Shopping Overview

The most concentrated shopping area is in the Zona Rosa, which is chock-full of boutiques, jewelry stores, leather-goods shops, antiques stores, and art galleries.

Polanco, a choice residential neighborhood along the northeast perimeter of Bosque de Chapultepec, has blossomed into a more upscale shopping area. Select shops line the huge, ultramodern Plaza Polanco (Jaime Balmes 11, Col. Polanco). You can also head to the Plaza Masarik (Av. Presidente RMasarik and Anatole France, Col. Polanco). Plaza Moliere (Moliere between Calles Horacio and Homero, Col. Polanco) is another upscale shopping area.

La Condesa, though better known for restaurants and cafés, is sprouting designer boutiques, primarily for a younger crowd. Jewelers, shoe shops, and hip housewares stores are squeezing in as well. Most cluster along avenidas Michoacán, Vicente Suárez, and Tamaulipas.

Hundreds of shops with more modest trappings and better prices are spread along the length of Avenida Insurgentes and Avenida Juárez.