Shopping in Hyderabad

Shopping together with exploring the tourist attractions can enrich your trip to the beautiful city of Hyderabad. Home to a number of tourist attractions such as Charminar, Raymond’s Tomb, Golconda Fort, Birla Mandir and a number of palaces, forts and museums, the capital city of Andhra Pradesh is also the prime zone for shopping in the state. Hyderabad is famous for its invaluable pearls, lip smacking Hyderabadi Biryani, artifacts, handicrafts, garments and jewelry. For shopping in Hyderabad, all you need to do is take a tour of the top shopping centers of the city, which include Begum Bazaar, Abids, Nampally, Basheerbagh, Sultan Bazaar, Banjara Hills, Punjagutta, Begumpet, Dilsukhnagar and Ameerpet, Laad Bazaar and Narayanguda. In these streets, you will find everything that you would want to take back home as fond memories of your stay in Hyderabad.

What to Buy in Hyderabad
Hyderabad is famous for its exquisite pearls. Here, you can get a vast collection of pearl jewelry, for different price range. Pearls shopping in Hyderabad will be satisfactory only if you buy it from shops selling authentic stuff. Genuine pearls can be found in the jewelry shops of Pather gatti and Laad Bazaar near Charminar and Basheerbagh. Laad Bazaar is also popular for its range of jewelry made of diamonds and other precious metals and a variety of bangles. The ardent art lovers can find a vast collection of brassware in Begum Bazaar, which is supposed to be the largest market in the city.

Zardozi and embroidery work in sarees is one of the specialties of Hyderabad. Depending upon your budget, you can buy sarees of your choice, right from the traditional zardozi work variants to the modern designer ones. For other types of women’s clothing, you can check out the shops lined up in Basheerbagh. Antiques and home décor items can be purchased at rock-bottom price in the shops of Dilsukhnagar. Handloom textile, Kalamkari paintings and other art works, Hyderabadi polished bangles, Lambadi mirror-work, crafts made of metals such as silver and copper, stone and wood carvings are some of the things that should not be left out while shopping in Hyderabad.

The newly designed swanky shopping malls of Hyderabad are creating ripples in the city. Food courts, cinema halls and entertainment areas are the integral part of almost all the shopping malls of the city. City Center, Sanali Mall, Babu Khan Mall, Hyderabad Central, Ashoka Metropolitan, GVK One are among the best shopping malls in Hyderabad, where you can shop for everything under the same roof. To savor on the mouthwatering delicacies of Hyderabad such as Hyderabadi Biryani, you can go to the swanky hotels, restaurants and eating joints of Banjara Hills.

Apart from the elaborate shopping malls and streets of Hyderabad, you can also shop for products, online. The online shopping and gifting portals are galleries of products, which you can send for delivery to your loved ones. You can send gifts to Hyderabad at a click of mouse. Gifts such as sarees, handicraft items, electronics, pearl jewelry, mirror-work, stone and wood carvings and many more are easily delivered by online shopping websites, at affordable prices.