Mexico City Shopping

San Angel.
(San Angel Neighbourhood).

The southern area of the city has excellent restaurants several hotels offering a complete range of business and tourist services.
San Angel, a traditional neighborhood, lies to the southeast of the city.

The resident artists and writers, winding cobblestone streets, colonial mansions, Saturday afternoon crafts bazaars, local chops and colonial churches give this area its own cozy and fun atmosphere San Angel would be a good choice for a day out of the city center.

It's an elegant, old neighborhood with lovely colonial architecture.

Many of the local houses, with their capricious architectural details, today serve as centers for different cultural, artistic and commercial activities.

San Angel is also home to many excellent restaurants, and nightclubs as well as boutiques offering irresistible displays of fine handicrafts.

Not only for conventional shopping.

Coyoacán (Coyoacán neighbourhood).

This place has an intellectual and bohemian feel.
It’s most lively on Saturday and Sunday, when street vendors set out their wares: handcrafts made by native indians; ballons, soap bubbles, snacks.

A little kid came around selling flowers while you are waiting for your pancakes.
People go looking for the shade of a generous tree and the delicious flavor of the mango or banana ice cream.

Plaza Hidalgo (Hidalgo Square) and Jardín Centenario (Centennial Garden) are twin central plazas separated by a small street, this is where you will find most of the 'happenings' on a weekend, with vendors, music, and artists. The square is bordered by shops and restaurants.

There are also artists painting everyday scenes of Coyoacán, still life, portraits, cartoons and other themes; street musicians playing, mimes and many people enjoying these cultural activities while other just dance 'danzón' at the kiosque.

Stroll the cobblestone streets, take your time on every one of the market stands that interest you and bargain for what you want to buy.

Well, it is a typical place where you can find and enjoy the essence of Mexico City.

A place to relax yourself and have a good day.

Not only for conventional shopping.

Downtown Mexico City.

There are only a couple shopping centers and a lot of speciality stores street by street.

Also you will find popular markets and thousands of street vendors.

Not only for conventional shopping.

Polanco Neighbourhood.

This once quiet residential neighbourhood now is filled with offices and apartments buildings, hotels, restaurants, chic boutiques, and shopping centers.

For a sophisticated dose of modern Mexico City, visitors should head to Polanco neighbourhood to spend the afternoon or just shopping.

Everything is very expensive.

Zona Rosa (Pink Spot).

Shopping is one of the favorite pastimes for many Mexico City visitors and Paseo de la Reforma (Reforma Boulevard) is filled with a wide range of stores focused to tourists, mainly along its central extension.

Most of the superior and deluxe category hotels are located here, as well as the city's finest restaurants, historic landmarks, public buildings, bars and shops.

Just for conventional shopping is Zona Rosa but remember that everything is very expensive.

You'll also find the highest concentration of beggars anywhere in the city.

Just the best place in Mexico city in order to find nice and cheap mexican furniture. Alibaba's cavern would look quite empty if compared to! Prices are very good too, the cheapest place in the city!

What to buy: Mexican furniture (seats, tables, sofas...)
Local craft
Lamps
and so many more...

Large craft market full of stalls and mini shops offering the whole gamut of Mexican crafts at very reasonable prices.

What to buy: Anything and everything you are into to - dyed sarapes, tin ware, fantastically kitsch Day of the Dead stuff, lacquerware, silver jewelry, masks, basketware.

What to pay: You can of course bargain, although remember that the prices are already lower than other parts of Mexico City anyway.

At the square next to the Cathedral Metropolitana, you see kind of an Indian market. So this is a place where you can buy all kind of Indian souvenirs. You can see the local Indians in traditional dresses making all kind of handicraft.