Best Street Markets in Mexico

"I am a market lover, if you haven't guessed it yet, and Mexico is the country of colourful and traditional mercados where many locals still go shopping or have lunch. My favourite food market in the historical centre is Mercado San Juan, famous for its huge variety of exotic products - meat, insects, fruits and vegetables - as well as a very special attention to customers. Among its gourmet products, it is well renowned for its fishes’ quality."

"Mercado de San Juan is situated near the historic center, so a stop here won’t be too far out of your way. This market is know for its selection of exotic meats, like crocodile and wild boar. Just wandering through and people watching is an experience."

"Address: Balderas S/N, Colonia Centro, Centro, Cuauhtémoc, 06040 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico | Phone: +52 55 5510 1828 | Website | Market open 10 am to 7 pm daily (closes 6 pm Sundays). If you’re looking to shop for local handicrafts or folk art, or just a colorful souvenir to take home from Mexico, definitely check out the market at the Mercado de Artesanías La Ciudadela, close to the historic center. At this market, you’ll find stalls of artists and vendors lined up along the street and hawking their art and wares to locals and travelers alike."

"S/N, Balderas, Colonia Centro, Centro, 06040 Ciudad de México, CDMX, Mexico. Looking for traditional Mexican crafts and home wares, such as the beautifully colored, hand-painted bowls and plates you've eaten off of at so many restaurants?. Head to La Ciudadela, an artists' market that for more than a century has drawn..."

"A dizzying selection of covetable crafts (hand-embroidered linens, leather sandals, embellished mirrors) at reasonable prices. Balderas and Plaza de La Ciudadela No. 1&5"

"Mercado de Medellín is one of Mexico City’s markets that’s truly enjoyable and manageable. Covering a one square block in Roma Norte, you can leisurely walk through it without feeling overwhelmed. This is the perfect market to acclimate yourselves with neighborhood food markets in Mexico City."

"This classic Mexican market has it all: housewares, craft supplies, produce, meat and fish, pastes for making mole, and one of the best flower selections in the city. In true Mexican mercado tradition, most of the vendors will gift you freebies..."

"2pm: Grab lunch at the Mercado de Coyoacán. This fantastic indoor market was said to have been frequented by Kahlo when she was alive, and it has a great assortment of foods to choose from. Either eat as you browse or head to the neighbouring Jardín Centenario to enjoy your lunch alfresco style. Alternatively, give seafood a go at the famous El Jardin del Pulpo."

"Seriously you have to go here for the best tostados you will likely eat in your entire life – they are just that good. They have every filling you could imagine and and they pile them on. The market is huge so you might be wandering around for a while until you find the bright yellow tostadas restaurants section but once you do you’ll know."

"As well as its famous tostadas, this Mexico City market in Coyoacan is known for street food, souvenirs, pinatas, and flowers. Here you can try many traditional Mexican dishes from breakfast chilaquiles to meaty tacos. Don’t miss La Cocina de mi Mamá Coyoacán, a modest, traditional Mexican cafe."

"Spend a whole Saturday strolling the colorful craft market, the upscale and artisanal versions of the crafts you'll find elsewhere in the city. Weave through booths selling hand-thrown ceramic plate ware, painted porcelain skulls, paper flowers, and embroidered blouses. Stop to snack on fresh empanadas and listen to mariachis."

"Plaza San Jacinto 11, San Ángel TNT, San Ángel, Álvaro Obregón, 01000 Ciudad de México, CDMX, Mexico. Once a separate municipality, San Ángel—in the city’s south, nestled into its western foothills—is a leafy, genteel enclave whose relative isolation adds a soigné feel (for better or worse) you won’t find in..."

"The Saturday bazaar showcases some of Mexico’s best handcrafted jewelry, woodwork, ceramics and textiles including silver from Taxco and psychedelic Huichol beadwork from Zacatecas. Artists and artisans also..."

"In the northeast corner of Zocalo, in the historic center, sits one of the best markets in Mexico City. Abelardo Rodríguez Market is a hidden gem and often overlooked by visitors to Mexico’s capital. The hallmark of this market are enormous murals by students of Diego Rivera, Mexico’s most prominent male artists."

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"A "be yourself" sophisticated urban luxury hotel for the business traveler. Located in the most exclusive area of ​​the city. It has a playful design, fine Mexican cuisine and a elegant spa where e..."

"Address: Balderas S/N, Colonia Centro, Centro, Cuauhtémoc, 06040 Cuauhtémoc, CDMX, Mexico | Phone: +52 55 5510 1828 | Website | Market open 10 am to 7 pm daily (closes 6 pm Sundays). If you’re looking to shop for local handicrafts or folk art, or just a colorful souvenir to take home from Mexico, definitely check out the market at the Mercado de Artesanías La Ciudadela, close to the historic center. At this market, you’ll find stalls of artists and vendors lined up along the street and hawking their art and wares to locals and travelers alike."

"S/N, Balderas, Colonia Centro, Centro, 06040 Ciudad de México, CDMX, Mexico. Looking for traditional Mexican crafts and home wares, such as the beautifully colored, hand-painted bowls and plates you've eaten off of at so many restaurants?. Head to La Ciudadela, an artists' market that for more than a century has drawn..."

"A dizzying selection of covetable crafts (hand-embroidered linens, leather sandals, embellished mirrors) at reasonable prices. Balderas and Plaza de La Ciudadela No. 1&5"

"The liberty that comes with being in an open-air park with the security and available options that come with a shopping mall are the main attractions of Zona Matraca, found within the Interlomas Park, an area for little ones from three to 10 years old, where they can play on seesaws, figure out a puzzle and hang out in the reading space. It has an Extreme Zone for kids and adults, but with special games for babies like a carousel, play center, trains, a ball pit and a little slide."

"Among the most beautiful of museums in the south of the city, the Carillo Gil was named for the contemporary collector and mid-20th-century super-benefactor, Dr. Álvar Carrillo Gil. With a permanent collection of some 2,000 pieces by blue-chip Mexican artists like Orozco, Rivera and especially Siqueiros, it’s a must-see for the twilight of Mexican Modernism. But a renewed focus on contemporary art keeps things fresh and includes 300 drawings, paintings, engravings, lithographs, collages, photographs, installations, artists’ books, sculptures, videos and more."

"Inside this grandiose colonial palace you'll see Diego Rivera murals (painted between 1929 and 1951) that depict Mexican civilization from the arrival of Quetzalcóatl (the Aztec plumed serpent god) to the post-revolutionary period. The nine murals covering the north and east walls of the first level above the patio chronicle indigenous life before the Spanish conquest. "

"Plaza de la Constitución S/N, Centro, Cuauhtémoc, 06066 Ciudad de México, CDMX, Mexico. Though his reputation is now arguably overshadowed by that of his former wife, painter and muralist Diego Rivera—commissioned by Mexico’s postrevolutionary governments starting in the late 1920s to adorn several national monuments in..."

"The Museo de Arte Popular is a unique museum that focuses on Mexican folk and popular art. The museum has wonderful, colorful displays of traditional pottery, handicrafts, and instruments, from indigenous traditions through to religious and more modern traditions too. Once a year the Museo de Arte Popular sponsors the iconic Alebrije Parade, which sees enormous depictions of Mexican folkloric monsters being paraded through the streets of Mexico City."

"Revillagigedo 11, Colonia Centro, Centro, 06050 Ciudad de México, CDMX, Mexico. There is so much to see and do in Mexico City, but this place should be on the itinerary of anyone interested in the incredibly varied world of Mexican folk art. The space is spacious and bright, which means the vibrant colors of, well,..."