Commerce is an inherited talent that people from Oaxaca practice persuasively nowadays, showing off pride for the high quality of their products. Thus the Oaxacan society has developed upon an intense commercial exchange between all the ethnic groups. The most colorful evidence of this exchange are the markets, center of social interaction and a peculiar cosmic vision; the synthesis of a whole different world, unusually rich in nature and culture.
The heart of Oaxaca beats to the rhythm of the market hubbub, displaying in a different town every day, very close to the city. Inside the capital there are three permanent markets where you can find the same products they sell in the surrounding ones. Thus, visiting a market during your stay is not only obligatory, it is unavoidable. Within them you will find countless beautiful handcrafted objects for everyday life and typical products from the eight regions of the state such as textiles, fruits, vegetables, flowers, chocolate, cheese, grasshoppers, meats, wood and metal objects.
However, options to go shopping in Oaxaca are ample. Plaza del Valle is the pioneer in the modern mall concept and it includes famous national department stores, modern boutiques, food court and a movie complex that plays the latest hits of the big screen. Going out shopping in Oaxaca is like traveling in time.
Benito Juarez Market
Located in an art-nouveau structure from the 19th century in the place where the market always was since the colonial period. All regions of Oaxaca are represented in the dozens of alleys with more than 700 stands. Look for the products by which Oaxaca is famous throughout the world: textiles, chocolate, mole and mezcal. You can not leave without a sample. Get it in one of the many Oaxaca shops.
Grocery Center
Located on the east side of the city, the Grocery Center is modern and it was built to decongest the traffic that the city suffered at one point. It is big and it offers an ample range of products. The main displays are home supplies for locals, but you can also find handicrafts and curios.
Itinerant Market
Mondays in Miahuatlan you'll find lots of everyday use objects made out of clay, wood, metal and plastic. Tuesdays in Zimatlan you can admire and buy wood furniture. Wednesdays in Etla you can discover the origin of delicious and famous Oaxaca cheese. On Thursdays, Zaachila gathers farm produce vendors from the Central Valleys mainly. Fridays in Oacotlan there are cotton textiles, immortal flower handcrafts and green clay from Atzompa, among other products. Saturdays in the city of Oaxaca you will find many products from all over the state. And last but not least, on Sunday, Tlacolula is the show case for Teotitlan and Santa Ana del Valle textiles. All this markets are important part of Oaxaca shopping.
Plaza del Valle
Plaza del Valle is a very popular weekend stroll for locals. They find about everything there: latest fashion, perfumes, shoes, food and fun. In a nut shell, it is a modern mall in a big city way.
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