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Best Shopping Destinations in North America

50 city guides · 3-day shopping itineraries

3-day city guides covering local markets, boutiques, design districts and the best souvenirs.

North America
🇲🇽 Mexico

Acapulco

Craft markets behind the Zócalo, Diamante design boutiques and coastal artisan stalls, mapped hour b…

North America
🇬🇹 Guatemala

Antigua

From haggling for huipiles in the municipal market to fixed-price design studios on 5a Avenida Norte…

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🇺🇸 United States

Atlanta

From a 1918 municipal market on Auburn Avenue to Mashburn's Westside showrooms and 3,500 antique boo…

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🇺🇸 United States

Austin

Saturday grower markets, North Loop thrift, warehouse artist studios and the record bins that built …

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🇺🇸 United States

Boston

From SoWa's vintage tents and Newbury Street brownstone boutiques to Beacon Hill antiques, Cambridge…

North America
🇨🇦 Canada

Calgary

From western Canada's last cowboy-boot factory to Kensington's independents, with Alberta's 5% tax a…

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🇲🇽 Mexico

Cancun

From downtown market halls and Taxco silver stalls to Hotel Zone designer arcades and the marina sho…

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🇺🇸 United States

Charlotte

Cotton-mill maker halls, South End boutiques, SouthPark luxury flagships and 300 antique booths on S…

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🇺🇸 United States

Chicago

From Wicker Park's vintage alley and Andersonville's independents to the Merchandise Mart design sho…

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🇺🇸 United States

Dallas

From Dragon Street showrooms and Highland Park Village to dealer-booth antique malls, Texas bootmake…

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🇺🇸 United States

Denver

Vendor halls inside RiNo warehouses, Cherry Creek boutiques, Broadway's antique mile and Colorado-ma…

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🇺🇸 United States

Detroit

Eastern Market's 1891 sheds, Shinola watches and Pewabic tiles, plus the world's largest independent…

North America
🇲🇽 Mexico

Guadalajara

From Tonalá's 3,000-stall tianguis to Colonia Americana's independent labels and Zapopan's luxury co…

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🇨🇺 Cuba

Havana

Artisan markets on the harbour, Vedado design studios, cigar houses and the ration-book curiosities …

North America
🇺🇸 United States

Honolulu

From the Saturday KCC farmers market to Kaka'ako design studios and Kapahulu's aloha-shirt archives …

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🇺🇸 United States

Houston

From Airline Drive produce sheds and 19th Street antiques to River Oaks luxury, Rice Village boutiqu…

North America
🇩🇴 Dominican Republic

La Romana

Sugar-town markets, Altos de Chavón artisan studios and Caribbean-blue larimar from the only mine on…

North America
🇺🇸 United States

Las Vegas

From a 1,150-stall desert swap meet to Libeskind-designed luxury halls and Main Street's mid-century…

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🇺🇸 United States

Los Angeles

A neighbourhood-by-neighbourhood route through LA's oldest market halls, Westside design blocks and …

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🇳🇮 Nicaragua

Managua

From the cavernous chaos of Mercado Oriental to Masaya's artisan halls and Carretera Masaya's air-co…

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🇲🇽 Mexico

Mexico City

From the amber-scented herb stalls of Mercado de Sonora to Roma Norte concept stores and the artisan…

North America
🇺🇸 United States

Miami

From Calle Ocho cigar rollers and Design District ateliers to swap-shop antiques and Little Haiti bo…

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🇯🇲 Jamaica

Montego Bay

From haggling under zinc roofs on Harbour Street to duty-free counters at Rose Hall and Blue Mountai…

North America
🇲🇽 Mexico

Monterrey

From the leather boot workshops of Mercado Juárez to the marble atriums of Plaza Fiesta San Agustín …

North America
🇨🇦 Canada

Montreal

Public markets, Boulevard Saint-Laurent boutiques, Old Montreal artisan galleries and the undergroun…

