Visitors are welcome at the Ocú workshop of this nationally known maker of Panama-style hats. Drive or walk north about 1km on Av Central; if you come to a fork in the road, you’ve gone too far. Ezequela’s house is the blue one on the left side of the street, about four houses south of the fork.
Ezequela Maure
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