Oh what a delight!!! But we must warn you that Nainital Tibetan Market is highly addictive and may cause a dent in your pockets
Nevertheless, shop wholeheartedly here cause you wont get a better place or deals to shop elsewhere. Nainital Tibetan Market is located on one side of the Naini lake and next to the famous Naini Temple. As you enter the Market, you are greeted by ever smiling Tibetans who own different shops here along with some ambitious Indians. Its a very narrow path and you have shops on both sides…So there is a great variety to choose from and if you are good in bargaining, trust me, you will not be disappointed.
As we entered the Nainital Tibetan Market, we were thrown to a lot of shouts, calling “Sir, Sir, Sir” and as we tried picking on who the person was, there were more shouts forcing us to ignore the one we heard…:) So now we knew for sure that bargaining was on and big time! It was actually quite dark there but the shops were fully lit up to showcase the products. In fact I came across a shop which was owned by an Indian and there was this whole range of (duplicate) Designer Colognes and Perfumes. Honestly, we found people wearing the best and ORGINAL colognes but still buying from this shop. I asked one of the Sardarjis (Sikhs) and his idea was to take these colognes for day to day wear
There were plenty of shops where one could buy shoes, jackets and sweaters. We were told that these products were sourced from China. We actually picked up a jacket and a pair of shoes. There was a very good range of funky shoes and poly-fill jackets so we had a chance to bargain and guess what…It clicked also! A decent pair of shoes were not at all a bad buy for Rs. 400/-
Nainital Tibetan Market is actually a treat for women…So its very dangerous to go there (for men) with women. We saw a lot of women buying face packs, perfumes, nail polishes and some more things which cannot be told here
We also liked the variety of Bags, Wallets, Key Chains, etc. Its actually a good place for commercial tourists as it falls right next to the Temple, the Gurudwara (Sikh Temple) and the famous Naini Lake. So its not a bad idea to come here and also help the Tibetans at the same time.
