Mumbai Shopping is a wonderful and interesting experience for the tourists visiting this lively city in India. Those who are passionate about shopping can visit some of the most popular shopping locations, which are crowded with buyers throughout the year. There are a number of shopping malls, markets, bazaars, stalls in Mumbai offer a variety of choices for a shopping spree. Zaveri Bazar, Chor Bazar, Mutton Street, Crawford Market, Shoppers stop are some of the best places to go shopping. Whether it is antique, fabrics, jewelry, furniture, household goods or expensive gifts items, these shops in Mumbai afford the best.
Chor Bazar in Mumbai
Chor Bazar in Mumbai is a popular with shopping freaks. The tourist can buy different kinds of wooden items, leather ware, hardware, antique pieces, designer jewelry, silver coins, statues and many more things, which are sold here. But to get the items at a reasonable cost, one must be acquainted with the art of bargaining, which is well practiced in most of the Indian markets.
Shopping Malls in Mumbai
Mumbai is also called the shoppers paradise for having great malls like Nehru Center and World Trade Center at Cuffe Parade. Here, one can spend the whole day strolling through the different shops and sections that sell handicrafts items, electronic goods, modern fashionable outfits, shoes, branded items, funky objects, paintings and so on. There are many retail stores in the world trade center where artifact, clothes, and souvenirs are quite common. Mughal Bazar, located on the Mutton Street, is another mall from where tourist can buy antiquarian craft items in particular. This market features brassware, wooden carvings, telescopes, compass, and antiques.
Mumbai's Colaba and Flora Fountain
South Mumbai's Hutama chowk or Colaba and Flora
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Fountains is a busy area, quite well known for its ethnic items. Colaba and the Linking Road are lined with small shops where stylish shoes are a a major attraction for the buyers. Shoe stores surrounding Kemp's corner are also quite famous. Tourists can choose from cowboy boots, sneakers, chappals, sandals and so on. Kolkapuri chappals are very popular too. They are really beautiful and are well stylized. Behind Hotel Taj Mahal, one can find antique shops lining the Mereweather Road. The shops sell high quality handicrafts items, which are really worth the money.
Shopping at the Zaveri Bazar, Mumbai
Mumbai Shopping is incomplete without paying a visit to the great Zaveri Bazar. As the name suggests, this market is the center of all retail outlets selling gold and diamond jewelry. The jewelery sold in these shops is exotic and unique. The gold quality is also excellent and is of the international standard. Various ornaments, glass bangles, traditional costume jewelry and necklaces are found in plenty. Bangles available at the Bhuleshwar markets and opposite Grant Road, tempts women.
Crawford Market
Well known for fruits, flowers, fish and meat, Crawford Market offers buyers the facility to shop less than one roof. Also known as Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Market, the market was a wholesale fruit market till 1996.
Shopping Fashionable Items in Mumbai
Mumbai, Fashion Street is often crowded with visitors as it offers fashionable and trendy clothes at reasonable rates. The most popular streets are the Breach Candy, Warden Road, Napean Sea Road and Kemp's Corner.
Tourist will find Indian designer outfits sold at even half the price.
Shopping is an exciting part of the Mumbai tour, which makes the trip memorable with a whole lot of items in one's bag.
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