October 8, 2011 (Powerhomebiz.com) Once you’re settled in a Delhi hotel of your choice, and there are hundreds of excellent hotels in Delhi to choose from, you can spend weeks exploring monuments, museums and bazaars.
If you’re sitting at your hotel in Delhi overwhelmed by the vastness of this immense land filled with its mind boggling variety and not knowing where to start spending all those money pads to finish the crucial shopping list – here are a few suggestions to make life easier for you.
India has a medley of traditional ethnic items and modern designer wear. A shopper’s paradise, India has recently witnessed a mushrooming of a large number of shopping malls in all parts of the country, especially Delhi, with new ones opening every other day! Just outside your hotel in Delhi itself you will sure shot have dozens of fabulous shopping malls where one could easily spend days exploring the vast sea of merchandise.
Hop onto Mumbai, the fashion capital of India. From exquisite designer boutiques to strings of small stores lining up the streets, Mumbai has it all. For quality and fixed pricing visit Colaba, Marine Drive and Fort where you will find clothing and fabrics of extraordinary quality at reasonable prices. Mumbai street shopping is an experience in itself with major street shopping areas being Chor Bazaar, Zaveri Bazaar, Crawford Market and Fashion Street. Antiques, ethnic wear, artificial jewelry, surplus stocks of exported clothing can be found here.
Mumbai has some of the best shopping malls like High Street Phoenix, Atria Millennium Mall, Oberoi Mall and Infiniti Mall where you find premium international and local brands. Nearly every hotel in Delhi has a travel help desk that not only organizes tours but also gives valuable shopping and entertainment guidance. Don’t hesitate to enquire at your Delhi hotel before jumping into Mumbai’s shopping circuit.
Rajasthan is where everyone heads for the moment they land at their Delhi hotel – ideal for intricately designed handicrafts, antiques, jewelry and fabrics. Jodhpur has magnificent dyes, prints and stone work. Furniture and artifacts can be found around Chhattar Hill ; beautifully carved boxes, woolen rugs, silver and silver trinkets in Jaisalmer and the famous Akola fabrics in Chittaurgarh. If you are in search of camel products, Bikaner is the place. Udaipur is home to an array of shops selling terracotta plaques, paintings, beautifully embroidered fabrics and silver enamel objects.
For shopaholics there is Delhi! From your Delhi hotel you can dive into street shopping sprees or mall shopping sprees. The major street shopping hubs include Chandni Chowk, Karol Bagh, Janpath and Palika Bazaar where you can pick up export garments, accessories, handicrafts, shoes, carpets, ivory work, bangles.
Some of the popular malls in Delhi are Ambience Mall, Ansals Plaza, DLF Emporium, Select City Walk and West Gate Mall to name a few. Lots of luxury hotels in Delhi have their in house outlets selling handicrafts, carpets, jewelry etc. Even if you’re staying at a budget hotel in Delhi, you can visit some of these outlets.
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