Book Description:
Welcome to one of the world's great destinations for both travel and shopping. From ancient ruins, tropical rainforests, and gorgeous beaches to bustling markets, quaint colonial towns, colorful plazas, beautiful cathedrals, and scenic mountains, deserts, and canyons, this diverse and enthralling place seems to have it all.The world's 13th largest country with a population of nearly 100 million, Mexico is one of today's most popular tourist destinations that hosts over 20 million visitors a year.While Mexico has a great deal to offer all types of visitors, shopping ranks near the top as one of its major strengths and attractions. Indeed, shopping seems to be everywhere, from colorful markets, street shops, sidewalk vendors, factories, pawnshops, handicraft emporiums, home production centers, and galleries to department stores, shopping malls, hotel shopping arcades, and chic boutiques.If you don't find it, chances are it will find you! And it's often fun shopping as you uncover new places, discover unique treasures, and meet many interesting people, such as artists, craftspeople, and shopkeepers, and bargain for good deals.Best of all, Mexico offers numerous auxiliary pleasures wonderful restaurants, hotels, and sights that define a delightful lifestyle shopping scene.Seductive Mexico beckons visitors to return again and again to sample its many unending delights. Offering a treasure trove of products, it's a wonderful destination for acquiring quality art, antiques, folk art, handicrafts, jewelry, silver, textiles, ceramics, leather goods, souvenirs, glassware, and home decorative items.Two seasoned travel shopping sleuths and authors of numerous volumes in the highly acclaimed Impact Guides series reveal in extraordinary detail the who, what, where, and how of enjoying the many treasures and pleasures of 15 destinations in Mexico: Mexico City, Acapulco, Manzanilla, Taxco, Ixtapa and Ziahuatanejo, Puerto Vallerta, Guadalajara, Morelia (and Patzcuaro and the state of Michoacan), Queretaro, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Puebla, and Oaxaca.The Treasures and Pleasures of Mexico includes shopping strategies and bargaining tips as well as advice on avoiding problems, selecting quality products, and shipping purchases home with ease.It also identifies the best shops, restaurants, accommodations, sightseeing, and entertainment as well as includes everything from pre trip planning advice to 24 critical shopping rules and 16 effective bargaining strategies.Jam packed with important contact information including many key websites and details on the best quality shops in each location here's the ultimate guide for turning just another trip into a great travel shopping adventure.
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