5 Best Shopping in Yucatán and Campeche States, Mexico

This small shop sells signed collectible indigenous beeswax figurines.

Visit the government-run Casa de las Artesanías Ki-Huic for folk art from throughout Yucatán. There's a showcase of hard-to-find traditional filigree jewelry in silver, gold, and gold-dipped versions.

For a multitude of hammocks, head to El Mayab.

Mérida has several shopping malls, but the largest and nicest, Gran Plaza, has more than 200 shops and a multiplex theater. It's just outside town, on the highway to Progreso (called Carretera a Progreso beyond the Mérida city limits).

This pleasant mall houses more than 114 stores and eateries (including Sears and McDonalds) plus the Cinépolis movie theater complex.