4 Best Shopping in Xalapa, Veracruz

Café Colón sells 20 varieties of coffee for about $2.50 a pound.

Cafécali serves a wide selection of excellent coffees at good prices.

Callejón del Diamante, also known as Calle Antonio M. Rivera, is a captivating pedestrian street with vendors hawking inexpensive jewelry, handwoven baskets, and fleece-lined slippers.

The Mercado Jaureguí, open daily, is an indoor bazaar with everything from jewelry, blankets, and fresh vegetables to some rather dubious-looking natural "healing" potions and supposedly aphrodisiacal body pastes.