Shopping in Sri Lanka can be great fun as the cities are filled with markets and malls bursting with interesting goods. Popular purchases include clothes, handicrafts, tea and souvenirs.
Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo is an ideal place for shopping where one can see so many different items with the cheapest price. Most malls are more than just shopping destinations. They’ve got huge food, gaming, and entertainment zones as well, offering fun for the whole family.
Here are the best places to go shopping in Sri Lanka.
1. Majestic City- The multi storey Majestic City is an air-conditioned shopping mall that provides maximum and modern conveniences to shopaholics. Offering everything from clothes, electronic items and various handicrafts and furniture items, visitors to Majestic City are sure to find everything that they could possibly seek. It features supermarket on the ground floor, pool hall, a food court and a state-of-the-art cinema which can accommodate up to 450 people.
2. Crescat Boulevard – Crescat Boulevard is one of the finest up market shopping malls in Colombo. The air conditioned Crescat is also popular for its food court with food counters of diverse cuisine. They offer delicious and affordable foods that will truly satisfy everyone’s tastes buds.
3. Liberty Plaza – Liberty Plaza is a multi-storey shopping complex located in Colombo 03; it offers a range of retail stores selling some attractive products at affordable prices. There are also ideal souvenir items found here that will be a perfect gift for your friends and family back home.
4. House of Fashion – House of Fashion is located in Colombo, where the most affordable ready-to-wear clothes are found. There are huge choices for teen clothes and adult clothes that are both casual wear and formal wear. This is a very ideal place for shopaholics for clothes and accessories.
5. The Pettah Market – In Pettah market you will find all kinds of things from fruits to clothes to electronics if you want to buy at wholesale prices. You have to bargain extensively and it is recommended that you take a local you trust along with you. Even if you don’t buy anything, Pettah, or Colombo 11 is an experience in itself being a very typical, busy, loud and crowded oriental market place full of all sorts of odds, ends and junk.
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