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Best Street shopping places in Delhi

Best Street shopping places in Delhi

The best experience of shopping in Delhi is on its streets and local bazaars that offer a variety of budget-friendly items that urge you to shop till you drop. Many places in Delhi attract a large number of tourists from foreign countries for shopping.

Delhi’s shopping scene consist of everything from wholesale markets, arty enclaves, vibrant bazaars, and road-side flea markets to high-end designer malls and classy boutiques. Its markets are loaded with a wide array of items including handicrafts from all over the country, fashion apparel, shoes, spices, pickle, and other condiments, imported foods, electronic gadgets, antiques, silk textiles, cheap imitation accessories, and home décor products. Entertaining varying budgets, tastes, and preferences, these shopping hubs cater to everyone.

Here is a list of places in Delhi for street shopping:

The list of all street shopping destinations in Delhi for all are Chandni Chowk, Chor Bazaar, Karol Bagh, Dilli Haat, Lajpat Nagar and Janpath, Sarojni Nagar, Hauz Khas Village, Paharganj bazaar, Connaught Place and Sadar Bazaar, Tibetan market, Gaffar market, Palika Bazaar, Monastery market, Khan Market, Majnu Ka Tilla, Kamla Nagar Market, Jwala Heri, Greater Kailash (M Block & N Block), Katran Bazaar, Matka Market, Shankar Market, Sundar Nagar, Phool Mandi (Flower Market), Sunday Second-Hand Book Market, Meena Bazaar etc.


      1. Connaught Place (CP)

Many restaurants, skyscrapers, shopping destinations, and radiant nightlife made this place as the popular shopping destinations in Delhi. This place was popularly known as CP and it was mainly divided into two circles. The two main circles are Inner Circle and Outer Circle. This shopping zone area in Delhi is famous for all various things of national, local and international brands. This area has too many restaurants and pubs where you can have a good time.

You will find the outlets of all brands here at the same point within a distance of few steps. The well-organized showrooms and stores of Connaught Place offers a range of classy fabric, jewelry, Indian books, handcraft items, electronic goods and more. Besides showrooms and stores, it has numerous hotels, restaurants, café and multiplexers. It is considered as the best place to find the finest of what you want.

·      Location: Connaught Place, New Delhi, India

·      Nearest metro station: Rajiv Chowk Station, exit from gate number 5

·      Nearest Bus Stop: Janpath Market stop

·      Specialty: clothes, jewellery, books, Indian handcraft, perfumes and electronics and more

·      Timings: 11:00 AM to 10:00 PM, open all days

·      Also check out nearest markets: Palika Bazaar, Janpath, Tibetan Market and Wholesale Flower Market


       2. Palika Bazaar

A trip to Janpath also calls for a halt at Palika Bazaar, especially because the two are in close proximity to each other. Palika Bazaar is majorly known for its apparel and accessories for men. Palika Bazaar is an underground air-conditioned bazaar in Connaught Place. This place is well connected through all modes of public transport such as buses, taxies, autos and metro. If you love gadgets, gaming consoles and video games, this underground air-conditioned market should be on your list of places to visit.

·      Location: Palika Bazar, Connaught Place, New Delhi, Delhi 110001, India

·      Timings: 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM (Tuesday to Saturday),  closed on Sunday & Monday

·      Nearest metro station: Rajiv Chowk Metro Station, exit at Gate no. 5

·      Specialty: clothes, menswear, perfumes, accessories, footwear, and gaming consoles, video games, CD's, electronics and mobile phones.


3. Janpath Market

Janpath market is also called as the Tibetan market. Janpath is one of the oldest (some of the stores date back to the 1950s) and most popular markets in Delhi especially with tourists, and foreigners. Here you can find variety goods from many parts of the country and handicrafts of Tibet. Janpath is a part of Connaught Place in Delhi and it was a flea market. This market is mostly visited by youngsters, tourists, and foreigners. Weekend is best to explore the market where all types of seasonal wears are available.

Here you will find a lot of products ranging from Tibetan good to typical Gujarati sarees, a variety of cloth, shoes, junk jewellery, and much more.

·      Location - Janpath Rd, Janpath, Connaught Place, New Delhi, Delhi 110001

·      Timings: 10:00AM to 9:00PM (Monday to Saturday), 11:00AM to 8:00PM (on Sundays)

·      Nearest Metro station: Janpath (violet line), Rajiv Chowk Station (yellow/blue line). After exit from Rajiv Chowk Station gate number 5, this market is 5-10 minutes walking distance, located behind the LIC Building.

