Mercado 28 oficial — Attraction in Cancún

For a better shopping experience, don’t visit stores on the Main Street. You are verbally accosted and it’s uncomfortable to experience. You’ll need pesos. Go to the stalls behind the main one, in the second and third rows. There’s a Santander Atm at Circle K with a low withdrawal fee for foreigners. The other Santander ATMs across the market charged me 116 pesos to withdraw.

We found the cutest pom pom store. Pom pom strings were 220 and more elsewhere. We got a good price of 180 for 2. But after wanting to buy other things, we were denied a discount. It still felt expensive despite being cheaper than others, which are a total rip off. Some stalls sold more unique items but most of these things felt mass produced instead of artisanal. We shopped at about 20 stores and...

Convinient location for local food, souvenirs, and local arts and crafts. Prices were cheaper than Playa del Carmen and twice cheaper than Puerto Morelos. Breakfast (coffee, eggs, beans $90 pesos), Guayabera (3X size cotton) $450 , cancun key holder $75, fridge magnet $50, neck collar $ 80. It is all about negotiating the prices. These are items that were seen in the other two locations mentioned above. The recommendation is to ask or check prices in the location you are staying at, even with small vendors on the road and with the same vendors in Mercado 28. Best way to stretch our hard earned money. Enjoy haggling !!! But don't undervalue the hard work of...

I want to give this place 2 stars put some people like these type of places and there were plenty of joyful merchants here.

My gripes are these. There are no prices on most of the items which makes you hassle and negotiate. The items with prices were marked up 3x. I don't want to waste time haggling over some souvenirs when I can just go to the store across the street and pay 20% less. There were limited restrooms. Some sales people are really pushy.

I like the variety of souvenirs, the food was decent, and some of the people were very memorable and very pleasant. I wouldn't want to go again but I would if it meant a friend not...