Haggling Shopping
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Hietalahti Flea Market
Closest to central Helsinki, but it’s pretty downmarket.
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Pottery
Explore Bara Bazaar (near Fowara Chowk), Rajah Bazaar, Faizabad Bazaar at the north end of Rawalpindi, or Saidpur village, north of Islamabad.
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Dōngwú Sīchóu Shāngdiàn
This is attached to a silk factory and has clothes, material and bedding for sale. You can find some lovely items here and staff is open to bargaining.
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Mercado do Artesanato
You’ll get a good deal at the Mercado do Artesanato. To get there, catch a bus that stops in front of the antigo (old) Cine Ideal.
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Rug Market
If you're specifically looking for carpets, head to the wholesale rug market on Masjid Rd. Apart from the wide variety, the prices are also pleasing - but you'll still have to haggle.
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Nehru Bazaar
Nehru Bazaar extends between Chaura Rasta and Kishanpol Bazaar on the inside of the southern wall. Brightly coloured fabrics, camelskin shoes and perfumes make this area hugely popular with local women.
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Rafia Craft
One of Essaouira’s great product is its raffia work, made from the fibres of the doum palm. For the most stylish designs, try Rafia Craft, which sells much of its line to European outlets.
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Craft Vendors
Maputo has a wide selection of reasonably priced crafts. In the upper part of town, try the Craft Vendors who spread their woodcarvings and other wares daily in front of Hotel Polana; hard bargaining is required.
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Rabindra Sarani
Traditional, ultra-crowded shopping alleys spread in confusing profusion north of BBD Bagh, progress being slightly more manageable along Rabindra Sarani which offers intriguing thematic groupings of trades at different points. Many Kolkatans prefer to shop in the southerly Gariahat district.
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Gangjong Paper Industry
The small Gangjong Paper Industry hiding below Hotel Silver Oaks is a bit whiffy: apparently the fibre from the bark of the daphne tree that goes into this paper is resistant to all sorts of attack and decay. There's a small showroom selling attractive notebooks, greeting cards, lanterns etc coloured with natural dyes.
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4a Calle Poniente
There are a number of craft shops on 4a Calle Poniente, between Parque Central and the market. Vendors will also approach you in Parque Central, or while you are drinking a coffee or eating breakfast in a casual dining place. Prices for handicrafts can be much higher in Antigua than elsewhere in Guatemala. Always bargain for a fair price.
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Aimad Roi Des Babouches
Quicker to catch on to new fashion trends than many other clothing shops in the souqs, Aimad also has a much more easygoing sales pitch. Recent styles include linen tunics edged with a crenulation motif you'll recognize from Koutoubia Minaret and well-lined sabra (cactus silk) slippers without the recently-tanned scent you'll find in shops closer to the tanneries.
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Old Town Gods Temple Antique Market
The basement of the Huabao Building, slap bang in the centre of the bazaar, houses a collection of established antique shops. These are the kind of antique stalls that accept all major credit cards and there's a real mish-mash of stuff here, from old mah-jong sets and watches to porcelain and pottery, as well as the opium pipes found in every Chinese antique market. The sales staff are a bit pushy here and you need to haggle.
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Good Shepherd Convent
A short walk from the park is the Good Shepherd Convent, where sales of the convent's famous ubi (purple yam) jam and other preserves go toward advocacy programmes for single mothers. While you're up here take in the impressive view from Mines View Park's lookout. You'll be hard pressed to spot any mines, but a few small rice terraces are visible on the steep slopes across the valley. To get here take a Plaza-Mines View jeepney from Otek St.
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Cultured pearls
Southern Hǎinán is famous for its cultured pearls and infamous for the persistent saleswomen who flog them on Dàdōnghāi beach, though in fairness they're not that bad. Most of the pearls are genuine, if not good enough to make the export market, and sell for just a few dollars. But there are some cases of people being duped into paying for fine-looking plastic. If in doubt, scratch away at the pearl - if it's plastic, it should flake or chip; a real pearl won't.
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Enfin
Trim, modern, hottie tunics for men in sumptuous materials and colours: deep red linen, ivory with black trim around the neck, black raw silk with a single off-centre grey stripe. Prices aren't cheap, but with the right bargaining banter you can get better deals here than in Enfin's factory outlet in Sidi Ghanem. The pink-and-black boutique and sharply dressed staff are incongruously glitzy for the raw, hardworking northern section of the souqs - but that's what makes Enfin so quintessentially Marrakesh.
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Jln Hang Jebat & Jln Tun Tan Cheng Lock Antique Shopping
Taking time to browse Chinatown's eclectic mix of shops is an activity in itself, even if you hate shopping. Start with the antique shops along Jln Hang Jebat (Jonker's St) and Jln Tun Tan Cheng Lock where you'll see dusty old junk, polished ancient relics and everything in between. Unless you really know your antiques, be very cautious about spending money in these shops. Rumour has it that some folks build new furniture out of old, discarded wood to make 'antique' pieces.
Prices are high and haggling is essential.
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