This relatively compact souvenir market features a wide variety of crafts. If you're buying gifts…read morefor folks back home, you'll be satisfied. If you're looking for very high quality works by artisans, unfortunately, this is not the place.

A cool, souvenir market in Puebla! This market is across…read morethe street from the Barrio de Artistas, a few blocks from the Zocalo. It's a touristy market, with lots of the mass produced types of art that you'd expect to see in an outdoor mercado. Lots of pottery, textiles, jewelry and stuff to hang on your shelves when you get home. This isn't really a place where the locals hang out. But if you're from out of town, and are looking for something relatively inexpensive to take home with you, this is the place. There's scores of little shops that may or may not be independently run. They sell a lot of the same stuff, with some differences between them. There's some that specialize just in ceramics, some in just silver jewelry, and some in just textiles, but there's not a whole lot of differences between them. The prices are all pretty similar- since the shop keepers all seem to know each other, there's not a lot of room for haggling to try to tell them that the other shop keeper is selling it for cheaper. The market consists of a few rows of small shops, each one the size of a small garage, packed to the hilt with hand crafts that are made elsewhere in Puebla. The prices are cheap, but they are cheaper if you buy them from a street vendor. However, the selection here is the best you're going to find in Puebla- with so many options to shop at, they're sure to have what you're looking for. While here, be sure to check out the public works of art- a giant sun painted in the middle of the floor, a statue of who I believe to be San Francisco, and a big picture frame to stand in for a selfie. There's restrooms in the mercado, which are relatively clean. This place feels very safe, as it's one of the main tourist areas for Puebla, and there is a healthy police presence. There's also food vendors who hang out here and sell light snacks, which is quite appreciated.

Alley of the Frogs! This cool little artisans' market runs…read moreon Sundays, and has lots of cool little vendors selling handmade goods, like textiles, jewelry, and handicrafts. It's next to a big church, and around the corner. Many of the vendors are the artists themselves, so they know their goods. Most of them do not speak English, but if you are good with your Spanish, they're willing to negotiate on the prices. I found a cool black handmade shirt here for a few bucks. Score! The vendors take down their booths around sundown. A little earlier if there's bad weather. They sell only stuff that the tourists would take home, but the variety of goods is much better than you'll find in the other more permanent markets. Since the vendors don't really have to set up permanent shop, the prices are much better too. The market goes on for about three blocks, with lots of little tables and people calling out to you as you wander by, checking out the goods. I was glad that the vendors are not aggressive with their hawking of their wares, they leave you alone if you're not interested. There are some antiques here, but I didn't find anything that I had to have. I'm not sure why this is called the Alley of the Frogs. I didn't see any frogs when I was here. However, it is somewhat of an alley, as it's just a pedestrian street where no cars can pass through. I felt safe here, as there were cops hanging out, and making the tourists feel at ease.

Sunday in Puebla? Then Los Sapos is THE place to go to, for a walk while enjoying an ice cream,…read morenosing through antiquities finding some lost treasure, or trying some typical Puebla food. Los Sapos has something for everyone. However on Sunday there is this great little market where you can find all kinds of items, from old watches, to Jukeboxes. For me a Sunday strawling around Los Sapos is always a perfect way to spend my Sunday :-)

I remember my very first visit to this place...I was amazed. I am unsure if this is the only major…read moremall in the city but it damn nice! I shopped around for clothes. I went inside Sears, which btw, workers dress very nice, much nice than the US. I havent been here in a while but I found it important to note than you see a lot of white Mexicans shopping her but the workers are indigenous. Also, I saw a movie at the theater. I tried to follow the Spanish subtitles but ultimately found it much easier to just listen in English.

I'm getting jealous of the malls here in Mexico. Why are they so much nicer than the ones in North…read moreAmerica? The food courts are a lot bigger! With so much more variety as well. There are also just sooo many different restaurants here to try out. I wish I had time to try them all out. The shops are also quite nice. They have all the shops that you can find in North America and some local ones. Basically every store you need you can find. Ranging from clothing, jewelry, watches, shoes to electronics. There is also a large movie theater on the second floor which unfortunately I didn't have the time to go to. It supposedly has 4D! The decor of the mall is also very nice and it is pleasant just to stroll around with some gelato. Everything here is pretty upscale looking. There is also a large parking garage so your car will be shades from the sun if you shop here.

Be warned! This is a now a fraudulent Talavera operation. I purchased a set of six place settings…read moreof Talavera two years ago and was extremely pleased. Accordingly, we went back to Puebla in September and purchased additional place settings and service pieces. They arrived today: poorly packaged with pieces broken. When I unwrapped the items I was appalled at the quality. We called this establishment and they stated they weren't responsible for broken items and that the standard pattern we ordered was interpreted by another artist. The quality of the Talavera paining is really bad and looks nothing like our original dishes. Additionally, we have now learned that this business now uses uncertified artists and our plates arrived without authenticity holograms that are now being used in Puebla for this very reason. Apparently, this operation, which uses the same company name, has been purchased and is operated by fraudulent producers of Talavera. Do not purchase products here.

By looking at the outside of this shop, you would never know it extends 100 feet back and another…read more30 to the side. Excellent selection. Highly recommend.

A super-clean, nice shopping mall in Puebla! This place…read moreseems to be more for the locals, or for home-sick Americans than for tourists. There's all kinds of high-end to medium-end shopping places in this mall. Places like Subway, Urban 21, and other American stores selling things in shiny new boxes made in China. This isn't a place to get mementos from your trip to Puebla. Instead, it's a place to go and not get hassled by shop keepers who make up prices based upon how much it looks like you'd be willing to pay. Everything in this store is like other shopping malls in America. Clearly displayed prices, shiny surfaces, marble walls, clean restrooms. There's a lot of cool shops here that sell stuff that you'd expect to get in the United States. They even have some cool little things for the kids to do, like a virtual reality booth that takes you on a virtual roller coaster. The restrooms here were impeccably clean, and free. There's lots of parking here, as there's a parking garage connected to the mall, and the hotel next door. Just outside of the mall is a wonderful garden that's more interesting than the shopping mall. The mall feels safe, and it's well lit. I wouldn't go out of my way to visit this place, since that's not why I came to Puebla, but it was a pleasant surprise to see that not everything in Puebla is sold in marcado stalls by vendors hawking their wares. Instead, it's shop keeps nonchalantly sitting around folding clothes who don't care if you buy their stuff.

A cute little mall with some cute coffee shops and a nice garden in the back :-)read more