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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