100 city guides ยท 3-day shopping itineraries
3-day city guides covering local markets, boutiques, design districts and the best souvenirs.
Pietra dura workshops, Sadar Bazaar zardozi, Hing ki Mandi shoe factories and the sweet shops that sโฆ
Hand-knotted Turkmen carpets, silver-and-carnelian jewellery, telpek fur hats and gold-domed shoppinโฆ
From the sprawling Artyom container bazaar to Left Bank designer malls, felt-and-silver ateliers andโฆ
Sunday morning jungle-produce tamus, hand-woven silk songket at BND$1,000 a length, brassware from Kโฆ
Textile markets, Cibaduyut shoemakers, export-surplus outlets and the distro labels that built Indonโฆ
From the flower-heaped aisles of KR Market to Indiranagar's designer studios and Cauvery's sandalwooโฆ
From the 15,000 stalls of Chatuchak to Charoenkrung's design studios and the amulet stalls of Tha Prโฆ
Qing porcelain at dawn, silk cut by the metre, gallery-district ceramics and China's top-grossing deโฆ
Suzani embroidery, hand-forged knives, ikat silk and gold-thread work bought straight from the worksโฆ
From 1950s refugee arcades and a secondhand book lane to Korea's largest department store and the deโฆ
Dried-fish stalls, handloom galleries, Mactan guitar workshops and the mega-malls that bookend them.โฆ
Bamboo-woven porcelain, Shu brocade looms, Taikoo Li flagships and the wholesale chaos of Hehuachi โโฆ
From the wholesale lanes of George Town to Khader Nawaz Khan Road's designer floors and the artist-rโฆ
From Wualai's silversmiths and hill-tribe embroidery to Nimman concept stores and the celadon kilns โฆ
Boso Peninsula craft markets, Narita's pilgrimage-street sweetshops and Japan's biggest bayside outlโฆ
From the two-metre-wide gold lane of Hazari Goli to export-surplus garments and teak stripped off scโฆ
Wholesale towers at the river confluence, artisan lanes carved into the cliffs, and a banknote plantโฆ
Saturday craft markets, Barefoot's striped cotton, the 22-karat goldsmiths of Sea Street and Paradisโฆ
From the overnight tailors above Cho Han to An Thuong's design studios, the marble carvers of Non Nuโฆ
Wholesale fabric halls, 1930s hardware alleys, gallery-street ateliers and Korea's densest secondhanโฆ
From the century-old fabric stalls of Jungang Market to Seongsimdang's bread empire and the neon bouโฆ
Dried sea cucumber by the jin, Russian nesting dolls on Tianjin Street, and northeast China's biggesโฆ
From the 1650 spice lanes of Khari Baoli to Shahpur Jat's couture ateliers and the fixed-price craftโฆ
Wholesale textile arcades, temple-offering stalls and Balinese silversmiths โ where Bali actually buโฆ
From the gold lanes of Tanti Bazar to Banani's natural-dye studios and the Friday dawn jamdani haat โฆ
Wholesale lawn by the metre, Sarafa gold and mill-town outlets between the eight radiating bazaarsโฆ
From 250-year-old Hakata doll workshops and Yanagibashi fish market stalls to Daimyo's concept boutiโฆ
Carved stone seals, gold-flecked lacquerware, oolong tea houses and Min-river night markets, from Saโฆ
Handloom textiles, bobbin lace and Ceylon spices bought inside 300-year-old merchant houses โ plus tโฆ
Dawn produce markets, a 1980s underground arcade, Yangnim-dong craft studios and the potters' villagโฆ
Dawn wholesale halls at Sijiqing, silk by the metre on Xinhua Road, stone chops carved while you waiโฆ
From dawn wholesale markets on ฤแปng Xuรขn's ground floor to Hร ng Gai silk tailors and the ceramic kilโฆ
