Shopping in Ponce
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Nueva Plaza Del Mercado
Winding through crowds of shoppers on Paseo Atocha will lead you to the city’s most exciting indoor market, four blocks north of the Plaza. The selection of produce – freshly hacked off the vine – is marvelous, and can be complimented by less healthful options like cheapie sweets and fried snacks, as well as lottery tickets. Just up the block, the slightly more crowded Mercade Juan Ponce de León has stalls hocking pan-religious voodoo charms and salsa tunes on vintage vinyl platters, reconditioned boots and hand-rolled cigars.
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Utopia
Selling colorful vejigantes (masks), santos (small carved figurines representing saints) souvenirs and Puerto Rican trinkets, Utopia is the nicest souvenir shop on the square. The bonus? The little bar up front will sell six-packs of beer to go, the only such place on the plaza.
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Candy & Magazine Store
This small shop has some dusty magazines (with an amusingly random assortment of English language titles including Mountain Biker ) and one computer with a printer and limited internet access (about $3 per 30 minutes). It ain’t much, but it’s easily found downtown.
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