Must-see shopping in Alameda Central

  • Centro de Artesanías La Ciudadela

    Alameda Central

    A favorite destination for good, and also mass-produced, handicrafts from all over Mexico. Worth seeking out are Oaxaca alebrijes (whimsical painted…

  • Barrio Alameda

    Alameda Central

    Enter this converted art deco building at the edge of the Alameda for inspired shopping, where plants drip from sleek railings and soft lamps. Three…

  • Mercado San Juan

    Alameda Central

    Small market specializing in top-price gourmet food items such as huitlacoche (trufflelike corn fungus), insects, mole pastes, crocodile, ostrich, deer…

  • La Europea

    Alameda Central

    Get reasonably priced tequila, mezcal and wine at this well-stocked liquor store with a better range than most. There are stores all over CDMX.

  • Gandhi

    Alameda Central

    This citywide bookstore chain has a voluminous range of texts on Mexico and Mexico City. There's another central branch at Madero 32.