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🇧🇸 Bahamas

Nassau

Straw Market weaving, Bahamian-batik boutiques, duty-free watch counters and the artisan studios tha…

North America
🇺🇸 United States

New Orleans

From the 1791 French Market to six miles of Magazine Street boutiques, Julia Street galleries and ba…

North America
🇺🇸 United States

New York

Brooklyn flea markets, SoHo and Nolita boutiques, Chelsea design lofts and the small Manhattan shops…

North America
🇨🇦 Canada

Ottawa

Farmers' market canopies, Canadian-only maker shelves and dealer booths of Hudson's Bay Canadiana — …

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🇵🇦 Panama

Panama City

From Kuna mola textiles at the Mercado de Artesanías to Colombian designer boutiques in Multiplaza a…

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🇺🇸 United States

Philadelphia

From the 1880s Italian Market to Fishtown vintage, Pine Street antiques and Old City maker shops — w…

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🇺🇸 United States

Phoenix

Sonoran farmers markets, Arizona-made design shops, western hatters and 600-booth antique warehouses…

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🇭🇹 Haiti

Port-au-Prince

Sequined vodou drapo, hand-cut oil-drum metal art, mahogany carvings and Pétion-Ville galleries, fro…

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🇺🇸 United States

Portland

Oregon charges zero sales tax, so every price tag is the price you pay — from Saturday Market woodca…

North America
🇲🇽 Mexico

Puebla

Hand-painted Talavera workshops, the candy street of Santa Clara, Los Sapos antiques and the glass-r…

North America
🇲🇽 Mexico

Puerto Vallarta

From the tarp-covered aisles of Mercado Emiliano Zapata to Basilio Badillo's designer studios and th…

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🇩🇴 Dominican Republic

Punta Cana

From haggling in Bibijagua's artisan stalls to duty-free larimar at Blue Mall and the rum aisles of …

North America
🇨🇦 Canada

Quebec City

From the Grand Marché's cider stalls to Saint-Roch concept stores and Petit-Champlain artisan worksh…

North America
🇺🇸 United States

San Diego

Farmers markets in Little Italy, indie design in North Park and South Park, Mexican folk art in Barr…

North America
🇺🇸 United States

San Francisco

Farmers' market producers, independent designers on Hayes and Valencia, and the letterpress, booksho…

North America
🇨🇷 Costa Rica

San Jose

From the sawdust-floored butcher aisles of the Mercado Central to Escalante's slow-fashion ateliers …

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🇵🇷 Puerto Rico

San Juan

From the Sunday farmers' market in Río Piedras to Calle Loíza concept stores and hand-carved santos …

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🇨🇺 Cuba

Santiago de Cuba

From the vaulted Mercado Agropecuario to Calle Heredia's artisan stalls, ARTex galleries and the Can…

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🇩🇴 Dominican Republic

Santo Domingo

From Mercado Modelo's haggling floors to Piantini's design boutiques and Zona Colonial's cigar-and-c…

North America
🇺🇸 United States

Seattle

From Pike Place farm stalls and Ballard makers to Capitol Hill vintage racks and Bellevue's luxury w…

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🇺🇸 United States

St Louis

Cherokee Street's antique row, the Delmar Loop's independents, and Grand Center design shops mapped …

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🇨🇦 Canada

Toronto

Three days working Toronto's shopping spine: 19th-century market halls, Kensington's vintage racks, …

North America
🇨🇦 Canada

Vancouver

Granville Island artisan studios, Main Street indie boutiques and Indigenous Northwest Coast art gal…

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🇲🇽 Mexico

Veracruz

Hand-rolled cigars, Coatepec coffee, Papantla vanilla and mahogany harps — sourced from port arcades…

North America
🇺🇸 United States

Washington DC

From the 1873 Eastern Market butchers to Georgetown design showrooms and Adams Morgan vintage racks…