It offers gorgeous fresh flowers, meats, poultry, seafood, clothing, household goods, cassette tapes of popular music, and shoes. Best of all is the outdoor cafe under a huge red tent. Cold cerveza is also waiting for you. You can eat first, then go through the market and shop until you drop. You won t believe the prices.
Cameras are welcome and there is a gift shop with local handicrafts.
Pan on Avenida Central several blocks from downtown. This is a very old tropical settlement on the banks of the Rio Grijalva about 12 kms east of, and considerably lower in elevation than, Tuxtla Gutierrez. It has been continuously inhabited for more than 3500 years. First we visit the fountain in the center of the square. It has an impressive brick covering originally built in 1542, designed to resemble the crown of Queen Isabella of Spain.