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Places to Shop

Yucatan offers a variety of unique shops and exquisite Boutiques dedicated to bring the finest Mexican Folk Art and Mayan artisans’ traditional art-crafts with exquisite selections of Mayan arts: ceramic, pottery, textiles, jewelry, clothes, fine condiments and more.

If you would like to find out about some featured Mayan Artisans, feel free to follow the link found at the bottom of this page.

Here is a list of Yucatan Adventure’s favorite places to shop, they offer the best quality pieces and some of them even dedicate a portion of their profit to local community projects.

WHERE TO SHOP:

CHICHEN ITZA Do visit Toh Boutique at Hacienda Chichen Resort; this delightful boutique offers exquisite Mayan arts, Mayan pottery and art-crafts, textiles, creative gifts and the finest collection of Mayan jewelry, museum Mayan reproductions and replicas by Roger Juarez, Rodrigo and Patricia Martin. These three Maya Art Masters have earned many national awards and the Maya Elder J-Men's seal of approval for their refined attention to the Maya artwork original details. Toh Boutique also carries the exclusive Mayan Jewel Collection of designer Marc Petit and the exclusive organic "beauty & bath Spa products" recommended by Yaxkin Spa.

Toh Boutique's owner personally chooses each piece sold here with great care; her taste and commitment to quality gives this enchanting boutique our top-shopping place rank. Here you can find rich organic food products such as 100% Organic Gourmet Mayan Coffee, Pure Vanilla & other fine native condiments. Toh Boutique accept credit card purchases and special custom orders to help the Mayan artist community and Mayan craft designers.

A large portion of Toh Boutique's profits support the Maya Jungle Reforestation. Program and the Maya Foundation In Láakeech A.C. volunteer community work.

Other shopping places around the Yucatan:

VALLADOLID: This Colonial city midway Cancun to Chichen Itza has many craft-stores, most sale the same common items sold everywhere in Yucatan. A charming Mexican Folk Art Gallery called Yalat can be found in the northeast corner of the city's Main Square. Remember this is no open-air market, so its prices are fixed but owners do accept credit card purchases and mail orders.

Yalat has a large selection of women clothing designed by a local artist. This charming shop offers also many hand embroider home décor goods and a good collection of wood masks.

IZAMAL: A Colonial town midway Chichen Itza to Merida that offers a variety of local handmade crafts. There is not yet a particular store we can recommend. Still, this is a town where sisal jewelry and other whimsical crafts abound; travelers will find kiosks set at the Main Plaza, and a few street vendors near the Colonial Monastery. We recommend you visit Jorge Lopez’ “paper Mache” workshop where he and his family create lovely hand made butterflies delicately painted and decorated.

MERIDA: Yucatan’s capital city has good shopping centers around the north residential area and fun " craft-stands" where many street vendors showcase their goods at the Main Plaza each Sunday. A good place to visit is the Miniature Shop at Calle 59; this shop carries many fun miniatures, petit folk art, and a good selection of wood masks from all over Mexico.

Merida sales many regional hammocks near the Main Post Office in downtown at a place call “Portales. The City’s main crafts market is also located in this part of town. A few blocks away, visitors will find the street dedicated to piñatas and regional candies.

A note about:

MAYAN WEAVES: Symbols and motifs used in Maya weaving are generally based on stylized versions of animals, plants or even the Maya view of the cosmos. The lozenge shape above symbolizes the universe with the four cardinal points. Often weavers use designs that come to them in dreams. Each community has its own particular symbol, for example, a bat, butterfly or monkey, and weavers will always incorporate their symbol in a design. Different communities also have their own distinctive garments and colors.

To learn more about some featured Mayan artisans, please follow this link.