Shopping in Southern & Western Puerto Rico
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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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West Coast Surf Shop
Downtown on the Plaza de Recreo you will find the West Coast Surf Shop, a cool and funky place with some excellent graphics and big-screen TV images. Aside from selling all the appropriate gear, the owners have great local knowledge and can organize lessons for any standard or age at short notice. Hot Wavz Surf Shop is on the lighthouse road and can rent you a surfboard to fit conditions for $20 to $25; boogie boards cost about $15.
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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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Artistic Invisions
This gallery displays and sells the work of local artists, including paintings, mosaics and sea glass. You can even get your favorite piece reproduced on a mug or T-shirt.
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El Muelle Shopping Center
The El Muelle Shopping Center has a book exchange, a well-stocked, brightly lit grocery store, and a contract post office.
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Lazy Parrot Tropical Gift Shop
In the Lazy Parrot Inn, this shop is a must-stop for parrot-heads. You will also see Lisl Voigt’s handmade sea-glass jewelry here.
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