Amazon Basin
This weekend market is at San Luis de Shuaro 40km from La Merced.
Amazon Basin
This weekend market is at San Luis de Shuaro 40km from La Merced.
Huancayo
Handy if tame Casa del Artesano is an indoor crafts market with a wide range of art souvenirs for sale in a secure environment. Quality is, of course,…
Piura
This artisan center is actually a tiny mall with a collection of different craft shops featuring regional specialties from baskets to weavings to…
Incalpaca Factory Outlet Claustros
Arequipa
Clearance clothing made from the wool of alpacas – and sometimes vicuñas (threatened, wild relatives of alpaca) – and craftwork from the upmarket Kuna…
South Coast
The local wine industry is evident in the shops that line Av Benavides between the square and the bus stations. La Plazuela will pour a few gratis mini…
Lima
Need a socket wrench, a suitcase and a T-shirt of Jesus Christ wearing an Alianza Lima soccer jersey? Then Polvos Azules is the place for you. This…
Cuzco
Crammed with new gear and rentals, this gear shop is a handy stop for all your trekking needs, including repellent, equipment and some clothing. There are…
Lima
The prints and artwork at this side-street gallery may look familiar. You can see Jade Rivera's fantastic street art throughout Lima; the gallery arranges…
Cuzco
Huanchac is the local destination of choice for breakfast the morning after, specializing in the two hangover staples – jolting acid ceviche and greasy…
Lima
This sprawling market is the best place to find everything from pre-Columbian-style clay pottery to alpaca rugs to knock-offs of Cuzco School canvases…
Arequipa
Excellent selection of special-interest art, history, anthropology and language titles and guidebooks in Spanish, with a smattering of English books, in a…
Arequipa
This high-end tourist mall has plenty of expensive but good alpaca- and vicuña-wool items, jewelry, gourmet food, ceramics and other arty souvenirs.
Arequipa
Chain bookstore with a good selection of titles, including Spanish-learning resources and books in English, French, Italian, Portuguese and German.
Cajamarca
An artisan-owned-and-run cooperative selling excellent-quality crafts near the Complejo de Belén.
Arequipa
This polished tourist complex holds restaurants and a few shops of major export brands, such as Kuna and Andes Gear for outdoor wear.
La Casa de la Mujer Artesana Manuela Ramos
Lima
Crafts cooperative whose proceeds support women’s economic development programs, at cuadra 15 off Av Brasil.
Lima
From fresh fish to blue jeans, you can buy almost anything at this crowded market close to the Barrio Chino.
Cuzco
Taller and Museo Mérida offers striking earthenware statues that straddle the border between craft and art.
Cuzco
One of several outlets of a well-known artisan shop selling souvenirs, religious figures and ornate mirrors.
Cuzco
Mass-produced tourist tat from textiles to teapots are sold at the vast Centro Artesenal Cuzco.
Galería de Artesanías ‘El Tumi de Oro’
Arequipa
A small artisan market under the portales (stone archways) on Plaza de Armas.
Incalpaca Factory Outlet Tahuaycani
Arequipa
This outlet for the Kuna brand of alpaca woolen goods also has a small petting zoo out back to amuse the kids; it houses four types of American camelid…
Huaraz & the Cordilleras
A few hundred meters along the road to Huari, Centro Artesanal CEO Chavín sells locally made textiles, alpaca weavings and stone carvings – visit in the…
Lima
You’ll find rechargeable and lithium batteries, as well as computer parts, supplies and replacements at CompuPalace, a block-long electronics arcade.
Lima
A huge, upscale mall bursting with department stores, boutiques, movie theaters and a food court.
Ayacucho
A rather tame handicraft market is open here during the day offering clothes and souvenirs.