Wholesale bazaars in Daowai, century-old sausage and bread counters, Gogol Street boutiques and Harbโฆ
Covered shลtengai arcades, Setouchi craft studios and department-store depachika between the six rivโฆ
From the wholesale chaos of Chแปฃ Bรฌnh Tรขy to hidden designer studios in District 3 apartment blocks aโฆ
From haggling over jade in Yau Ma Tei to independent Hong Kong labels in converted Wong Chuk Hang waโฆ
From the Nizams' pearl-drilling lanes and Laad Bazaar lacquer bangles to Banjara Hills designer studโฆ
From 1,000-won fish-market squid to Songdo's glass malls and Ganghwa's hand-woven hwamunseok reed maโฆ
From Sunday's sprawling Itwar Bazaar to F-7 designer lawn ateliers and Kashmiri shawl stalls in Aabpโฆ
From the walled-city guild bazaars to C-Scheme design studios, blue-pottery kilns and the Sanganer pโฆ
From the ten-floor textile wholesale halls of Tanah Abang to Kemang's design galleries and the antiqโฆ
Dongmun's night stalls, Chilseong-ro boutiques, basalt stone carvers and Jeju's tangerine-chocolate โฆ
From the wool-piled carpet halls of Shar-e-Naw to the lapis lazuli cutters of Ka Faroshi and the copโฆ
From dawn seafood auctions in Qijin to the container-cube design studios at Pier-2 and the fabric whโฆ
From Kharadar's spice sacks and Jama Cloth Market bolts to Zamzama's designer lawn flagships and theโฆ
From the spice lanes of Asan to Jhamsikhel's designer townhouses and Patan's lost-wax statue workshoโฆ
Arcade-length covered shotengai, Sannomiya designer blocks, Nada sake cellars and Kobe's century-oldโฆ
Baluchari saris in Gariahat, Bengali design labels on Elgin Road, and Kumartuli clay idols โ a shoppโฆ
From Chow Kit's wet-market alleys to Bangsar's design boutiques and Petaling Street's midnight bargaโฆ
From 400-year-old knife forges and washi paper houses to Teramachi arcades, Kyoto denim and the tempโฆ
Wholesale cloth markets inside Shah Alami Gate, Gulberg designer flagships, and the thrift lanes andโฆ
Wet-market spice stalls, batik studios and marina boutiques across Malaysia's oldest duty-free islanโฆ
Barkhor pilgrim stalls, Tibetan carpet weaving workshops, incense makers and the state-run Tibet Ganโฆ
Hand-embroidered chikan from Chowk workshops, gold zardozi ateliers, ittar perfumeries and Hazratganโฆ
From an Art Deco wet market and antique lanes to St Lazarus design studios and the marble arcades ofโฆ
Tailor stalls under 17th-century pillars, government handloom halls, the gold quarter and the jasminโฆ
Chaandhanee Magu souvenir strips, Majeedhee Magu fabric shops and the Local Market's palm-thatch staโฆ
From Zegyo Market's tarpaulin alleys to Amarapura silk looms and Sagyin marble yards โ buying straigโฆ
From the wholesale chaos of Divisoria and 168 Mall to Makati's homegrown design boutiques, handwovenโฆ
From the songket lanes of Pasar Ikan Lama to pavement rattan workshops and Jl. Majapahit's honeycombโฆ
From the wholesale chaos of Crawford Market to Kala Ghoda's designer studios and the block-print balโฆ
From a 5am wholesale food market and monthly temple flea market to Japan's biggest secondhand luxuryโฆ
From wholesale market alleys and Tsuboya kiln shops to Okinawan indigo studios, awamori cellars and โฆ
From dawn tea-and-spice wholesale halls to Zhuang embroidery workshops, Sino-ASEAN import bazaars anโฆ
Longyi weavers in Thapyaygone, loose rubies at the Gems Mart, and Pyinmana's century-old market bazaโฆ
Yingge pottery kilns, Sanxia indigo dyeing, Tamsui waterfront stalls and Banqiao's mega-malls, mappeโฆ
