Northern Mexico
Central Mexico
Northern Mexico
Central Mexico
TOP THINGS TO BUY IN CUETZALAN
Cuetzalan boasts a huge variety of handcrafted textiles, both white cotton garments, artisela thread and wool, as well as those made on a waist loom such as sarapes, shawls, jorongos (poncho, cloak that resembles a blanket with a hole in the middle for the head), cambayas (a rustic, hand-woven cotton made on wooden pedal looms fabric), napkins, curtains and shawls.
You can also find beautiful wooden works such as furniture, cedar crosses, drums, teponaxtles, rattles, flutes, cages, violins and masks. However, the most representative pieces of this fascinating town are the miniature figures that have received national and international recognition.
In the Magical Town you can buy hats and baskets, as well as beautifully crafted beeswax candles.
As for jewelry, the creative hands of women from the mountain town create beautiful pieces with grains.
As for jewelry, the creative hands of women from the mountain town create beautiful pieces with grains.
The Matachiuj Handicraft Market is an ideal place to purchase handicrafts, as well as the Sunday market where you will see dozens of Totonac and Nahua vendors wearing traditional dress and selling their wares around the zocalo.
There are some other shops offering crafts and the delicious coffee from Cuetzalan highlands.