Shopping in Kochi Kochi is an excellent shopping destination. The city is famous for spices, handicrafts and products made of coir. The major shopping areas of the city are Marine Drive, MG Road and Broadway Road. Most of the shops remain open from 10 am in the morning to 8pm in the night. The shoppers would find emporiums that are run by the state government in MG Road.
Kochi is one of the most important and commercial places of Kerala so there are many big shops in the city. There are shopping malls in Kochi where the customers would get designer clothes. Mahatma Gandhi Road in Kochi is the busiest shopping hub of the city. Ranging from clothes to cosmetics and other related products are available in the shops at M.G Road.
The tourists to Kochi can buy clothes of well known brands like Louise Philippe, Allen Solly, Arrow, Bennetton at M.G. Road. Road side shops as well as shopping malls all are present at Kochi;'s M.G. Road. The tourists to Kochi can buy handicrafts items nuts and spices, which are the specialties of the city of South India. Jewelry is also very famous in Kochi. There are many jewelry showrooms like Josco, Alukka and Bhima jewelers in the city.
Another popular shopping destination at Kochi is Marine Drive, where the shoppers can get ready made items. Shoppers can find many duty free shops from where electronic items and cell phones are available at
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reasonable prices. Broadway Road is another popular shopping destination in Kochi where spices are available. Surrounding the major shopping centers of the city, many cafes and fast food joints have come up. Antiques and art related materials can be purchased from shops at Mattancherry's Jew Street. Some of the popular book shops in the city are Current Books, D.C. Books and Higginbothems.
Some of the shops in and around Kochi are:
- Sachindra Kumar M B
- Varkeys
- Welcome Department Store
- Union Ladies Stores
- KI Visambaran and Bros
- Union Light House
- Friends Stationery Mart
- One Paper Mart Jew Street
- Davis Stores
- Sobhas Collections
- Joy Alukkas Wedding Centre
- Mummy & Me
Some of the popular book stores in and around Kochi are:
- Swapna Book House
- The Book Mart
- Surya Book House
- S Chand & Co Ltd
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