"That's the kind of sombrero I make", Mr. Jorge says to me pointing at a poster of Harrison Ford in…read morethe very first "Indiana Jones".
Due to the stream of tourists flooding the main streets of San Miguel, most traditional products have been bound to the upper streets of the city. Right at the Main Plaza you can only find cardboard hats and sombreros. Anything close to the legit stuff will be more than a thousand pesos. But if you go up San Francisco street, on the right you can find "Creaciones Alcalá", a leather workshop ran by Mr. Alcalá himself.
He works different kinds of leather and jute, the original versions of the hats, because he is a man of tradition. Handbags, purses, belts, beer holders. He can even make them to your custom size. If you are looking for a real, long lasting, stylish accessory, look no further.
As a man of tradition, he doesn't take credit card and he does not understand english, but he doesn't need to.
