The 10 Best Gift & Specialty Shops in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas

Maya Kotan is a shop and workshop where you can both buy and create high quality hand woven textiles. Working with a 100% cotton and an ancient weaving technique (the backstrap loom) Maya Kotan creates scarves, shawls, bags, and a variety of homewears combining traditional and contemporary designs.

Bazarte is an enterprise dedicated to the rescue of the textile art from the Chiapas Heights region. Therefore, we foster the selling of handmade textile captured in original articles as handbags, wallets, men, women and children clothes, as well as footwear and accesories. All of our products are hand crafted by our local artisans, they only use the highest quality materials, after Bazarte approves them. That is why every product is completely unique, you will not find a repeated design. We invite you to visit us in our 3 different locations at Downtown San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas: General Utrilla 18, 20 de Noviembre 7, Real de Guadalupe 11.

Artisan2you is a store created to offer local Mexican female artisans the opportunity to sell their products directly and free of intermediaries. By buying here, you are helping them increase their income and leave poverty behind, while keeping ancient traditions alive. Our products are both traditional and contemporary, handmade with the best quality standards.

Tonton is a Mexican artisan community that wants to share a sample of its cultural wealth through quality Mexican textiles.

Aula P´ejel is a space that gathers artists, artisans and creators. You´ll find traditional textiles, vintage clothing and slow-fashion. You can get in touch with the culture through workshops of traditional techniques of embroidery, waist loom and native "tzotzil" dialect course. As well there is a coffeashop and a gallery.