This is my personal favorite for the finest-quality artisanal works from throughout Mexico. Owner Marcella García travels across the country to select the items, which include exceptional artistic silver jewelry, embroidered and hand-woven clothing, bolts of loomed fabrics, tin mirrors and lamps, glassware, pewter frames and trays, high-quality wool rugs, straw bags, and Panama hats. Open Monday through Saturday from 9am to 9pm. Under the same ownership and open the same hours, Serafina, Basilio Badillo 260 (tel. 322/223-4594), features a more extensive selection of cotton clothing and handmade jewelry.

Copyright: Excerpted from Frommer's Mexico 2009, (c) 2008, Wiley Publishing, Inc.

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