·      Nearest Bus Stop: Janpath Market stop

·      Specialty: Traditional and western clothes, hippy clothing, artificial jewellery, brassware, accessories, footwear, antiques, Indian artifacts, handicrafts, knick-knacks, paintings, leather items, fragrances etc.

·      Places to Visit near Janpath Market: Tibetan Market or Gujarati market, Jantar Mantar, Rashtrapati Bhavan, National Philatelic Museum, Delhi Metro Museum Parliament House, Connaught Place, Agrasen Ki Baoli, Madame Tussauds Delhi, Gurudwara Bangla Sahib, Swaminarayan Akshardham.


4. Tibetan Market

The Tibetan Market is also known as the Monastery Market. It is most famous for clothes, bags and footwear and has unbelievable deals during the winter season (shawls, jackets, boots, you name it). You can also buy various Tibetan artifacts such as paintings, statues, handicrafts and other paraphernalia. Jewelry made from semi-precious stones is also a big seller. You also get some scrumptious Tibetan food here.

·   Location: The market is within walking distance of Inter State Bus Terminal (ISBT).

·   Nearest metro station: Kashmere Gate.

·   Closed: on Monday


5. Monastery Market

Monastery Market is a hidden under the ISBT Shahdara Link Flyover. The market is run by Tibetans and here you will find a variety of Tibetan products, including clothes. Just before the winter months, at this market you will also find woollies and winter clothing.

This street market is frequented by students and tourists looking to buy clothes and accessories at reasonably low prices. Don’t forget to check out the small shops in the market that sell knick-knacks and junk jewellery.

·    Location: near ISBT Shahdara Link Flyover, Connaught Place

·    Timings: 10 AM to 8:30 PM (Tuesday to Sunday), closed on Monday

·    Nearest metro station: Kashmere Gate

·    Specialty: Low prices and trendy offerings

 

      6. Phool Mandi (Flower Market)

This is the Delhi’s famous wholesale (and retail) flower market. Hundreds of traders temporarily set up shop early in the morning and sell flowers from all over India, as well as flowers imported from Holland and Asia.

Across the road from the Hanuman Temple on Baba Kharak Singh Road, Connaught Place. There's another huge wholesale flower market in Ghazipur, on the outskirts of the city near Anand Vihar Metro station.

·  Location: Across the road from the Hanuman Temple on Baba Kharak Singh Road, Connaught Place.

·  Timings: 4 AM to 9 PM Daily

·  Specialty: All kinds of flowers.

 

       7. Shankar Market

Shankar Market is where you should head, if you're looking to buy fabrics by the meter.  It has over 150 shops and stalls spread over two floors, stocking everything from plain cotton to silk brocades. There are all kinds of hand-loom textiles to drool over including ikat, block prints, and weaves from Odisha, Bengal, and Andhra Pradesh. The market's central Delhi location is handy too!

·  Location: Opposite Connaught Place M-Block.

·  Opening Hours: 11:00 AM to 8.30 PM (Monday to Saturday), Closed on Sunday.

·  Specialty: Fabrics.


8. Paharganj Market

Most of the shops in the market are wholesale sellers, here you can easily find unique objects and many foreign products at lower cost. It is just a 5-minute drive from Connaught Place, so it's very convenient to get here.

There are several shops that sell beautiful rare neck pieces and earrings. Additionally, one can also buy dream catchers from these shops. Paharganj has some really cool cafes, bars and cheap hotels. But, the roads are narrow and walking is the best bet.

There is a small section at the Paharganj market where you will find kids’ clothing and a few shops selling hippie clothes and incense. Many of the shops in Paharganj also deal in wholesale and export to foreign countries, making it a good place to come and hunt out unique and inexpensive goods to import back home.

·    Location: Paharganj Main Bazaar, opposite the New Delhi Railway Station, Paharganj, New Delhi, India

·    Timings - 11:00AM to 9:00PM (Tuesday to Sunday), Closed on Monday 

·    Nearest metro station: New Delhi Station and Ramakrishna (RK) Ashram Marg station (Blue Line)

·    Nearest Bus Stop: Paharganj Gate stop. Avoid Taking Rickshaw.

·    Specialty - Clothes, Hippie clothes, accessories, bags, footwear, jewelry, music CDs, hookah pipes, books, textiles, wooden statues, handicrafts, rooftop cafes and leather goods and incense.


9. Karol Bagh Market

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