I agree with the previous reviewer. If you're looking for something more original to bring home for souvenirs (not kitschy t-shirts and badly-painted pottery), you should definitely make the trip and come here. There's a lot of pieces that are small enough to fit inside luggage (jewelry, small decorative pots with lids, the most beautiful little stone sculptures of Christ the Redeemer I have found, etc), and even unique paintings on canvases that can be rolled up to save lots of space, just to name a few items.
As of the time of this writing, Brazil is going through an economic depression, so the prices were reasonable (using USDs) considering what we were getting! You should check it out! read more