Bazar México Lindo, a space where art is the main protagonist.

Published September 4th, 2022

A place visited by locals, national and international tourists, and even celebrities that you cannot miss if you are in the Heritage City of San Miguel de Allende is undoubtedly the “Bazar México Lindo”, located on the San Miguel de Allende to Dolores Hidalgo highway, where you will find from antiques to creations of unique pieces by local artisans.

This place belongs to Alfredo Meléndez, originally from San Luis Potosí, who inherited his dad the taste for antiques, since when he was born his father was already dedicated to collecting art, sculpture, and antiques, among other things.

He learned to recognize that what for many is trash for others is art, combining objects and creating things of utility or decorating spaces for the public who visit them.

In the place, there are carpenters, painters, sculptors, and blacksmiths and all of them create wonderful works of art to sell in the place, in addition to having a gallery or museum that you can tour.

The worker Rolando Aguilar commented that the owner of everything is Alfredo Meléndez “but he has always been very kind and gives his support to those of us who work here for him, he also gives us permission to bring our own art and sell it directly to the clients, also here we help him to give them a tour of the place, to clean it and create more things that we can”.

Alfredo also supports collectors who go to junkyards, farms, or factories that no longer use parts or things, and here they bring them and for this reason, you will find antique vehicles, motorcycles, film reels, a camera, or projector for the same reels, textile machines, among other things.

Bazar México Lindo is a place where you will find everything you need to decorate your home.
You can find coffee tables, canteens, benches, and a thousand things that can help decorate your home, also if you locate one of the renowned hotels in San Miguel called Aqua, they were suppliers of many pieces of art that they have there, Rolando commented.

“This place is visited by many foreigners and national tourists who go from San Miguel to Dolores or vice versa, the pieces go to their ranches or homes, there are also pieces that have gone to Europe or Asia; but it has also been visited by several celebrities who have bought pieces for their homes, such as Damian Alcazar and Juan Gabriel”, among others, commented Rolando Aguilar.

The place is an art museum and created with all the recycled material you can imagine, they have a warehouse where they keep the old doors, but even the roof is built with such doors and also have old trunks, they can sell it that way or transform it into something different that is to your liking.

There are giant roots that have a figure and they highlight it, such as faces, birds, among others, they make tables of wood or ironwork or mixed; there are carts, trucks, also painters manage to make paintings on these old objects giving them another type of finish and leaving them ready to decorate a place.

If this type of place catches your attention, the best thing is that on the same road they have three branches, the one at the junction to Atotonilco, another one further on in Galvanes and one more by Tequisquiapan, already on the side of Dolores Hidalgo. Its cost is voluntary for the tour of the museum or gallery, and the prices of the pieces are accessible to the public.

Aspects to take into account

• The entrance fee is voluntary for the tour of the museum or gallery, and the prices of the pieces are accessible to the public.
• In addition, you can find coffee tables, canteens, benches, and a thousand things that can help you decorate your home.
• This place is visited by many foreigners and national tourists who go from San Miguel to Dolores or vice versa.