Europeans and Tourists from other countries make shopping a part of their vacation stay or a business tour - both of which are very common for Tashkent.Therefore, you as the Guest can find your choice article for buying from small street-corner shops and crowded bazaars to Super Markets and Departmental Stores - anything from Carpet to Cars as you like.

You will be surprised how Cars are included in this list of shopping. But it is a fact that in the Hippodrome Bazaar, 15 kms away from Tashkent, new as well as old cars are sold every day, except Monday. This explains the availability of a huge array of products for buying from Tashkent markets.

But in the normal way, you will love to carry home mostly items of daily-use or artifacts or souvenirs, as presents to your friends and relatives, as also items of mementos to ever remind you the wonderful visit to Tashkent city.

So you can roam about the crowded bazaars leisurely during your stay at Tashkent, see the items on display, bargain for the price you estimate it is worth and buy if your price is accepted by the vendor. Remember - this facility is not available in posh Departmental Stores, where you have to shell out the price as per tag.

The option is open for you to visit Bazaars in Tashkent namely - Alysky Bazaar for quality food products - vegetables, fresh or dried fruits, meat and fish. Also you can buy shoes, clothes, dishes, plumbing and electrical supplies and bathroom fixtures etc. Chorsu Bazaar for buying, apart from fresh fruits and vegetables, handmade aluminum products and wood-carved products. You will see a sea of fresh green melons heaped at Farckhatski Bazaar. Or visit the crowded whole-sale Parkentski Bazaar to buy in bulk quantities - beer, biscuits, cigarettes, or liquor.

For exquisite souvenirs and memorabilia of history of Uzbekistan, you have the old Soviet departmental store - TsUM - to wander up and down the long aisles and buy what you want. Pure silk materials in astonishing colors and designs, as well as cotton fabrics are available to you at unbelievable cheaper prices, you cannot get anywhere in Tourist destinations. GUM Department Store is for electronic items including TV and Washing Machine and also beautiful souvenir items of Uzbek tradition. At Abdul Khasim Madrassah you can watch craftsmen at work, and also buy musical instruments, embroideries and rugs, wooden boxes, walking sticks, Koran stands and such other artifact items of excellent craftsmanship. Simply put, Tashkent shopping will be a memorable and happy experience for you in buying quality products at cheaper prices.