Home › Travel Guides › Asia Travel Guide › Nepal › Kathmandu › Shopping in Kathmandu
Image gallery

Boudhanath Stupa, Kathmandu

© www.welcomenepal.com

+545
Kathmandu Local time

Weather in Kathmandu
Sunny
1
8
°C
Nepal

Shopping in Kathmandu

What Kathmandu lacks in international-style boutiques, it makes up for in excellent, locally produced handicrafts. Top buys include brassware, woodcarvings, jewellery, pashmina shawls, khukuri knives, hand-made paper, ceramics, masks, Nepali tea, thangkas (traditional Tibetan Buddhist cloth paintings) and hand-knotted woollen carpets.
You can find imported luxury items, including cameras and electronics, in the shops along New Road and Khicha Pokhari, close to Durbar Square. Shops selling brand-name fashions and gems are concentrated on Durbar Marg. In the old town, the bazaar between Asan Tol and Indra Chowk sells spices, dried fruit, incense, brass pots, block-printed fabrics and traditional Nepali clothes.

Markets: 

The tourist district of Thamel is one continuous arcade of shops selling clothes, pashminas, jewellery, antiques and other Nepali crafts. A more upmarket place to shop for handicrafts is the swish Bahar Mahal Revisited Complex, housed in Rana-era palace near the Singh Durbar government offices in the southeast of the city.

Opening hours: 

Saturday is the official day off in Nepal, but shops that cater to tourists generally stay open seven days a week.

Travel Deals

Recommended Sites:

Protect yourself from malaria
Before you travel, find out if your holiday destination is in a malaria zone.
(An educational initiative organised and funded by GlaxoSmithKline Travel Health. UK/MARK/0173/10 September 2010)
Africa, the way it should be seen
We´re cutting the cost of Africa overland trips by up to a whopping 40%. 25% off many trips departing by 30/6/12.
Travel insurance
For residents of over 150 countries. High levels of medical, evacuation, emergency & most adventure activities covered.