Puerto Vallarta has been for a long while the Mecca for artisans of all Mexico. Shops in Vallarta offer a great quantity of regional and national art. If you happen to visit it, you will have the chance of choosing among unique pieces of the most famous plastic artists from Mexico and the whole world. Nuevo Vallarta has something for everybody, regardless of the money you have to spend. You may look for something special made by unknown street artists either in markets or in the crowded Malecón.
All kinds of art crafts can be found in Nuevo Vallarta –masks, items of clothing, ceramics, souvenirs made of copper, plate, wood, and even liquors. The most recommendable ones are the sandals and hand-made items of clothing. Still, bear in mind that you will find in Vallarta the finest jewelry not only in artisans markets but also in the most modern shopping malls. While you take a walk along its streets, you will realize that alternatives are ubiquitous in this town. Some of the main points to go shopping in Nuevo Vallarta are:
- Municipal market. Located next to Plaza de las Armas, this is a good place to buy something original; its corridors are full of little shops where clothing, art crafts, and jewelry are sold.
- Plaza Caracol square. This little and old square offers a good variety of shops, a supermarket and a big department store. Its main visitors are locals, but due to its location it is chosen by many tourists who are looking for products to take back home.
- Plaza Galerías Vallarta. This department store is famous for its cinema and boutiques of first-designer clothes and shoes. Apart from this, this place has an amazing gym and a fast food area.
- Neptuno square. Tourists will find in it items to decorate their homes and little pre-Hispanic jewelry reproductions as well as souvenirs made in plate or wood.
- Península square. This outdoor attractive square is made up of designer stores such as Lacoste and Squale, beauty salons, spa, gym, Banks, galleries and restaurants and bars. This may be the right place to buy a present for your beloved ones.
- Sergio Bustamante Gallery. This man is a famous Mexican artist and sculptor whose colorful and original works are mainly really big sculptures which take the shape of animals, people, or accessories.
- Malecón. This area is one of the places that you must visit no matter what, not only because of its beauty but also because of the numerous local artists who sell their artworks in it –paintings of different techniques, sculptures, jewelry, among so many others.
Nuevo Vallarta is the right place to but a souvenir since it provides you with an array of shops and squares. It doesn’t matter which of them you choose, each and every shop has something special and unique to be bought.
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