A wealth of beautiful handicrafts from all over Jalisco and other Mexican states are available in Guadalajara, offering great shopping for tourists looking for the perfect souvenir and memory. Various outlet malls and shopping centres provide a good way to while away the hours in Guadalajara, with shops tending to be at their busiest around midday and considerably quieter as evening approaches.
Crafts vendors are at their best around the simply huge Mercado Libertad, which is amongst the biggest markets in the whole of Mexico, being spread over three floors and located off the Calz Independencia. You will usually be expected to politely bargain when shopping here, although in general, most prices in shops around Guadalajara are fixed, with antiques stores being the exception to this and readily welcome a little haggling.