Must-see shopping in Peru

  • Market

    Amazon Basin

    La Merced's daily market.

  • Casa del Artesano

    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,…

  • Centro Artesanal Norte

    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…

  • La Plazuela

    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…

  • Polvos Azules

    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…

  • Himalaya

    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…

  • Jade Rivera

    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…

  • Mercado de Huanchac

    Cuzco

    Huanchac is the local destination of choice for breakfast the morning after, specializing in the two hangover staples – jolting acid ceviche and greasy…

  • Mercado Indio

    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…

  • Librería el Lector

    Arequipa

    Excellent selection of special-interest art, history, anthropology and language titles and guidebooks in Spanish, with a smattering of English books, in a…

  • Patio del Ekeko

    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.

  • Librería SBS Internacional

    Arequipa

    Chain bookstore with a good selection of titles, including Spanish-learning resources and books in English, French, Italian, Portuguese and German.

  • Colors & Creations

    Cajamarca

    An artisan-owned-and-run cooperative selling excellent-quality crafts near the Complejo de Belén.

  • Casona Santa Catalina

    Arequipa

    This polished tourist complex holds restaurants and a few shops of major export brands, such as Kuna and Andes Gear for outdoor wear.

  • Mercado Central

    Lima

    From fresh fish to blue jeans, you can buy almost anything at this crowded market close to the Barrio Chino.

  • Taller and Museo Mérida

    Cuzco

    Taller and Museo Mérida offers striking earthenware statues that straddle the border between craft and art.

  • Taller Mendivil

    Cuzco

    One of several outlets of a well-known artisan shop selling souvenirs, religious figures and ornate mirrors.

  • Centro Artesenal Cuzco

    Cuzco

    Mass-produced tourist tat from textiles to teapots are sold at the vast Centro Artesenal Cuzco.

  • Taller Olave

    Cuzco

    Taller Olave sells reproductions of colonial sculptures and pre-colonial ceramics.

  • Big Head

    Lima

    A popular surf shop in LarcoMar that sells fashion and gear.

  • Craft Stands

    Iquitos

    Craft stands selling handicrafts on the malecón.

  • Ibero

    Lima

    Bookstore with a decent selection and travel guides.

  • 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…

  • Centro Artesanal CEO Chavín

    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…

  • CompuPalace

    Lima

    You’ll find rechargeable and lithium batteries, as well as computer parts, supplies and replacements at CompuPalace, a block-long electronics arcade.

  • Jockey Plaza

    Lima

    A huge, upscale mall bursting with department stores, boutiques, movie theaters and a food court.

  • Craft Market

    Ayacucho

    A rather tame handicraft market is open here during the day offering clothes and souvenirs.

  • Mercado Bellavista

    Puno

    A market selling household goods and clothes. Watch out for pickpockets.

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