This is as sweet as it gets! Candy store after candy store…read moreline Av 6 Oriente. There are dozens of tiny candy shops all up and down this street. It's really hard to believe that there are so many that they have a candy street here, but there's apparently demand for it! They sell all kinds of wonderful sweets here- so many of them make me jittery from all the sugar! Mexican sweets tend to be sweeter than what Americans are used to. They're packed with tons of sugar! I felt like a kid in a candy store! Personally, my favorite are the ones made from caramel and wafers of goat milk crackers. Other favorites include the jellied fruit candies, and coconut candies. I went looking for chocolate covered grasshoppers, but nobody had 'em. Most of the candies were by the kilo, but some had them sold individually, and none of the stores seemed to mind selling a few pieces for a small handful of pesos. The clerks were all friendly, but they didn't give out samples. This is the place to go for souvenirs and sweet tooths alike.

Looking for souvenirs for friends, and family back home? Or just want to buy some typical sweets,…read moreas well as talavera? Then this is the perfect place to spend some time. There are so many shops, that I would suggest to give them all a good look, before buying something. Gift sets are available in all prices, from extremely cheap, to extremely expensive.

This place is near my house, so I used as my backyard to take out my dogs, jogging, lecture place,…read morerelaxation place. Is quite a nice place, up in the hill that changes a little bit the weather, in the week days is almost always empty (there is security tho), you can go to take a lone walk so you can be with yourself and your thoughts. Also you can take your chick for a romantic walk late in the evening. I love to take my dogs (A couple of awesome huskies) for a walk ok week days because I can to let them leashless to play because there will be no (not always) other dogs. On weekends is also nice, but a little bit more crowd tho.