Clothing Panama Hats
Camisería Canul (% 923-5661; Calle 62 btwn Calles 57 & 59; ® 8:30am-9pm Mon-Sat, 10am-1pm Sun) A good place for guayaberas and huipiles. It has been in business for years, offers fixed prices and does custom tailoring.
The Campeche town of Bécal is the center of the hat-weaving trade (see p222), but you can buy good examples of the hatmaker's art in Mérida.
Prices range from a few dollars for a hat of basic quality to US$80 or more for top quality. The Casa de las Artesanías has only very low-quality examples; the Bazar García Rejón is a much better bet.
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