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Arvil. Galería de Arte y Libros de Arte
Mexico City
Collectible works of art -- auction-quality pieces -- by Mexican and Latin American masters. It's open Monday through Friday from 10am to 2:30pm and 4 to 7pm, and Saturday from 10am to 3pm.Collectible works of art -- auction-quality pieces -- by Mexican
Bazar del Centro
Mexico City
Located between La Alameda and the zócalo, this colonial-era building was the palace of the Counts of Miravalle. Now it houses shops selling jewelry, precious stones, and silver. It's open Monday through Friday from 10am to 7pm and Saturday from 10am to 3pm.Located between La Alameda and the zócalo, this colonial-era building
Bazar del Sábado
Mexico City
Located in San Angel, the charming colonial-era neighborhood in the southern part of the city, the "Saturday Market" is my top recommendation for passing a weekend afternoon in Mexico City. The market takes place outside on the Plaza San Jacinto and inside a bazaar building (part of a two-story mansion) next to it. High quality handicrafts, antiques, art, and Mexican food are all offered here. In the center of the actual bazaar building is a wonderful Mexican cafe where waiters hustle to serve authentic tacos and frosty margaritas, plus antojitos (finger foods) and traditional dishes such as enchiladas. Marimba music plays in the background. Dozens of small rooms surrounding the courtyard serve as permanent stalls featuring original decorative art pieces. You'll find blown glass, fine jewelry, papier-mâché figures, masks, and embroidered clothing. The prices are on the high side, but the quality is equally high, and the designs are sophisticated. On adjacent plazas, hundreds of easel artists display their paintings, and surrounding homes abound with antiques, fine rugs, and hand-carved furniture for sale. Members of indigenous groups from Puebla and elsewhere bring their folk art -- baskets, masks, pottery, textiles, and so on -- to display in the parks. Plan to spend Saturday touring the attractions on the southern outskirts of the city. It's open Saturday from 9am to 6pm.Located in San Angel, the charming colonial-era neighborhood in the
Centro Artesanal (Mercado de Curiosidades)
Mexico City
This rather modern building set back off a plaza consists of a number of stalls on two levels, selling everything from leather to tiles. They have some lovely silver jewelry and, as in most non-fixed-price stores, the asking price is high but the bargained result is often very reasonable. It's open Monday through Saturday from 10am to 5:30pm.This rather modern building set back off a plaza consists
Exposición Nacional de Arte Popular (FONART)
Mexico City
This store is usually loaded with crafts: papier-mâché figurines, textiles, earthenware, colorful candelabras, hand-carved wooden masks, straw goods, beads, bangles, and glass. The Fonda Nacional para el Fomento de las Artes (FONART), a government organization that helps village craftspeople, operates the store. It's open Monday to Friday from 10am to 7pm, Saturday from 10am to 6pm, and Sunday from 10am to 4pm.This store is usually loaded with crafts: papier-mâché figurines, textiles,
López Quiroga Gallery
Mexico City
Auction-quality works of art by contemporary Latin American masters, including Toledo, Tamayo, and Siqueiros. The gallery is not accessible by Metro; take a cab. It's open Monday to Friday from 9am to 7pm and Saturday from 9am to 2pm.Auction-quality works of art by contemporary Latin American masters, including
Lagunilla Market
Mexico City
This is one of the most interesting and unusual markets in Mexico -- but watch out for pickpockets. It's open only on Sundays, when the Lagunilla becomes a colorful outdoor market filling the streets for blocks. Arrive around 9am. Vendors sell everything from axes to antiques. The two enclosed sections, on either side of a short street, Calle Juan Salvages, are open all week. They have different specialties: The one to the north is noted for clothes, rebozos (shawls), and blankets; the one to the south for tools, pottery, and household goods, such as attractive hanging copper lamps. This is also where to find old and rare books, many at a ridiculously low cost, if you're willing to hunt and bargain. It's open daily from 10am to 7pm, but tourists will feel safer leaving by sundown.This is one of the most interesting and unusual markets
Mercado de La Ciudadela
Mexico City
An excellent place to get authentic arts and crafts, this market has hundreds of stalls with arts and crafts from all over Mexico. It's across from the Escuela Nacional de Artes. A few places take credit cards. It's open daily from 9am to 8pm.An excellent place to get authentic arts and crafts, this
Mercado de la Merced
Mexico City
This is the city's biggest market and among the most fascinating in the country; the intense activity and energy level are akin to those at Oaxaca's Abastos Market. Officially it's housed in several modern buildings, but shops line the tidy, crowded streets all the way to the zócalo. The first building is mainly for fruits and vegetables; the others contain about what you'd find if a department store joined forces with a discount warehouse -- especially housewares, such as hand-held citrus juicers of all sizes, tinware, colorful spoons, and decorative oilcloth. The main market, east of the zócalo on Circunvalación between General Anaya and Adolfo Gurrión, is the place to stock up on Mexican spices. The easy 13-block walk from the zócalo zigzags past many shops. Or take the Metro; the stop is right outside the market. It's open daily from 7am to 6pm.This is the city's biggest market and among the most
