Malls
Hotel Zone shopping centers are very well covered in airport giveaway
guides such as Cancun Tips and they are well-worth exploring. The
prices are usually higher than downtown, but not always as much
as you might think and the quality and quantity of the selection
is truly imposing. The following malls and markets are not covered
in the usual guides. They are lots of fun and even though they don't
look very quaint this is where you'll find the real Mexico in Cancun,
without the tourist varnish and plastic.
Plaza 2000
Crucero, Av. Tulum & López-Portillo. Reasonable
Your standard serviceable mall
Inexpensive footwear and cheap T-shirts and shorts, toys, hair
ornaments, and a decent bakery. Good bolillos -- French rolls, bo-LEE-ohs
-- if you arrive at midday and late afternoon.
Plaza Bonita
Behind Post Office, next to Mercado 28. Good to a little expensive.
Cute shops and eating places in Yuppie mall
If all Cancun looked more like Plaza Bonita, we might believe we
were actually in Mexico. Good place for gift shopping, with some
very high-quality merchandise at local prices. The closest thing
to a Yuppie consumer hang-out in Cancun.
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