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TOP THINGS TO BUY IN PUEBLA
Puebla is a modern city in expansion that has become the fourth largest city in the country and although it has managed to preserve its historical side, it also offers modern shopping centers that can be the pleasure of any shopping lover such as:
Angelópolis Lifestyle Center
It is the largest and one of the best shopping malls in the city. It has important and exclusive department stores and a wide variety of well-known brand stores, as well as movie theaters, a casino, and several restaurants.
Galerías Serdán
It offers a prominent department store, major brand shops, movie theaters, and several chain restaurants.
Explanada Puebla
It is located in San Andrés Cholula and is characterized by combining shopping with entertainment. It has a department store, several stores of important brands, a supermarket and restaurants. Also here you will find movie theaters, an ice rink, Playtopia that offers adventures for adults and children, and Contender, an exciting go kart track.
Shopping in Puebla
Parque Puebla
It has several department stores, international brand shops, movie theaters, an aquarium, and several chain restaurants.
Solesta
It has a Premium supermarket, an important home goods store, clothing shops, pet supplies and accessories stores, as well as restaurants and movie theaters.
Plaza Vía San Ángel
It has a supermarket, restaurant and some clothing, sports and accessory shops.
Outlet Puebla Premier
Here you will find stores of well-known brands at very good prices and some restaurants.
OTHER PLACES TO GO SHOPPING IN PUEBLA
In addition, Puebla is not only the state capital, but also the capital of talavera, an artisanal technique that dates back to the 16th century with Arab influence. Its distinctive is its vitreous finish in ivory white as the basis of the decoration combine with the characteristic blue, but there are wonderful pieces with other colors.
Puebla also has an enormous tradition in the elaboration of furniture and the wood carving figures, many of them of a religious type and of course various textiles.
There are several places where you can find all these a great variety of crafts, among the best options are:
El Parían
This market dates back to 1801 and is located in the Plaza de San Roque. The market itself has unique architecture and ornamental details. It has more than 100 establishments where you can buy handicrafts from all over the state.
El Barrio del Artista
It is a pleasant pedestrian walkway, it also has various craft stalls and you can also see the artists creating their paintings.
Plazuela de los Sapos
In the middle of a classic Puebla alley every Sunday there is a market with a unique atmosphere where vendors sell goods ranging from antiques, old jewelry, religious pictures and vintage postcards to purses woven from candy wrappers and belts made from beer-can tops. Additionally, here you will find cafes and restaurants where you can enjoy some of the regional dishes of this wonderful destination.
BEST OPTIONS FOR SWEET TOOTH LOVERS
There are over 300 different types of traditional sweets or dulces tipicos in Puebla, so if you have a sweet tooth, then you're going to love this city, especially 6 Oriente Street. As you walk along this street, you will pass endless candyshops selling all kinds of sweet delights such as marzipans, macaroni, arrayan fruit with sugar, rompemuelas (quite a hard candy with a solid base of coconut and caramel), muéganos (candy made out of flour, honey, milk, egg, sugar and wafers), gaznate (a layer of dough in the shape of a small tube filled with cream), novias (candy made from milk with walnuts), camotes (sweet potatoes), borrachitos (sweet jelly candies, sprinkled with sugar and flavored with lemon, pineapple, strawberry and many more) and the famous Santa Clara cookies (a cross between cookie and candy with a small buttery shortbread shell and a chewy candy-like pepita filling). Here you can also buy rich rompopes (eggnog-like drink made with eggs, milk, and vanilla flavouring) with flavors such as nutmeg, vanilla, almonds, pecans, orange blossom water, clove, pine nuts, and even pistachios.
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