Mercado Artesanal Mexicano

What is sold. This is the largest craft market in Coyoacán and it works as a tour of artisan work from several Mexican states: textiles and embroidery, rebozos, huipiles, talavera and clay, silver jewellery, wood and leather pieces, alebrijes, papel picado and traditional sweets. Several stalls carry work by independent artists —paintings, prints, illustration— and the stock shifts through the year, because it depends on each workshop's production cycles and on the big seasons, Day of the Dead and Christmas.

Where it is. It occupies a site on Felipe Carrillo Puerto 25, in Villa Coyoacán, less than a hundred metres from the Jardín Centenario and the Plaza y Jardín Hidalgo, so it fits naturally into the classic walk through central Coyoacán: the San Juan Bautista parish church, the Casa Municipal, the cafés on the Centenario and, a few streets away, the Coyoacán market with its tostadas. It is a big place: studies of the city's public markets have counted more than 450 traders, with the number varying by season.

Getting there. Central Coyoacán has no metro station of its own: the closest are Coyoacán and Viveros-Derechos Humanos on Line 3, about a twenty-minute walk away or a short ride on local transport. At weekends it pays to arrive early, as parking in the area gets difficult.

Hours and payment. Open every day until 22:00 —from 11:00 Monday to Thursday and from 10:00 Friday to Sunday— which makes it one of the few places to buy crafts late in the day. There are food stalls inside. Not every stall takes cards, so bring cash.