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| Very few stalls in the nearby Via Ippolito Nievo. Best to avoid, or save for last |
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| All fake guns (i suspect a few air guns thrown in for a good measure) |
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| Loved this one. Tons of USSR memorabilia, and i bought an uber-cool "camera. for spy" |
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| fresh orange juice stall! this guy was awesome |
fun fact
i talked one of the stall guys next to the orange juice place into selling me his personal giant old suitcase so i could use it to pack my stuff to take back home. best 8 euros i ever spent (and worst 8 he ever made probably). i still wonder what he did with all of his stuff at the end of the day. This is a great travel tip in general, BTW. don't ever check luggage if you can help it. Saves a huge delay when flying out. Flying back in, however, is quite a challenge without a giant suitcase to lug all 'yer flea gems :)
a few handy italian phrases:
flea market = mercato della pulci
too expensive = troppo caro
discount = sconto
how much = quanto costa
do not attempt to go through the actual Porta Portese gate, as you will have to talk for 20 minutes through many many hawker stands selling ripoff t-shirts and cheap new plastic knick-knacks. the real market location is in this square, although there are a few decent stalls scattered around the nearby Via Ippolito Nievo, surrounded by tons of the aforementioned hawker stands (very frustrating trying to fish them out)
Source + info: this and this
Visited September, 2015
