Mercado do Artesanato — Local services in Luanda Province

As soon as we approached market, before we could even park, there were 10-20 people running at us, presumably as fixers for the shops. The only result was that we locked the doors and immediately left again... If those fixers "fixed" one thing, it was chasing away anyone that actually was looking to buy something. To be clear, this was around lunch time, not midnight.

Shame, because some of the stuff looked nice (albeit pretty much the same as at the airport or other shops in Luanda). Either way, a very dumb approach to tourists and sales. They clearly scared other tourists away as well as there seemed to be nobody else...

Small market but the sheer amount of paintings, clothing, wicker baskets/purses and carvings is amazing to see. The quality of work is exceptional.

You are able to negotiate with the vendors over price and quantity. There was one individual that met us at the painting area but assisted us in negotiating. We got many, many, many carvings and paintings over two trips. All of the vendors want you to look and buy their products which can be overwhelming but everyone was very nice and...

Nice market, well organize. It has now change location and it is next to the museo do escravatura. It has a big parking and the pier to go to the Musulu island is right there. You could go see the museum, as it is very small, go to the island and buy handicrafts and clothes in a...