5 Best Markets in Acapulco

Mercado Central is among the most active markets in the city, with hundreds of food stalls and vendor booths within the market proper and surrounding it. Here you can find everything from local artists and farmers to food stalls serving up prepared foods of traditional dishes from family recipes to fresh cut flowers brought in every day. While you're here, be sure to try the local enchiladas, ceviche, and pozole stew.

It's a great place to spend the day soaking up local sights, smells, and culture while finding the perfect souvenir of your trip. This one is also easy to get to since it's located right in the heart of central Acapulco.

Craft Market El Pueblito offers a wide range of traditional arts, crafts, home décor, and traditional food and recipes for your day out in Acapulco. This market is famed for the variety and quality of the souvenirs it has on offer. It's also right on the seashore, so it's a fantastic place to soak up the salt air, see the endless dark blue waters of the bay, and even grab a swimming costume or beach blanket and run just a few steps away for fun in the sun.

You'll also find a range of arts and crafts from gifts to souvenirs to wall art and homemade foods of just about every variety. It's only about 30 minutes west of city centre.

Mercado de Artesanias "La Diana" is one of several named outdoor markets just up the boulevard offering contemporary overstock and secondhand goods. It feels a bit like a flea market inside a covered but open-air venue with dozens of stalls selling everything from fine leatherworks to sandals, beachwear to fine fashions, sunglasses to knick-knacks. It's a fun place to browse the dozens of stalls looking for unusual items you might not find at other markets.

Another fun thing about this market is that it's sort of "between here and there" in the La Condesa area about 40 minutes west of city centre. As you're heading to a restaurant or another shop, you might stop here for a browse.

Mercado El Parazal is the oldest continuously operating arts and crafts market in the port, offering a vast array of vendors selling just about everything you can imagine. Here you'll find handmade leather goods, wood art, hats, shoes, home décor made from seashells, homemade leather boots and shoes, and other crafts. One thing that sets this market apart is that vendors travel here from all over Mexico to sell their wares. Be sure to do a lot of browsing before buying; you might find different vendors selling similar wares at wildly different prices.

This one is about 40 minutes west of city centre. It's right by the port, so you also get great seaside views.

Mercado Morelos is a traditional market in the heart of city centre Acapulco offering clean, colourful vendor stalls offering up a wide variety of products from food to arts and crafts. Here you will find fresh produce brought in daily from local farms and stalls where artisans sell their handmade items. You can get fashions, wall art, souvenirs, gifts, and more. Speciality foods are also offered here, including meats, cheeses, and natural fruit waters. Onsite restaurants let you relax with a delicious local meal, whether baked goods or meat pies.

This is a place that attracts locals and visitors alike. That makes it a fantastic spot to come and soak up local culture.