Cusco sells everything from S/5 chullo hats to S/6,000 vicuña capes, often on the same street. This three-day route separates the weavers' co-ops and one-off ateliers from the acrylic stalls, with real addresses and what to pay.
Cusco's central market, housed since 1925 in an iron-framed hall attributed to a student of Gustave Eiffel. Aisles of alpaca socks, chullo hats, dried corn and dozens of potato varieties. Open 06:00–18:00 daily.
The market cusqueños actually shop at, ten blocks southeast of the Plaza with almost no visitors. Kitchenware, embroidered polleras, bulk herbs, cheap fruit and set lunches around S/8–S/12. Busiest 08:00–14:00.
Non-profit at Av. El Sol 603 where weavers from ten highland communities work backstrap looms in the front room. Handspun alpaca scarves, mantas and wall pieces labelled with the village and the weaver's name.
Weavers' association store on Av. Tullumayo run by communities from Chinchero, Pitumarca and Accha Alta. Cochineal, indigo and ch'illka dyes only, no acrylic blends. Quieter and cheaper than the Av. El Sol shops.
Michell Group's Cusco flagship, selling baby alpaca and vicuña under one roof. Coats, capes and stoles carry fibre-micron labels, and the vicuña room is kept separate. Open 09:00–21:00.
Peruvian silversmith under the Plaza de Armas arcade working in 950 sterling with Chavín and Nazca motifs, spondylus shell and Andean opal. Every piece is hallmarked, boxed and sold at fixed prices.
Design studio where a Peruvian-Swiss couple produce alpaca knitwear and hand-stitched leather bags in a workshop behind the shop floor. Small runs, so coats and jackets rarely repeat in the same colourway.
Steep-street atelier in San Blas cutting one-off garments from vintage Andean textiles and hand-dyed alpaca. Almost everything exists in a single size, and the designer alters on site within a day or two.
Cusco's sprawling informal market by the Huatanay river: electronics, sneakers, tools, phone repairs and copied media across covered halls. Prices are a fraction of the centre and nothing carries a warranty.
The city's only full shopping mall, on Av. Collasuyo in San Sebastián. Peruvian chains Topitop and Platanitos, a Plaza Vea supermarket, cinema and food court — fixed prices, card payment, heated interior.
Colonial courtyard workshop making bars from Quillabamba and Piura cacao. Free tasting counter downstairs; two-hour bean-to-bar classes let you roast, grind and mould bars with quinoa, coca leaf or pink salt.
Around 340 stalls at the bottom of Av. El Sol near Avenida Tullumayo, the largest single craft market in the city and trading until roughly 22:00. Broadly the same goods as the uphill shops at half the price.