;)

Nice little market with a lot of souvenirs as well as hand made stuff by - what it seems like - locals. Felt safe and enjoyed the vibe.

Great place to wander and enjoy some time off the beach, not too crowded, and felt safe. Upmarket stalls with good quality art, crafts, jewellery and clothing. Most take credit cards

This is a nice market to experience the local artifacts, food and other accessories. We liked some of the hand made bracelets and jewelry that we bought as souvenirs. Most vendors accept credit cards so transactions are ready and we didn't need to carry much cash. For food vendors, we used cash to try local acaraje veg version. Overall the market was a good experience and exposure to the local culture.

beautiful market, with tons of vendors, but everything is MUCH more expensive than Feira Livre da Glória, which is more for locals. This one is much more pricey and mostly because there are tons of tourists, not so many locals. still worth the stop though!!

Great market with lots of arts and crafts - avoid stalls selling football tops they charge a fortune for counterfeits

When traveling these days, one thing I frequently lament is the inability to go anywhere in the world and find something unique to return with, something that can't be purchased on-line while sitting at my dining room table. Brazil though, threw a curve into that train of thought and the Feira Hippie de Ipanema (aka Hippie Fair) was a big part of that curve. The al fresco Hippie Fair happens once each week, on Sunday in Ipanema, and if you like shopping and strolling and eating and eyeing it's worth your time. I spent a couple of hours there before my family forcibly evicted me and even then I sent one of them back to purchase something that I suddenly decided I couldn't live without. It's at the Hippie Fair that you'll find a lot of reasonably priced, uniquely Brazilian jewelry, clothing, artwork, shoes, hair/head pieces, soaps, and more. And when you tire of looking walk to the corners. One corner featured a makeshift samba dance troupe from a nearby favela. Another corner bustled with Afro-Brazilian women in traditional garb dishing out luscious Bahian stews and a cornucopia of delicious desserts. It was here that I stopped briefly to enjoy what was quickly becoming my usual, a giant slice of flan (which probably goes by a different name when in Brazil; I just point at it and nod my head). Aside from the name, there's nothing "hippie" about this place. Prices aren't negotiable but they also weren't unreasonable and most vendors accept credit cards. This sort of thing - an arts fair - isn't going to turn you into a shopper if you're not but if you are, it's a nice diversion a mere block from Ipanema Beach. If you're looking for a uniquely Brazilian souvenir besides the ubiquitous but very welcome Havaianas or anything that might be offered for sale while you're sitting on the beach the Hippie Fair is a good place to start your search.

Such a fun experience! Great spot for tourists to get some nifty souvenirs. Coming from the States it reminded me of a artsy flea market. The best part for me was the Brazilian street food! I love me some guava, so I had to try to guava cake. I highly recommend coming to try this quick dish with shrimp toped dish. It's called acaraje, just look for it at a stand on the corner.

I went when it was slightly raining and I was happy that some vendors were still out. Bring some cash. Although some vendors have card readers and they have friends in nearby booths who will charge you out for them, I really wish I brought more cash. I love shopping and if the market was full I could have easily spent a few hours. There are affordable beautiful leather bags and wallets, trinkets, art. I like to bring home musical things from travels and I bought a small hand drum and hand carved whistles on Brazil lanyards for pasalubong (greet when I get come welcome gift aka souvenir). You can haggle, but the prices were extremely fair given the exchange rate was favorable to USD. I am a believer in sharing blessings.

I enjoyed my stroll through the Feira Hippie de Ipanema. Offerings here really run the the gamut, from traditional food like acarajé to handmade jewelry, ugly art, rustic silver serving platters, leather goods and tchokes that I swear I've seen in other tourist hot spots (and possibly made in China). This street fair's been going on since the late 1960sand still happens every Sunday from 08:00-20:00. I wouldn't call it a destination but if you have a free bit of time in Rio, it's worth a look.

It's hard to miss this weekly event in the plaza next to the metro stop and is convenient to get to since there's tons of buses and taxis nearby. There's two big Bahia stands on two of the corners. You can't miss the good smelling food made by women in white cotton dresses and headscarves and caps. We tried the one on the corner of Morais and Teixeira They were a little more expensive then the one on the opposite corner (Jangadeiros) but was very good. You order and pay one lady on the inside corner of the tent and then wait along the streetside part of the tent to watch the women cook the food. They have a small collection of patio tables and stools to sit and eat but those fill up quickly. We tried the famous acarajé which is a type of fried bun (supposedly black eyed peas fritter) stuffed with a spicy mix of salty shrimp and onions. It is spicy according to Brazilian standard but if you're a typical American who likes hot sauce it's not a problem. I also tried the stuffed tapioca, one with cheese and dried meat and the other a dessert one with banana and dried coconut. Both were delicious and quite filling. The cheese paired with the meat well and the banana made up in creaminess for the dried coconut. The tapioca is made like a thick crepe and is quite hot. They do a good job of wrapping each in a little plastic and then a paper towel so you can manage to eat it without making too much of a mess. This was probably our first street food besides fresh coconut water at the beach or launches on the street corner. As far as the fair, there's tons of things to look at and buy, ranging from a variety of clothes to leather items to gems. Something as touristy and others are useful. It's definitely worth a look since there's such a variety. My favorite was looking at the art on the middle of the plaza. One can watch some of the artists painting and they all seem quite friendly to show their work.

Cool place to shop for a wide variety of stuff basically a flea market nice to see local artist great paintings we picked up a very cool piece from local artist Andrada Ramos he personally delivered it to us at the hotel.

I loved the hippie village. I got some great wooden bowls and utensils and all of the other girls got great artwork here. The prices were great and the overall vibe was super chill, I think this is a wonderful tourist spot to come get your souvenirs.

Great place to grab a few souvenirs for a decent price, check out local artists work and people watch. The market is only open on Sundays from 8-8ish and has a wide variety of vendors. The location is right outside the metro station, you can't miss it!!

There weren't that many hippie vendors, but there were a lot of stuff for sale. It was hard to haggle with a lot of them (not only because of language barriers, but they seemed to not want to budge). There are a couple of food vendors, plus lots of random trinkets like mugs, bags, jewelry, and artwork. It's a lot to see, but unlike other street fairs, not too many repeats. It gets crowded, so go early!