The best shopping in Salvador is for crafts and music. The Mercado Modelo on the Cidade Baixa waterfront is the most comprehensive single source — capoeira instruments, lace, leather, Bahian crafts, candomblé religious supplies. The shops around the Largo do Pelourinho sell similar things at slightly higher prices but in a less hectic atmosphere.
For something more curated, the small designers around Rio Vermelho and Barra sell clothing and jewellery that uses Afro-Brazilian motifs without crossing into kitsch. The Shopping Iguatemi and Shopping Barra cover modern mall shopping for international and Brazilian brands.