Shopping in Kathmandu is an absolutely wonderful experience on your Kathmandu Tours. Shopping in Kathmandu offers a wide variety of items including exquisite art and craft items, exotic Tibetan antiques, jewelries and gems, clothes and more. Your Kathmandu Shopping can start off with looking for some great handicrafts. Kopundol on the road between to Bagmati Bridge and Patan can be your first choice for this. Mahaguthi, Women Entrepreneurs Association and Dhukuti are to name a few of the shops selling fantastic handicraft stuffs.
You will find several shops in Kathmandu selling antiques from Tibet. The shops on Durbar Marg are ideal for this. If you have a thing for these items, you will find here a great variety and some of the items can be really expensive. You can also visit the Potala Art Gallery and the Ritual Art Gallery for the same. Among the items on offer, you will find carpets, thangka paintings, carvings, clothing, jewelry and religions items. If you want to collect authentic thangka paintings, then the best place is near the Durbar Square. The Indigo Gallery at Mike’s Breakfast in Naxal and the Tibetan Thangka Treasure near KC’s Restaurant in Thamel also have a great selection.
Jewelry and gems are among the must buy items for Shopping in Kathmandu. You will find several jewelry shops in the Thamel and Durbar Square areas and also on Durbar Marg and the New Road. The best bet for which you must go is silver jewelry. You will find these at real low prices. You can also have silver jewelry custom made for you at very low prices. Noor Gems on Durbar Marg is a good place for buying gems.
Kathmandu is the best place to shop for clothes in Nepal. You will find many shops selling and making embroidered T-shirts. You can also have your own design made or embroidered on your jacket and shirt. Tara Boutique, with a shop on Durbar Marg and another one on the Tridevi Marg near Thamel are famous for their beautiful hand-printed women’s silk clothing.
Bronze statues can be great for Shopping in Kathmandu. Curio Arts on Durbar Marg has a fantastic selection. You will find a number of shops in Kathmandu selling Rajasthani and Gujarati clothing and embroidered items. You can also buy here Kashmiri handicrafts like papier mâché, shawls, carpets and tapestry. Cottage Crafts, on the ground floor of the Sanchaya Kosh Bhawan Shopping Centre is a renowned name.
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