Kathmandu Shopping

  1. Amrita Craft Collection

    This is a good place to start, with a broad collection of crafts and clothing. Subtract 20% from its fixed prices and you get a good benchmark for what you should aim to pay on the street if you don't mind haggling. The branch across the road has the larger selection.

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  2. Curio Arts

    Curio Arts is a good place to start your shopping for statues in the Patan area.

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  3. Dharmapala Thangka Center

    Down an arcade, off Durbar Marg, this is a showroom for a local school of thangka painting.

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  4. Mahaguthi

    For general handicrafts such as handmade paper, ceramics and woodwork - much of it made by disadvantaged or minority groups - the best places are the showrooms of the nonprofit development organisations that are based in the Kopundol district of Patan.

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  5. Phapa Chengreshi Thangka Painting School

    You can see thangkas being painted on the spot at this school in Thamel.

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  7. Sana Hastakala

    This is a showroom for a nonprofit development organisation where you can purchase general handicrafts (much of which is made by disadvantaged or minority groups) and know your shopping is making a difference.

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  8. Third World Craft Nepal

    Third World Craft Nepal, is not quite as interesting as the other fair trade shops but worth a quick look.

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  9. Tibetan Thangka Gallery

    Just past the Hotel Ambassador, this is a good little place. Thangkas are painted on the spot (you can watch the artists at work) and many pieces from here end up in the Durbar Sq shops with higher price tags.

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