Selvedge jeans from Kojima, wood-fired Bizen pottery, and the covered arcades and morning markets ofโฆ
From Japan's longest covered arcade to Horie's design boutiques and Tsuruhashi's Korean spice lanes โฆ
One main street of family-run craft shops, a riverside produce market, hotel boutiques and village wโฆ
From 5am wholesale flower stalls and floating-market woodcarvers to air-conditioned mega-malls and Jโฆ
From the art-deco dome of Central Market to Khmer silk weavers, riverside boutiques and NGO craft woโฆ
From Kaset Market's curry stalls to Thalang Road antiques, Bangtao spa outlets and the vast Naka weeโฆ
Weaving workshops, wild-honey co-ops, gallery cafรฉs and cashew stalls โ from the Malvar Street markeโฆ
From Presint 2's market hall and Thursday night bazaars to Alamanda, Tamarind Square and the KLIA ouโฆ
From the 800-stall Tongil Market to hard-currency arcades and the Mansudae studio's ink scrolls โ hoโฆ
From Farmers Market's dawn stalls to Cubao Expo's indie horseshoe and Katipunan's maker consignment โฆ
From the honeyed melon rows of Siab Bazaar to the mulberry-paper mill of Konigil and the last silk-cโฆ
Curb-market seafood stalls, Odori's 1.9 km underground shopping spine, Meiji-era brick arcades and Hโฆ
Covered shopping streets, Date-era craft houses, Tohoku kokeshi workshops and station-floor omiyage โฆ
From 4am wholesale fabric halls in Dongdaemun to Seongsu concept stores and Insadong paper shops โ tโฆ
From bespoke suits at 3.50 a metre to Xintiandi concept boutiques and the propaganda-poster basementโฆ
From 05:00 trading floors at Wu'ai to Bauhaus factory lofts in Tiexi and marble malls on Qingnian Stโฆ
Gold by the gram in Shuibei, made-to-measure suits at Luohu, and independent design studios in restoโฆ
From dawn haggling at Psar Leu to fair-trade silk weavers, Khmer ceramics studios and the lantern-liโฆ
From wet-market spice stalls in Tekka to independent perfumers on Haji Lane and Singapore's last hanโฆ
Wholesale saree towers, zari embroidery lanes and diamond-district jewellery in India's fabric capitโฆ
From the wholesale ribbon stalls of Taiwan Boulevard to Shenji New Village's designer studios and Feโฆ
From 5 a.m. fabric wholesalers on Dihua Street to Songshan's converted tobacco factory, a shopping rโฆ
Dried-fruit bazaars, madrasah craft workshops, ikat ateliers and a Soviet flea market, mapped acrossโฆ
From the concrete stalls of the Centenary Farmers' Market to Norzin Lam's textile ateliers and the gโฆ
Antique stalls, silk tailors, woodblock print workshops and art-deco department stores, from Shenyanโฆ
From Kappabashi's hand-forged blades to Daikanyama's concept boutiques and Nakano's collector arcadeโฆ
Cashmere flagships, felt cooperatives, fiddle workshops and container markets, mapped across three dโฆ
Hand-woven Lao silk, indigo dye workshops, fair-trade craft houses and the kip-only markets locals aโฆ
Wet markets and wholesale towers in Hankou, Italianate boutique streets along Chuhe Han Street, and โฆ
From dawn seafood stalls at Bazhen to Shapowei's harbourside concept stores and the Anxi oolong counโฆ
Seal carvers on Shuyuanmen, dawn antique stalls at Baxian An, and design malls from SKP to a mirroreโฆ
From the 1926 teak stalls of Bogyoke Aung San Market to Pansodan's book pavements and Sanchaung's inโฆ
Hand-drawn batik tulis from Ngasem's back-alley studios, hammered silver in Kotagede, leather wayangโฆ
Covered market streets, the 1859 boutiques of Motomachi and bean-to-bar makers on the piersโฆ