What to buy during a holiday in India
Tips on what to buy during your vacation in India: jewelry, spices, ayurvedic oils, tea, hand crafts, fabrics, cashmere
A trip to India is certainly a wonderful experience in a country rich in traditions and culture. But what are the products to buy in India during your holiday?
Tips on what to buy during your vacation in India
Get ready for long negotiations to check out the best price ... which surely will not be yours.
In any case to avoid scams but especially to buy items of true Indian craftsmanship, if you decide to use our tour with driver, we advise you to get advice from your driver.
Shopping in India what to buy
Jewelry
India is surely one of the biggest producers of jewels in the world; in fact, in the village there are precious gold, silver but above all many precious stones that will amaze you with beauty and originality of the forms.
Obviously pay attention: buy only in stores where they issue the certificate of originality.
The Jaipur area is certainly one of the best to buy precious stones.
Spices
In all the local markets that we will meet there will be many colorful and fragrant stalls of Indian spices.
Cinnamon, cardamom, cordiandolo, curry, cumin, turmeric, ginger and chilli are the most famous and used in Indian cuisine, which, in fact, has many strong flavors, decisive, and of course, very spicy.
Garam Masala is a mix of spices that, literally, translates into "hot spice" to emphasize its pungent taste.
We recommend buying saffron in India at a good price.
Tea
The main production regions are located in the north-eastern part of India at the foot of the Himalaya mountains.
From this remote place of the earth the most precious leaves of Indian tea arrive.
Chai is the most famous Indian tea, with a spicy taste, composed of black tea, milk and a great quantity of spices.
The Assam and Darjeeling tea leaves are considered black tea par excellence, you will absolutely need to get some packages to get a taste of India when you return home.
Ayurvedic oils
Natural remedies for minor disorders such as dark circles, pains, stress, Ayurvedic oils are real panacea!
Excellent also to delight our half with a sweet massage.
Fragrant and inebriating, they are a real treat to end a day.
Handcrafts
You will come across a myriad of bazaars that will offer you an indescribable amount of handmade items.
From delicious tea services to reproductions of the Taj Mahal, you will be literally attracted to these wonders.
Indian craftsmanship is really something unique, incredible beautiful figurines, mandala paintings and objects of all kinds will leave you speechless.
It will be hard to choose what to take home and what to leave.
Fabrics
If we try to close our eyes and imagine an Indian woman, we will immediately think about her dress, bright colors and unique designs.
The Indian fabrics are the most beautiful in the world.
When we enter a fabric shop we will lose ourselves in that maze of skeins that contain fabrics of every color and design. Impossible not to buy some!
Cashmere
Indian cashmere is definitely one of the finest souvenirs you can buy on your trip.
At the touch, this fabric is very soft and silky, giving it a unique feeling of warmth and softness.
We can find it in the form of pillows, rugs, blankets or, the famous pashminas to put on the neck.
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