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Besides its natural
beauties, its astonishing archeological sites, the beauty of the
picturesque villages that surround it, and all the museums and
baroque buildings that you can't miss, Puebla shopping offers a rich
variety of places to buy, and take with you a little piece of this
amazing city that you will love with its succulent flavors, its
peculiar scents and its typical colors.
While taking a walk
through the city you will find the "Barrio de los artistas" (the
artists' district), pretty close to "Los Sapos square", an esplanade
surrounded by typical viceroyal residences with a great variety of
facades, showing proudly its colorful large doors and balconies.
Here, the young and talented artists show their masterpieces. The
antiques shops will also take you back in time with its yesteryear
scents, colors and textures that have remained intact for decades.
Puebla shopping is rich and heterogeneous
| Candies street
In the famous "Candies Street" your senses will be
captivated by the great confectionery tradition from Puebla
that blends centuries of arts & crafts work, homespun
creativity and the great imagination of the nun in the
convents. Here you will find a great variety of delicious
Mexican candies, as sweet potatoes, walnut, pine nut or pip
milk sweets, candied fruit, marzipans, chocolate truffles
and others with peculiar Mexican names as: jamocillos,
mueganos, gaznates, caracoles, espejos, polvorones, "tortitas
the Santa Clara", "suspiros de monja", "muñecas de almendra"
and of course, the popular "borrachitos". At both sides of
the street and on any way you turn, you will find the
typical Puebla shops full up with these original and
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Town Market
Each Sunday, the inhabitants of the nearby villages
gather in the Town Market to sell their own creations. Find a
beautiful range of colors in clothes, textiles, Talavera pottery and
onyx items. Take back home a little piece of Puebla.
Angelopolis
Find 150 different Puebla shops under the
same roof. Angelopolis has for you, not only a great variety of
department stores as Liverpool, El Palacio de Hierro, Sears,
Sanborns and C&A; but also banks, restaurants, a food court and
Cinepolis, a14-hall cinema. The parking lot is spacious and the
security inside this shopping mall is excellent, since the customers
are our highest priority.
Uriarte
Discover the fascinating process of
hand-elaboration and decoration of Talavera. When you visit Uriarte,
you will receive a tour through the facilities, so you can get to
know the devotion and caring that this peculiar and typical art
takes from start to end. Uriarte offers the most beautiful pieces
since its opening in 1827. Come to visit us!
The Mercado de Artesanías (El Parián),
is a pedestrians-only, open-air shopping area just east of Calle 6
Norte between avenidas 2 and 6 Oriente. You'll see rows of neat
brick shops selling inexpensive crafts and souvenirs. Don't judge
all Talavera pottery by what you see here, though; the style in many
cases is overblown. The shops are open daily from 10am to 8pm.
Bargain to get a good price. While you're in this area, you can take
a look at the Teatro Principal.
For antiques browsing, go to Callejón de
los Sapos (Alley of the Frogs), about 3 blocks southeast of the
zócalo near Calle 4 Sur and Avenida 7 Oriente. Wander in and
out; there's good stuff large and small. Shops are generally open
daily from 10am to 2pm and 4 to 6pm. On Saturday mornings there's a
flea market in the little square. If you're there between 2:30 and
5:30pm, stop by La Pasita, across Calle 5 from the Plaza de
los Sapos, to taste homemade cordials and browse through the owner's
humorous collection of Mexicana. Start with a pasita, then work your
way up to a China Poblana -- a layered cordial of red, white, and
green liqueurs. The owner is an inveterate leg-puller
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Puebla is the home of the famous Talavera
dinnerware. Numerous workshops produce this expensive pottery.
Operating since 1824, Uriarte Talavera, Calle 4 Poniente 911
(tel. 222/232-1598), is one of the city's established potters.
Behind an unprepossessing doorway, the factory produces exquisite
pieces, many examples of which are on display in its showrooms. Some are
for sale, while others are samples. Tours of the factory start at 10am,
11am, noon, and 1pm from Monday to Saturday. The factory is open Monday
through Saturday from 9am to 6:30pm, Sunday from 11am to 6pm. The
factory can ship your purchases; it accepts American Express,
MasterCard, and Visa. The Centro Talavera Poblana, Calle 6
Oriente 11, between Calle 2 Norte and Avenida 5 de Mayo (tel.
222/242-0848), offers a wide range of Talavera from producers in
Puebla as well as Tlaxcala. The huge showroom stocks sets of 6 to 12
place settings. It's open Monday through Saturday from 9:30am to 8pm,
Sunday from 10am to 7pm. You can ship your purchases; American Express,
Diners Club,
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