Shopping in Western Central Highlands
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The local market on the west side of the Plaza Gertrudis Bocanegra is where you can find everything from fruit, vegetables and fresh trout to herbal medicines, crafts and clothing - including the region's distinctive striped shawls and sarapes. There's outstanding cheap food, too.
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Casa de Las Artesanías
If you don’t have time to scour the Purépecha pueblos for the perfect folk art piece, come to the House of Handicrafts, a cooperative marketplace launched to benefit indigenous craftspeople. Attached to the renaissance-style Templo de San Francisco, arts and handicrafts from all over Michoacán are displayed and sold here. Prices are high, but so is the quality and all your cash goes directly to the craftspeople. Upstairs, artists demonstrate their craft in small shops that represent specific Michoacán towns. You’ll find guitars from Paracho, copper from Santa Clara del Cobre, lacquerware, pottery and much more.
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Plaza del Sol
Guadalajara’s richest citizens prefer to browse at big shopping centers. One of them is Plaza del Sol, 7km southwest of the city center. To reach there, take bus 258 going west from the corner of San Felipe and Avenida Alcalde, or TUR 707 going west on Avenida Juárez. The mall is open from approximately 10am to 9pm. The mall is open from approximately 10am to 9pm.
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Plaza Milenium
Guadalajara's richest citizens prefer to browse at the big shopping centers, such as Plaza Milenium, 7.5km southwest of the city center, open from approximately 10:00 to 21:00. To reach it, take bus 258 going west from San Felipe and Av Alcalde, or TUR 707 going west on Av Juárez.
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Tlaquepaque
Tlaquepaque is an important center for arts production and contemporary design - and offers some of Mexico's fanciest shopping. Look for wood carvings, sculpture, furniture, ceramics, jewelry, leather items and paintings. Quality is high, as are prices.
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Casa de Las Artesanías de Jalisco
The Casa de las Artesanías de Jalisco is a large museum-like store selling high-quality Jalisco handicrafts including pottery, glassware, jewelry, textiles and furniture. Prices are reasonable and there’s a small, free ceramics museum.
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Mercado de Artesanías
A tumbledown Mercado de Artesanías operates on the side street adjacent to the Biblioteca Gertrudis Bocanegra. Wooden masks and pastel crucifixes, are among the crafts sold here. Quality varies but prices are low.
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Dulce Morelianos
This old fashioned chocolateria is stacked with truffles, preserves, candied nuts and sugary chunks of candied peaches and pumpkin and women in ridiculous starched green uniforms patrol it.
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Mercado San Juan de Dios
This huge market has a whole three floors of stalls offering everything from cowboy boots and DVDs to kitchenware; the salespeople are eager to sell and the food court is outstanding!
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Viceroy Tabaquería
A central Guadalajara tobacco shop that doubles as downtown’s best tequila vendor. It has more than 100 labels of tequila at great prices and even offers tastings.
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Mercado de Artesanías
Opposite the entrance to the Parque Nacional Barranca de Cupatitzio, the Mercado de Artesanías has local crafts, though mostly of a poor quality.
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Los Cirios
A high-end candle factory and showroom, Los Cirios makes centerpiece candles in all shapes, sizes, colors and scents. Some are nearly 2m tall.
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Antigua de México
Gorgeous furniture showpieces, like benches carved from a single tree, are displayed at Antigua de México in expansive, old-world courtyards.
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Galerías Guadalajara
The newest, biggest mall, Galerías Guadalajara, is 8km west of downtown, served by bus 25. The mall is open from approximately 10am to 9pm.
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La Macadamia
La Macadamia sells – you guessed it – products made from local macadamia nuts, from delicious macadamia marzipan to macadamia moisturizer.
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Orígenes
Orígenes is smaller than Antigua de México, but it has a tremendous lighting selection, elegant hammocks and some funky cowhide handbags.
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Teté, Arte y Diseño
Teté, Arte y Diseño offers massive chandeliers, reproduction antique hardware and one-of-a-kind woodcarvings.
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Libros y Arte
Located at the Instituto Cultural de Cabañas, this bookstore has art and children's books in Spanish and English.
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Libros Paraíso
This overstuffed little bookstore in the southwest corner of the plaza has a small collection of used English novels.
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Mercado Corona
Near downtown is this block-long market with cheap electronics, clothes, household items, knick-knacks and food.
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Sandi Bookstore
About 1km west of Avenida López Mateos, the best English-language bookstore has an extensive travel section.
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El Desván de Don Quijote
This speck of a shop has stacks of used English paperbacks; the owner’s often willing to buy or trade.
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Mayoreo y Menudeo
Hipster alert! Get Diesel and Furor jeans and accessories for a third of what you'd pay in the states.
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Furor
If you want low prices on Italian designer jeans head to Furor two blocks south of the plaza.
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Sanborns
Downstairs from the dining room is a rack with English language magazines, maps and books.
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