Shopping in Terengganu is a great idea and your Terengganu Tours are incomplete without buying some nice handicraft items and exquisite locally made stuffs. Start your Shopping in Terengganu with buying the freshest of local foodstuffs like keropok, cuttlefish or freshly baked biscuits. Central Market is the place to head for. The wet market is like a wholesale market where you will get everything and even turtle eggs! You will find all these in really cheap prices.
Visit the Pasar Payang or the central market of Kuala Terengganu which is a huge market set in the middle of Kuala Terengganu town. From foods to exquisite craft items, you will get everything here. One must-buy item here for Terengganu Shopping is batik. It is a beautifully painted cloth which you can make into traditional Malay costumes. The prices for batik ranges and it depends on the quality of the cloth and the skill involved in painting the batik. Among the food item, one thing you must try out here is yummy fish crackers. In Malay, it is called ‘keropok’, you will get here fried ready-to eat keropok.
Batik clothes, batik-motif dresses or gowns are the things which you must take back home as souvenirs for your loved ones. If you are looking for fine quality batik in reasonable price, then you should head for Chinatown. This is perhaps the cheapest place to get reasonably priced good batik cloth. You will find here lots of variety and you can visit shops after shops comparing prices and bargaining. Noor Arfa Batek makes, displays and sells painted or printed clothes.
For more Shopping in Terengganu, visit the local handicraft complex. You will find it on the way out to the main road from Noor Arfa Batek. Most of the souvenir shops in Kuala Terengganu are located at the Tourist Information Centre at the foot of Bukit Puteri. Copper Products like Tepak Sirih, traditional container for betel leaf, tobacco leaf are some of the other items which you can collect while you are on your Terengganu Tours. These can act as wonderful decorative items or and beautiful wedding gift sets.
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