Mercado Libertad - San Juan de Dios

I enjoy exploring places that truly capture the authentic ethnic and cultural atmosphere. As the largest indoor market in Latin America, I was excited to visit this historic marketplace. I loved wandering through the countless small stalls, savoring the diverse aromas and tastes of various foods, and marveling at the colorful, exotic fruits. The warm, attentive vendors made the experience even more memorable. Definitely a must place to visit while in Guadalajara.

You can basically find anything you'd want at this informal market, from sombreros down to chickens! The market has a very nice food section as well, with dozens of stands preparing local cuisine. Prepare to battle some traffic to get here, though, especially on weekends!

Huge Market! Extremely crowded on the weekends so if you'd like to experience the market in it's full glory then go on the weekend. Mingling with the people and navigating the maze of stalls and food vendors when it's crowded is a definite thing to do. However, if you want to take your time and explore the market go during a weekday when it's not as hectic. Lots of goods for sale and some will even haggle. Numerous leather goods from shoes to saddles.

This place is a huge maze. Saddle, electronics, food, meat, pet birds, trinkets, soany shoes, and more. I know I didn't see all of it. I kept getting lost and seeing some of the same things more than twice. Definitely plan to spend a few hours here.

Hundreds of merchandise stalls and dozens of small restaurants. So hard to choose what to eat. We both had a deep fried tilapia for breakfast a some sugar cane juice in the northern courtyard. A pretty old looking building. The common areas were a little bit dirty but all the vendor stalls were very clean. We would go back.

Great spot to check out for any fruits or bulk items such as peppers or dog food. Nuts. Leather goods

This market is so big! I can totally lost in there. Most of vendors don’t speak English. Make sure knowing how to ask for prices or order food. Very fun experience to shop here or just window shopping.

Had an excellent time here! Being quite anxious in busy spaces, some of the previous reviews made me a little nervous.. We went on a Monday at around 11am and it wasn't too busy at all! Vendors all speak to you but a simple no or gracias and a smile and they all backed away without pestering you. We bought some lovely things here and had lunch all at a reasonable price. Spanish speakers will find it easier than we did (obviously) as quite a few vendors didn't know much English (much more a me problem than a them problem). Definitely worth a visit, you could spend hours there!