This place truly is the magical city. It is a must stop if in the Guadalajara area. Plan to spend…read moreat least one of your days looking, shopping, and eating great Mexican food. The people are the friendliest and really do wanna take care of you. It's a quick Uber away from Guadalajara.

Tlaquepaque is a must-do for tourists to the Guadalajara area, especially if you're looking for…read morelocal arts and crafts. Pasaje Independencia is basically the main shopping street that cuts through the old village. The street is closed off to cars and has arts and craft shops, restaurants, musicians and local artisans set up to cater to visitors in a safe area away from traffic. They usually have the street decorated based on holiday or artist theme so the decor is always rotating (they had giant ceramic pics the last time I was there). The rotating decor makes it a selfie takers paradise and there's something for just about everyone; shoppers, photographers, foodies people watchers, art aficionados. There's an old cathedral at the town square and sometimes there are dancers, voladores de papantla (aerialist religious ceremony that's protected by UNESCO), festivals, food and lots of things going on all the time. Tip: It's fun to look at all the Frida Kahlo stuff, but remember there are many indigenous artisans making beautiful things that are unique to this specific area. You can buy a Frida shirt anywhere but you can't buy hand beaded Huichol art in other parts of Mexico. What you spend your money determines whether places like this stay unique or end up looking exactly the same.

I have been buying purses form this place regularly for about 4 years. The purses are gorgeous…read morewithout a doubt. UNFORTUNATELY, One of the first purses I purchased started to come apart.The handle was unraveling. I set it aside and waited until my next trip to Guadalajara... hand carried it to make sure it didn't get more damaged. I took it into the shop and spoke with Octavio who assured me it was an easy fix and even though I had it for a few years they stood by their quality and would have it fixed for me, possibly for a nominal fee. Which I was happy to pay since I do use this purse! I also bought an additional 3 purses on this visit. Fast forward 3 months later, many un-returned emails by me, a few phone calls and a few in person trips by my cousin who lives in Guadalajara. He was given the run around, and just today told the purse was not touched. It will not be fixed an he can pick it up next Saturday. I think if this was going to be the case- from the begining they should have told me so sad too bad... take it somewhere else to get repaired. I am so disappointed. I am even scared to use any of my other purses because I am sure they will fall part within time. This company who says they stand by their work and craftsmanship- seams to only say that in their sales pitch. Beware.

I bought a gorgeous and unique turquoise carved leather handbag here in 2010 and have been madly in…read morelove with it since then. It's true that the durability is not great - the string that was holding the handle to the bag started to unravel within maybe a year of purchase, but I was able to fix it myself pretty easily with some glue. Now, 7 years later, the vivid color has darkened and the strap has become detached nearly completely, but I still love the purse. If I can't get them to ship me a new one I will get the old one repaired and keep using it until it completely falls apart. This purse is just really special.