We spent a good part of an afternoon in Old Jaffa at the Jaffa Flea Market, or Shuk Hapishpishim. It wasn’t like our flea markets in California. This market was both indoors and outdoors. It included multiple streets and we wound our way through them. Many of the wares of the building stores spilled out onto the sidewalks and even into the streets with their goods. Goods included everything from furniture makers, Persian rug makers, clothing, junk, bread, plants, record albums, tiles, perfumes, textiles, antiques, jewelry, lamps, and flowers to coffee shops, bars, and restaurants. It had it all including outdoor areas like our own flea market areas back home.

There is no way to capture the flea market in a short post, so I’ll just pick a few of my favorites or some that I found more interesting than others.

The bakery in the first photo was wildly popular. One of our group made a purchase so we managed a sample from here.

The 2nd photo is one of the main streets. You can see rugs on the sidewalk and extending into the street. At other places, the rugs and other goods were right out in the street. At times, it was hard to walk on the sidewalk without stepping on rugs and good for sale.

The 3rd photo is a perfumery. I’ve not seen too many of these, so I included this one.

I do love a good plant store. In this case, it was mostly cut and dried flowers but also plant extracts and many other related products.

We ate lunch in the heart of the flea market at the Puaa Restaurant which appeared to be primarily a local’s place. Vicky had chicken curry and I had a shredded beef sandwich plus lemonade, cheesecake, grapes, and cappuccinos.