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Top choice in San Cristóbal de las Casas


A society of Maya artists, the ‘Woodlanders’ Workshop’ crafts exquisite handmade books, posters and fine-art prints from recycled paper infused with local plants, using images inspired by traditional folk art. It’s an open workshop, so you can watch the art in progress.


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Nearby San Cristóbal de las Casas attractions

1. Na Bolom

0.18 MILES

An atmospheric museum-research center, Na Bolom for many years was the home of Swiss anthropologist and photographer Gertrude Duby-Blom (Trudy Blom; 1901…

2. Café Museo Café

0.35 MILES

This combined cafe and coffee museum is a venture of Coopcafé, a grouping of more than 17,000 small-scale, mainly indigenous, Chiapas coffee growers. The…

3. Cerro de Guadalupe

0.36 MILES

Want to take in the best views in town? Well, you'll have to work for them, because at this altitude the stairs up this hill can be punishing. A church…

4. Templo de la Caridad

0.42 MILES

Built in 1712, the Templo (or Iglesia) de la Caridad has an imposing facade consisting of Tuscan columns and a central bell tower, decorated in the…

6. Mercado Municipal

0.44 MILES

For a closer look at local life – and an assault on the senses – visit San Cristóbal’s busy municipal market, eight blocks north of the main plaza between…

7. Centro de Textiles del Mundo Maya

0.45 MILES

Upstairs inside the Ex-Convento de Santo Domingo, this excellent museum showcases over 500 examples of handwoven textiles from throughout Mexico and…

8. Museo de los Altos de Chiapas

0.45 MILES

One of two world-class museums inside the Ex-Convento de Santo Domingo (on the western side of the Templo de Santo Domingo), this exhibits several…