The best fashion and gift stores Patan

This is a must-visit store in Patan, where you'll find handicrafts of the highest quality. And with good reason: ancestral techniques from the Himalayas for making products from natural and organic materials are showcased here, through a collection of objects. Carved wooden kitchen accessories, leather goods in local cotton and leather bags, basketry, handmade stationery... Some are made from wild Himalayan nettle fiber called Allo, spun entirely by hand for fabric.

Traditional Nepalese musical instruments are hard to find. In addition to the large Asan Tole market in Kathmandu, where you can find an area with craftsmen dedicated to the manufacture and repair of harmoniums, tablas and madals, there's this small specialized store in Patan where the people speak English, making it easier to find what you're looking for! You can even buy an ek tar, the highly decorative carved wooden instrument played by sadhus.

In this store in Patan's chic district, you'll find bags, notebooks, scarves, jewelry, ceramics and many other beautifully crafted objects made by Nepalese artisans. Only "fair trade" products are sold here, so you'll be contributing to a responsible local economy. This store is a good solution if you want to bring back a few objects or gifts in your suitcase. You'll be greeted with a smile, and the sales clerks are happy to provide explanations. Prices here are fixed and reasonable enough to warrant a visit.

A small, friendly place where you can find quality singing bowls. Each bowl has a tone corresponding to a chakra (head, throat, belly, etc.), but also according to your astrology. Here, Bikash demonstrates the vibrations and "songs" of the bowls, which are handmade using an ancestral (and secret) alloy of 7 metals, known in the Himalayas. Some are more recent, others older (and more expensive). In singing bowl therapy and meditation, the 7 chakra tones resonate.

Singing/healing bowls are hard to choose. These Nepalese singing bowls, made from an undisclosed alloy of seven metals, are used to vibrate the body's seven chakras in Hindu religion and meditation practice. This boutique sells hand-made Nepalese products (nothing to do with the industrial bowls sold as souvenirs), some recent, others very old. The store also sells pashmina fabrics and jewelry in silver and local gemstones, Patan's specialty.