DK Travel : Cancún and the Yucatán : The West : Shopping

Arte Maya, Ticul

Ticul produces huge quantities of ceramics. This family-run store stands out for the owners’ skills and careful use of traditional and even ancient Mayan techniques.
Bazar de Artesanías Craft Market, Mérida

This semi-official handicrafts market is packed with stalls selling every kind of Yucatecan and Mexican craft work, some of it excellent, some rather tatty.
Casa de Artesanías Tukulná, Campeche

Campeche’s state handicrafts store has ceramics, embroidery, basketwork, and many other top quality items that are beautifully displayed.
Casa de Artesanías, Mérida

The Yucatán state handicrafts store has high-quality local work, with many beautiful, usable things especially in textiles, basketware, and wood.
El Sombrero Popular, Mérida

A little hat shop opposite the market, with a very friendly owner who will show you piles of handmade panamas in all sorts of styles and sizes.
Guayaberas Jack, Mérida

The guayabera shirt-jacket is the smartest thing for gentlemen to wear in tropical Mérida. This long-established shop sells only guayaberas , and can make them to measure.
Hamacas Aguacate, Mérida

Only hammocks, of every size and color, and all of fine quality. The staff speak some English and take great care to find out just what you want.
Maya Chuy, Mérida

This charming shop away from Mérida’s crowded shopping streets is the outlet of a women’s embroidery cooperative. Blouses, mats, and other items are beautifully, individually made.
Mérida Market

One of the world’s greatest markets, a labyrinth of alleys and stalls selling everything imaginable – fish, fruit, a dazzling variety of chilies, rows of huípil dresses, sandals, and hats.
Mexicanísimo, Mérida

Innovative store that sells lightweight clothes for men and women in original, modern designs, using Mexican cottons and other traditional materials.