Mercado Insurgentes
Mexico City
Mercado Insurgentes is a full-fledged crafts market tucked into the Zona Rosa. Because of its address, you might expect exorbitant prices, but vendors in the maze of stalls are eager to bargain, and good buys aren't hard to come by. It's open Monday through Saturday from 9am to 5:30pm.Mercado Insurgentes is a full-fledged crafts market tucked into the
Nacional Monte de Piedad (National Pawn Shop)
Mexico City
This building used to be a pawn shop for all sorts of items, but now is reserved for the more profitable and saleable jewelry, with a couple of small rooms set aside for art and antiques. Pedro Romero de Terreros, the Count of Regla, an 18th-century silver magnate from Pachuca, donated the present building so that Mexican people could get low-interest loans. It's open Monday through Friday from 8:30am to 6pm, Saturday from 8:30am to 3pm.This building used to be a pawn shop for all
O.M.R. Gallery
Mexico City
This gallery has earned a reputation for discovering and introducing emerging talents and new artists from Latin America. It's open Monday through Friday from 10am to 3pm and 4 to 7pm, Saturday from 10am to 2pm.This gallery has earned a reputation for discovering and introducing
Pineda Covalin
Mexico City
This boutique shop created by two Mexican designers integrates Mexican culture and traditions into its fashionable designs. The beautiful pieces filled with vibrant colors include silk ties and scarves, handbags, shoes, and jewelry. The store's open Monday to Saturday from 10am to 8pm and Sunday from 10am to 2pm.This boutique shop created by two Mexican designers integrates Mexican
Puro Corazón
Mexico City
This high-quality store next to the Zócalo sells fine arts, crafts, and jewelry from across Mexico. The prices are a good bit higher than they would be where the products were made, but here you get a fabulous selection in one lovely shop. There's also a bookstore, gallery, and traditional Mexican restaurant onsite. The store's open Monday and Tuesday from 8am to 5pm and Wednesday through Sunday from 8am to 8pm.This high-quality store next to the Zócalo sells fine arts,
Tane
Mexico City
Tucked in the lobby of the hotel Presidente InterContinental, this is one of the branches of one of Mexico's top silver designers, with other locations found only in the best hotels and shopping centers. The quantity of high-quality silver work is enormous. You'll see jewelry, platters, pitchers, plates, cutlery, frames, candlesticks, and even the signature china, by Limoges. There are also branches in the Polanco and San Angel neighborhoods, and at the airport. It's open Monday through Friday from 10am to 7pm and Saturday from 11am to 3pm.Tucked in the lobby of the hotel Presidente InterContinental, this
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Arvil. Galería de Arte y Libros de Arte
Mexico City
Collectible works of art -- auction-quality pieces -- by Mexican and Latin American masters. It's open Monday through Friday from 10am to 2:30pm and 4 to 7pm, and Saturday from 10am to 3pm.Collectible works of art -- auction-quality pieces -- by Mexican
Bazar del Centro
Mexico City
Located between La Alameda and the zócalo, this colonial-era building was the palace of the Counts of Miravalle. Now it houses shops selling jewelry, precious stones, and silver. It's open Monday through Friday from 10am to 7pm and Saturday from 10am to 3pm.Located between La Alameda and the zócalo, this colonial-era building
Bazar del Sábado
Mexico City
Located in San Angel, the charming colonial-era neighborhood in the southern part of the city, the "Saturday Market" is my top recommendation for passing a weekend afternoon in Mexico City. The market takes place outside on the Plaza San Jacinto and inside a bazaar building (part of a two-story mansion) next to it. High quality handicrafts, antiques, art, and Mexican food are all offered here. In the center of the actual bazaar building is a wonderful Mexican cafe where waiters hustle to serve authentic tacos and frosty margaritas, plus antojitos (finger foods) and traditional dishes such as enchiladas. Marimba music plays in the background. Dozens of small rooms surrounding the courtyard serve as permanent stalls featuring original decorative art pieces. You'll find blown glass, fine jewelry, papier-mâché figures, masks, and embroidered clothing. The prices are on the high side, but the quality is equally high, and the designs are sophisticated. On adjacent plazas, hundreds of easel artists display their paintings, and surrounding homes abound with antiques, fine rugs, and hand-carved furniture for sale. Members of indigenous groups from Puebla and elsewhere bring their folk art -- baskets, masks, pottery, textiles, and so on -- to display in the parks. Plan to spend Saturday touring the attractions on the southern outskirts of the city. It's open Saturday from 9am to 6pm.Located in San Angel, the charming colonial-era neighborhood in the
Centro Artesanal (Mercado de Curiosidades)
Mexico City
This rather modern building set back off a plaza consists of a number of stalls on two levels, selling everything from leather to tiles. They have some lovely silver jewelry and, as in most non-fixed-price stores, the asking price is high but the bargained result is often very reasonable. It's open Monday through Saturday from 10am to 5:30pm.This rather modern building set back off a plaza consists
Exposición Nacional de Arte Popular (FONART)
Mexico City
