Plaza Loreto

Plaza Loreto, a 600m walk south of Plaza San Jacinto, is an unusually attractive shopping mall converted from an old paper factory. Several patios and courtyards are set between the brick buildings and it’s a lot more than just a place to shop. You’ll find a miniamphitheater for free concerts and puppet shows; two multiscreen cinemas (one of them, Cinemanía, devoted to classic and art-house movies and endowed with a nice little lobby bar); a cabaret club, La Planta de Luz; an excellent art museum, and one of the city’s best restaurants, Taberna de León. There are plenty of up-market shops as well, including boutiques and jewelers, plus a branch of Sanborns and the Mixup music store.