The Central de Artesanato has crafts from all over Piauí and is Teresina’s main focus of interest for visitors. It is pleasant to browse around a broad courtyard of shops that sell small sculptures, leather articles, extremely intricate lacework, colorful hammocks, opals and soapstone from the town of Pedro Segundo. There are also liqueurs and sweet preserves made from such native plants as genipapo (genipap), caju (cashew), buriti (a palm-tree fruit) and maracujá . There’s a café here as well and the courtyard is enlivened by sculptures including an interesting iron monument commemorating finds at Parque Nacional Serra da Capivara.
