To get your quality leather products (bags, purses, rucksacks, belts) custom made, go to Talabartería Ballinas where Vicente Hernández will exercise his excellent handicraft skills for you. Av. Presidente Portes Gil # 8A, Col. Revolución Mexicana (from the centre take Flavio Paniagua East and turn left (North) along Huixtla and it's several blocks on, on the left-hand side). Tel (67) 8 95 42.
Near the crafts market there is a handicrafts cooperative with authentic goods from the surrounding villages. The prices are a good deal more expensive, but you'll be getting the real handmade goods.
East of the Parque Central, following Real de Guadalupe, is a complex called Tierra Adentro which sells Handicrafts, T/shirts, Posters etc. in a cooperative which helps the autonomous communities of the Zapatista movement.
Organic Products are available in Tierra Verde 2.5 blocks east of the Parque following the Real de Guadalupe
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