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Shopping in Shimla
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| The Mall
It consists of rows of showrooms, where you can shop for everything under one roof. Check out woolen products, handlooms, handicrafts, old books, curios as well for plum juice and mushroom pickles, which are unique products of this region. Visit the State Emporium for excellent quality handicrafts. Although there are not many things which is exclusive to Shimla, items from all other parts of the state are available here.
Shop in Shimla for the world famous pashima shawls, rugs, namdas, gudma, thobis-a floor covering made from goat hair and pullas- straw shoes. There is a lot of variety of stuff available in the markets here.
Other shopping centers in Shimla
The lower bazaar which is beneath the western mall consists of meandering lanes with rows of stalls selling everything that you can think of. Shop in Shimla for colorful socks, gloves and caps which are a specialty of Shimla. Decorated pottery sold in various shapes and sizes are available in many of the stalls here. Food stuffs are reasonably priced here as compared to the mall. Shopping in Shimla especially at the lower bazaar will leave you confused. |
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Travel to Shimla |
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Lakka bazaar ahead of the ridge is popular for its wooden souvenirs. Though many of them appear to be tacky and not of much use. It is worth shopping for herbal medicines and dry fruits in Shimla. Keep yourself well-informed about the shopping areas of Shimla. Lakka bazaar is a renowned place in Shimla for shopping.
There are many bakeries, chocolate and sweet shops as well as ice-cream parlors in Shimla. But the shops in Shimla open only after 9 am. The Indian Coffee house next to the western mall serves yummy coffee and southern Indian food. Park Café and the Embassy Restaurant near the eastern mall offer good Indian and Western foodstuff.
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Handicrafts, wooden curios, metal work, local tweeds, pullovers, shawls, Tibetan carpets, jams, squashes and pickles make shopping in Shimla interesting. It is worth shopping in Shimla for the handmade shoes, wooden sticks, dolls, toys and other wooden items which are exclusively made in Shimla.
While shopping in Shimla you will be fascinated by the Tibetan jewels and trinkets, which are found along the ridge in Tibetan shops. The Tibetan shops also sell imported electronic goods and other fancy items. Shimla offers an enormous variety of handicraft products which should preferably be purchased on the street markets of Shimla.
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