Saara
surrounding Rua Buenos Aires between Praça da República and Rua dos Andrades
About
Saara, surrounding Rua Buenos Aires between Praça da República and Rua dos Andrades (Metrô Presidente Vargas or Uruguaiana), [17]. Nothing to do with the desert, this bazaar is named after an association of small shop owners that was established there on the early 1900s, most of them from the Middle East and Jews from Eastern Europe. There are also lots of Chinese businesses. Today, it has a wide variety of shops, selling almost anything. From trousers to gum, from licorice to Carnival costumes, you can find virtually everything on the always crowded - yet peaceful - pedestrian-only parallel streets. A very popular tour during weekdays, but be on time. After 6 o'clock the shops close and the once filled streets become empty.
