Jodhpur
Clock Tower Market in Jodhpur or Ghanta Ghar is among the best places to shop in Jodhpur. Visit this market if you want to carry home the finest variety of spices, especially Mathaniya’s red chili.
Other stuff that you can buy from this market include handicrafts, flavored teas, hand-embroidered fabrics, and antiques.
Your shopping jaunt is incomplete without buying the traditional tie and dye fabric (also known as bandhej or bandhani) from Nai Sarak, this busiest marketplace. Keep an extra bag handle to be able to pack with bandhej suit pieces, sarees, dupattas, and turbans.
These flashy cloth materials with intricate patterns are wonderful gift items for your loved ones. Leather items are also wonderful souvenirs available at this market.
If you love to collect colourful handicrafts, Tripolia Bazaar is the right place for you. Purchase marble artefacts, traditional jewellery and textiles without burning a hole in your pocket.
Tripolia Bazaar is known for its lac jewellery and the beautiful varieties of colourful bangles. Since you can also buy designer carpets, brass ware and other traditional wears here, this market can be considered as one of the most amazing places to go shopping in.
Jaipur
Jaipur is home to India’s largest and the most fabulous collection of jewellery of all types. There are many markets in Jaipur selling precious stones, gems, semi-precious stones, and jewellery with a limited warranty. And Johari Bazaar is one of the earliest Jaipur shopping places where you can buy all these. The plethora of choices and amazing designs makes it one of the best places to leave you spellbound, especially when everything is handmade.
Chandpol lies amongst the most traditional shopping destinations of Jaipur. It comprises of handicrafts; marble carved showpieces and handlooms. There is a khazanewalon ka rasta from where one can shop for turbans, carpets, handicrafts, shoes, wooden sculptures and much more. Marble sculptures are a big hit here in this market.
Udaipur
Hathi Pol is an important market in Udaipur where you can find a huge variety of handicrafts and folk arts of Rajasthan. It is frequented by locals and is fairly priced. If you are a fan of true Rajasthani art, this market is the place for you to shop in Udaipur.
Bangles, Earrings, Neck-pieces, Rings, Anklets, and other accessories are available in abundance in the local market. Also there are variants in silver, gold and bronze that can be chosen from.
Take a pair of Mojadi from Udaipur and flaunt it with your Indian or western outfit. These mojadis surely give a royal and ethnic look and also are extremely comfortable to walk in. Mojadis for men, women and kids in leather and other textures are available in several color options in the market easily.
Handbags, Slings, Wallets, Clutches, Backpacks, Travel Bags and Potlis can be easily found on any store near City Palace. These bags are generally categorized in leather and textile.
Pashmina, Silk, Pure Yak wool, Silk-Cotton you name it and you’ll find it in the Udaipur’s local market. The colorful stoles can be a best summer partner and the warm shawls shall help in fighting the winter breeze well. Numerous designs with reversible shawls are also available; you just need to dig in the stocks present in various stores.
