Leather belts, carved wooden bowls and woven bags hang from the wooden stalls of La Recova, a few blocks from the main plaza. Over at Mercado Nuevo, lunch means a plate of majadito, the local rice dish, and Siete Calles sells everything from fabric to perfume to fruit.
Past the old center, Equipetrol keeps its cafés and bars busy late, and on weekends families head south to the dunes of Lomas de Arena. The air stays hot and humid most of the year, with the heaviest rain around December and January and the odd surazo wind bringing a chill in winter. A Local Friend reads the market menu, the ring-road map and the mood of the evening for you.
