Sri
Lanka / Travel Information / Shopping
From traditional
crafts to the latest modern gadgets, the range of wares on sale
is immense. Serious shoppers and souvenir-hunters will have a
field day in the marketplace.
Sri Lanka
is indeed a shopper’s paradise with a wide range of handicrafts
at really reasonable prices. In addition it is famous for gems
& silverware. All tastes are catered for and it pays the discerning
shopper to hunt in bazaars for unusual souvenirs.
Contemporary
paintings, dolls, ebony work, brassware, rush & ready- ware,
ac work (a distinctive form of traditional lacquer work on wood)
drums etc., and many more traditional crafts offer the tourists
some unusual souvenirs of their stay in Sri Lanka.
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