17 Best Places to Shop in Mexico

This upscale department store is mostly filled with high-end designer collections. While it is a local chain, this location of El Palacio de Hierro stands out from the rest of the stores, thanks to its floor after floor of designer goods for men and women. You'll likely find something here you won't be able to get anywhere else. After making your way up to the top floor, stop at the La Terraza Palacio for a quick bite or a cocktail in the extensive food court.

With a workshop in operation since 1824, Uriarte Talavera has been making the Talavera pottery emblematic of the town of Puebla for two centuries. If you can't make it to Puebla to see the workshop yourself, this store is a nice substitute, where you can still purchase original handmade Talavera.

A two-story home goods store on a quiet street, Bomboti is where you go to find unique decorative pieces. Head to the second floor for larger pieces.

At this farmers' market in the middle of the Corridor, you can find organic food, plus kosher and imported products. You can also enjoy a fresh, healthy meal at their next-door sister restaurant Baja Fresh Kitchen.

More than just an art gallery, Casa Paulina inspires decorating ideas with items for the home. Candles, lamps, chairs, throws, and enormous clay pots are a few of the treasures you might find.

Galería Corsica is in a spectacularly dramatic space. The gallery, which has two sister galleries in Puerto Vallarta and one in Mexico City, shows museum-quality fine art with an emphasis on paintings and large, impressive sculpture pieces.

Galería de Ida Victoria has been designed with skylights and domes to show off the international art contained within its three floors, which includes paintings, sculpture, photography, and prints.

This is the main shopping mall in the whole Puerto Vallarta–Riviera Nayarit area, offering 73,000 square feet of shopping on two floors and a magnificent view of the arriving cruise ships. This mall and the surrounding shops are mainly visited by cruise-ship passengers and Mexican out-of-towners looking for everything from sporting goods to clothing and housewares. Galerías Vallarta has restaurants, parking, a 12-theater cinema, and a fast-food court with the ubiquitous McDonald's, Domino's Pizza, Chili's, and Starbucks.

One of the nicest malls in Mérida wraps around an artificial lake—you can even zip-line over it. Its main anchor is Gran Chapur, a department store, sitting amid a number of smaller boutiques. The Harbor also has a movie theater as well as a number of restaurants: Maya de Asia has delicious Maya-Asian fusion dishes; Porfirio's is a lively Mexican bar and restaurant; and there are smaller venues including a Starbucks, Mr. Sushi, and Hamburgesia for, yes, burgers.

The Cuban cigars for sale here start at around 85 MXN ($4) each and top out at about 4,000 MXN ($200) for a Cohiba Siglo VI (by order only; they don't keep these in stock). You can smoke your stogie downstairs in the casual lounge while sipping coffee or enjoying a shot of Cuban rum.

La Sacristia has a fine selection of Talavera pottery, traditional and contemporary Mexican jewelry, blown glass, and contemporary paintings. The glassware is incredible.

Go beyond Cuervo and Patrón at Los Barriles de Don Malaquias, which specializes in rare tequilas. The tequila selection is complemented by a good collection of Cuban cigars. Owner Rigoberto Cuervo Rosales is often on-site to offer tequila tastings.

Explore works of art by Mexico's top contemporary artists such as Eduardo Mejorada, Javier Guadarrama, Laura Aprile, Luis Filcer, and Cristina Samsa, among others. All of the artists represented here are known nationally and internationally in important collections and museums.

An outdoor mall conveniently located across the street from San José del Cabo’s string of resorts, Plaza del Pescador offers guests an alternative to hotel dining. You'll find everything from sushi and gelato to tapas and a wine bar. Among the 25 shops and restaurants are a bookstore, jewelry store, fitness gym, and coffee shop.

Located within the Flora Farms grounds, The Shops is a series of (wait for it) shops that sell all kinds of things from organic produce from the farm to soap and body care products, including clothes, wines, and even jewelry. It’s a great place to grab a healthy snack or stock up on produce delivered daily from Flora’s local farm.

In the early 2010s, the 17th-century palace of the Miravalle family was turned into Centro's coolest hotel, which brought with it a collection of worthwhile shops arranged around its interior patios. The stores range from clothing stores like Casilda Mut, a tea shop, and a number of jewelry stores.