My mom and I went to "La Ciudadela" the best place to buy mexican crafts in Mexico City. There are many other places like "Fonart" as the most popular store, but is more expensive and the craftsman doesn´t get enough money for his work.
My advice is to buy in markets like this one (where you can find anything for anyone!!) or directly with the craftsman in the streets or their towns.
On our visit, the plan was to buy new lamps for the kitchen, but we couldn´t resist to take a look of the whole market.
At the end I couldn´t resist to buy a Big Pink Money Pig for my savings and a pair of colourful earring´s stars. I loved them.
This is a small sample of what you can find, but before any purchase you make I have a personal requests as Mexican and as a craft´s buyer.
Any work is worth a price, don´t try to bargain.
Please appreciate what you are buying and don´t abuse of the people that depend of it. There´s a reason why the price is as it is and I´m sure you wouldn´t like to have a lower salary just to have a better profit in the company.
Also I want you to take this personal request to any place around the world.
Thank You
La Ciudadela
http://laciudadela.com.mx/
Adress Avenida Balderas y Plaza de la Ciudadela
Col. Centro delegación Cuauhtémoc.
México D.F., C.P. 06040
Phone 5510 1828
Opens Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm
Sundays from 9am to 6pm.
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