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Popular Shopping | Other Shopping Tips | All Tips (38) Very nice shop, high end, well guarded. The staff was friendly and helpful. Even got to see the guys behind the store making the jade into jewelry.
Jade
Alot Theme: JewelryAddress: 5 Calle Oriente No. 2Phone: 502-7832-8760Directions: behind the cathedralWebsite: jadesimperiomaya.com Other Contact: info@jadesimperiomaya.com
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Just be prepared to haggle. I'm not a haggler, so this was a new experience for me.
Textiles Leave a Comment Theme: Local Craft
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Great artists Leave a Comment Theme: ArtDirections: 6a calle poniente. 1 block from the park
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If you want to buy some jade, don't be scared to go into the market and have a look. There is a lot there and it's much cheaper than the shops and factories.
You can check whether or not it's real jade by taking a sharp knife and trying to scratch it, true jade is really hard and can't be scratched. The stall owners will be happy to do this in most cases to prove their merchandise is real.
Oh and if you're going in to the market, it should go with out saying but watch your bag, wallet, personal items VERY closely!!!! Theme: Local Craft
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A nice place to buy your souvenirs in Antigua is the little craftmarket in front of the Iglesia de San Francisco. This church is located one block south and three blocks east from the Central Square and is really easy to find.
The church is surrounded by high walls, and inside these walls you'll find about 10 little stalls where they sell all kinds of souvenirs. Wooden handicraft, the very typical colourful clothes, bags and blankets, jewelry and lots of other things. To Western standards the prices are quite low, but still you can see that you are in touristical area, because they are higher then normal for the region.
Note that bargaining is not something usual in the area: you can get small discounts but don't expect a 40% discount by hard bargaining.
Woolen bags, clothes, wallets, blankets, puppets...
Wooden boxes, statues, masks...
Necklaces, bracelets, rings...
Toys... Leave a Comment Theme: Local CraftAddress: Calle de los Pasos
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There is a whole section on these wooden masks at this market. At first we thought they were a liitle creepy . They looked like a weird version of folkart . Later we learned they are a part of the belief of the after life. ...still a little creepy for me. Some are actual antiques. Theme: Local Craft
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I put this in the shopping category because besides the large array of baked goods and sweets on offer here, they also have ceramics in the traditional Antiguan design. I purchased a small ceramic chicken as a present for my mother and resisted the temptation to purchase cookies as we still had a stash of champurradas from Panadaria San Antonio. But I'm guessing the goods here are pretty tasty. At least they looked really tasty!
Baked goods, sweets, ceramics
Varies Leave a Comment Theme: OtherAddress: 4a Calle Oriente No. 11Directions: Between 2a and 3a Avenida Norte across the street from Hotel Aurora
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Antigua's mercado is far better for touristy purchases than anything I found in Guatemala city (I have heard that Chichicastenango is also the bomb). Thanks to my bargaining hero boyfriend I got 90% of my souvenirs here for what I believe were fair prices. This is also a great place for a snack and/or a cheap meal.
Local crafts- wood, textiles, stone, food, etc.
Everything sounds cheap, but you can bargain the prices lower. Leave a Comment Theme: Local Craft
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