Colombo shopping is an experience in itself. There are a number of shopping centers set up in the city. The markets and shopping centers cater to the needs of the local people of Colombo. Tourists also enjoy shopping here. A wide variety of items are sold in the Colombo shops and shopping centers.
Colombo shops trade in a large variety of items. Textiles, footwear, utensils, jewelery, sports goods, handicrafts, furnishing accessories, tea, spices, herbal products, and rubber goods are sold at attractive prices. The prices of the products sold in these stores are reasonable and within means of a majority of the buyers. Shopping in Colombo often involves hard bargaining.
Colombo Shopping Centers
Colombo shopping centers not only attract local residents but also foreign tourists in droves. Some of the noteworthy shopping centers in Colombo are:
- Pettah Market - Pettah is perhaps the most visited market in Colombo city. Shops selling fruits, vegetables, flowers, tea, spices, textiles, footwear, jewelery, gold and silver ornaments, electrical items, household appliances, and paraffin line narrow lanes in Pettah market. Customers can go for hard bargaining while
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buying from Pettah.
- Beverly Street - Beverly Street in R.A. De Mel Mawatha is famous for its fashionable apparels.
- Odel - Odel in Alexnadra Place is famous for dealing in designer garments, and premium fashion wear
- Paradise Road - This store in Dharmapala Mawatha is renowned for handicrafts and home furnishings.
- Zam Gems - Zam Gems is a premier manufacturer, designer, and exporter of jewelery and gems having showrooms inside Lanka Oberoi and Colombo Hilton hotels
- Tea Tang - Tea Tang with outlets in World Trade Center, Colombo Airport, Galle Face Court, and Liberty Plaza sells exclusive brands of Ceylonese tea.
- Majestic City - This shopping mall on Galle Road, Bambalapitiya houses Cargills Super Market, clothing outlets, cinema hall and restaurants
- Crescat Boulevard - The premium shopping center on Galle Road sells groceries, apparels, fashion wear, accessories, and similar such products.
Other notable Colombo stores include Liberty Plaza, Senkada, Milesna Tea, Colombo Jewellery Stores, House of Fashions, Arena, Eco Gallery and Cricket Shop.
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