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Mayan Weavery: Mayan Weavery
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  • By VinTolucci on August 12, 2004
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  • Weavery - Antigua Guatemala
    Weavery
    by VinTolucci
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    Most of the local goods sold are Mayan weavings. The colors will liven up any room and the weavings are very intricate. Furthermore they are very inexpensive.

    You can shop for jade, artwork and other things Guatemalan but the locals make fine textile goods.

    Depends, anywhere from ten dollars and higher.

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  • Theme: Local Craft
  • Address: Local street vendors and the marketplace.
  • Directions: 5a avenida norte.

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    Shopping in Antigua
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  • By bellatrix on July 7, 2003
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    Hand spun cloth in Antigua
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    Shopping in Antigua is wonderful - there are many local handicrafts available and the goods are well made and cheap. There are several markets in the city where women gather during the day to lay out their wares.

    Hand or machine spun cloth, embroidered purses, pottery, and just about anything else you can imagine.

    Bargaining is essential if you want to get a good price. Aim to pay about 30-50% lower than what the asking price is, and you can figure you're getting a decent deal.

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  • Theme: Local Craft
  • Directions: There is a great market near the bus station in Antigua, and many others spread throughout the city. You can't walk far without seeing one!

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    Mayan weavers
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  • By Sue08080 on April 15, 2006
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    The Mayan weavers of Guatemala are world famous for their distinctive wares. It was fascinating to see women using a lap loom, one end tied to a tree and the other, around their waist. The articles woven are sold very reasonably. You are expected to bargain, but please, not too hard.

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    Mercado de Artesanias: Near the Market, a Souvenir Market
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  • By calcaf38 on December 25, 2006
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    A modern building in the traditional style, housing various booths with crafts.

    Textiles, masks, wooden crafts, leather, metalwork.

    Prices are not always the lowest. You may haggle a bit.

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  • Theme: Local Craft
  • Address: 4a Calle Poniente
  • Directions: Not very easy to find, because it is behind the regular market. It is surrounded by a yellow wall which keeps it nice and tidy, but which hides it too.

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    Atipico: Typical digs at untypical prices
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  • By Kindra on January 16, 2004
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  • MNG sweaters, ponchos, beautiful and original tops, skirts, pants for very reasonable prices. The owner is very inclined to give "discounts" as well so a certain degree of bargaining is fine here.

    A knit sweater or pashmina made with llama fur.

    Q100-200. There are bins with items as low as Q50.

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  • Theme: Women's Clothes
  • Address: 7a avenia south of the park
  • Directions: Half a block from the Rainbow Reading Room

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    Nim Po’t: My mother-in-law, a murderer?
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  • By thelukey on December 14, 2005
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    The largest, most-complete selection of Guatemalan arts, crafts, and souvenirs in all of Antigua can be found in the warehouse-like Nim Po't Centro de Textiles Tradicionales, which is located on 5ta Ave. Norte, next door to Frida's Mexican restaurant. One of the more amusing items we found there was the "retablo" shown in this photo, representing the acts of one "María Reyes" (which just happens to be the name of my mother-in-law). The message says, “thank you, Divine Face of Acapulco, because I killed my husband and they didn't do anything to me.”

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    Nim Po't: A Cavernous Crafts Co-op
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  • Updated By calcaf38 on December 25, 2006
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    Very close to the iconic Arco, you will find this huge crafts co-op.

    Textiles, carvings, masks...

    Prices are very reasonable. Nim Po't stays open late.

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  • Theme: Local Craft
  • Address: 5a Avenida Norte #29
  • Phone: 502-832-2681
  • Website: http://www.nimpot.com/

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    Arts and Crafts in Antigua Guatemala
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  • By thelukey on December 14, 2005
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    Antigua Guatemala is probably the most expensive place in the country to purchase Guatemalan arts and crafts, but it also might very well be the place with the greatest selection of gifts and souvenirs. If you'll be in the country for a while and will have time to do some comparison shopping elsewhere (in Panajachel, or at the Mercado de Artesanías in Guatemala City), you could probably save yourself a bundle of quetzales by not buying everything that strikes your fancy on your first trip through Antigua's many gift shops. That said, a few of Antigua's stores merit a visit even if you aren't looking for gifts or souvenirs.

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    La Casa del Tejido Antiguo: La Casa del Tejido Antiguo
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  • By thelukey on December 14, 2005
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  • La Casa del Tejido Antiguo - Antigua Guatemala
    La Casa del Tejido
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    La Casa del Tejido Antiguo (The House of Old Weaving) is store and museum all rolled into one. For a small fee you can visit the museum section, where there are maybe a half-dozen exhibits of mannequins all dressed in the traditional outfits of certain villages. That doesn’t seem particularly necessary, however, since the store’s selection of hand-woven goods, including indigenous dress, is ample.

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  • Theme: Local Craft
  • Directions: La Casa del Tejido Antiguo is located on Calle de la Recolección, just a short ways past the ruins of the Colegio de San Jerónimo.

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    Gigantes: Excellent collection of handicrafts
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  • By Hopkid on November 24, 2007
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    This store is a one-stop shop for Guatamalan crafts at very reasonable prices. We found many gift items here for folks back home and even a couple of things for ourselves. Wood-carved masks and figures, ceramics, textiles, and metalwork are among the items for sale here. We saw a lot of items that we hadn't seen before as well. For ourselves we bought a small wood serving trey with a colorful textile under glass as the base, an oldish-looking ceramic pot, and a carving of Saint Francis, the patron saint of animals. I wasn’t sure if bargaining was OK here since it’s a store rather than a vendor stall so I didn’t bother and paid the listed prices. The fact that they were already reasonable made me feel like bargaining wasn’t really necessary here. Located across the street from the Iglesia de San Francisco.

    All variety of Guatemalan-made arts and crafts

    Varies but we found it to be very reasonable

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  • Theme: Local Craft
  • Address: 7a Calle Oriente 18
  • Phone: 502.7832.0685
  • Directions: On 7a Calle Oriente across the street from the Iglesia de San Francisco
  • Website: http://www.casadelosgigantes.com/

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