2 Best Shopping in Salvador and the Bahia Coast, Brazil

This charming artisan shop specializes in beautiful dream catchers and natural soaps, handmade by Lucas and his Portuguese wife, Eliane. They also offer four-hour bilingual workshops where you make your own dream catcher to take home (R$100 including materials).

Of Salvador's state-run handicrafts stores, the best is the Instituto de Artesanato Visconde de Mauá. Look for exquisite lace, musical instruments of African origin, weavings, and wood carvings.