Mexico Guide
Oaxaca
Macedonio Alcalá
Heading north from the zócalo, Valdivieso crosses Independencia to become Macedonio Alcalá, the city's pedestrianized shopping street, a showcase for the best, and most expensive, Mexican and Oaxacan crafts. This is the place to come for exquisitely intricate silver designs and finely executed, imaginative textiles: check the quality of the goods here before venturing out to the villages where many of the crafts are made, and where the selection tends to include pieces of varying quality and lower prices.