Jo G.
Yelp
This is THE place to buy gifts for those back home, or everything you need for your next Fiesta back at home. Most prices are better than shops around the Jardin. Some very high quality shops mixed in with some that are less $$ but cheap. Usually a taxi driver will know if you just say "mercado" but use the Ignacio Ramirez name and they ALL will know. Some booths have the artists sitting there creating. This MERCADO is a MUST DO for every trip to SMA. The flowers are a GREAT BUY, and try to find the little oilcloth store! There is also a Tuesday Market (Tianguis) "on the top of the hill" that is more flea market-ish and fun if you are in SMA for a good while, but it is more used stuff than handicrafts--mostly locals shopping. Amazing displays of bulk candy, next to a booth that sells used tires or 8 track tapes: you get the idea.