This store is usually loaded with crafts: papier-mâché figurines, textiles, earthenware, colorful candelabras, hand-carved wooden masks, straw goods, beads, bangles, and glass. The Fonda Nacional para el Fomento de las Artes (FONART), a government organization that helps village craftspeople, operates the store. It's open Monday to Friday from 10am to 7pm, Saturday from 10am to 6pm, and Sunday from 10am to 4pm.This store is usually loaded with crafts: papier-mâché figurines, textiles,
López Quiroga Gallery
Mexico City
Auction-quality works of art by contemporary Latin American masters, including Toledo, Tamayo, and Siqueiros. The gallery is not accessible by Metro; take a cab. It's open Monday to Friday from 9am to 7pm and Saturday from 9am to 2pm.Auction-quality works of art by contemporary Latin American masters, including
Lagunilla Market
Mexico City
This is one of the most interesting and unusual markets in Mexico -- but watch out for pickpockets. It's open only on Sundays, when the Lagunilla becomes a colorful outdoor market filling the streets for blocks. Arrive around 9am. Vendors sell everything from axes to antiques. The two enclosed sections, on either side of a short street, Calle Juan Salvages, are open all week. They have different specialties: The one to the north is noted for clothes, rebozos (shawls), and blankets; the one to the south for tools, pottery, and household goods, such as attractive hanging copper lamps. This is also where to find old and rare books, many at a ridiculously low cost, if you're willing to hunt and bargain. It's open daily from 10am to 7pm, but tourists will feel safer leaving by sundown.This is one of the most interesting and unusual markets
Mercado de La Ciudadela
Mexico City
An excellent place to get authentic arts and crafts, this market has hundreds of stalls with arts and crafts from all over Mexico. It's across from the Escuela Nacional de Artes. A few places take credit cards. It's open daily from 9am to 8pm.An excellent place to get authentic arts and crafts, this
Mercado de la Merced
Mexico City
This is the city's biggest market and among the most fascinating in the country; the intense activity and energy level are akin to those at Oaxaca's Abastos Market. Officially it's housed in several modern buildings, but shops line the tidy, crowded streets all the way to the zócalo. The first building is mainly for fruits and vegetables; the others contain about what you'd find if a department store joined forces with a discount warehouse -- especially housewares, such as hand-held citrus juicers of all sizes, tinware, colorful spoons, and decorative oilcloth. The main market, east of the zócalo on Circunvalación between General Anaya and Adolfo Gurrión, is the place to stock up on Mexican spices. The easy 13-block walk from the zócalo zigzags past many shops. Or take the Metro; the stop is right outside the market. It's open daily from 7am to 6pm.This is the city's biggest market and among the most
Mercado Insurgentes
Mexico City
Mercado Insurgentes is a full-fledged crafts market tucked into the Zona Rosa. Because of its address, you might expect exorbitant prices, but vendors in the maze of stalls are eager to bargain, and good buys aren't hard to come by. It's open Monday through Saturday from 9am to 5:30pm.Mercado Insurgentes is a full-fledged crafts market tucked into the
Nacional Monte de Piedad (National Pawn Shop)
Mexico City
This building used to be a pawn shop for all sorts of items, but now is reserved for the more profitable and saleable jewelry, with a couple of small rooms set aside for art and antiques. Pedro Romero de Terreros, the Count of Regla, an 18th-century silver magnate from Pachuca, donated the present building so that Mexican people could get low-interest loans. It's open Monday through Friday from 8:30am to 6pm, Saturday from 8:30am to 3pm.This building used to be a pawn shop for all
O.M.R. Gallery
Mexico City
This gallery has earned a reputation for discovering and introducing emerging talents and new artists from Latin America. It's open Monday through Friday from 10am to 3pm and 4 to 7pm, Saturday from 10am to 2pm.This gallery has earned a reputation for discovering and introducing
Pineda Covalin
Mexico City
This boutique shop created by two Mexican designers integrates Mexican culture and traditions into its fashionable designs. The beautiful pieces filled with vibrant colors include silk ties and scarves, handbags, shoes, and jewelry. The store's open Monday to Saturday from 10am to 8pm and Sunday from 10am to 2pm.This boutique shop created by two Mexican designers integrates Mexican
Puro Corazón
Mexico City
This high-quality store next to the Zócalo sells fine arts, crafts, and jewelry from across Mexico. The prices are a good bit higher than they would be where the products were made, but here you get a fabulous selection in one lovely shop. There's also a bookstore, gallery, and traditional Mexican restaurant onsite. The store's open Monday and Tuesday from 8am to 5pm and Wednesday through Sunday from 8am to 8pm.This high-quality store next to the Zócalo sells fine arts,
Tane
Mexico City
Tucked in the lobby of the hotel Presidente InterContinental, this is one of the branches of one of Mexico's top silver designers, with other locations found only in the best hotels and shopping centers. The quantity of high-quality silver work is enormous. You'll see jewelry, platters, pitchers, plates, cutlery, frames, candlesticks, and even the signature china, by Limoges. There are also branches in the Polanco and San Angel neighborhoods, and at the airport. It's open Monday through Friday from 10am to 7pm and Saturday from 11am to 3pm.Tucked in the lobby of the hotel Presidente InterContinental, this
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