2024

CRAFT LAYA

Gift ideas

This recently opened boutique stands out from the swarms of small shops on Lakeside because it doesn't sell counterfeit trekking clothes, singing bowls or yak wool scarves. Craft laya is a fair trade boutique offering only beautifully crafted objects made in Pokhara, by women in the surrounding community villages. True Fair Trade, highly recommended for good gift ideas (scarves, clutches, bags, etc.). They are surprisingly inexpensive for the quality on offer.

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2024

FISHTAIL BOOK SHOP

Bookshop

A shop as there is a lot in Pokhara, but that is well filled. Here you will find beautiful postcards, maps and geographical maps of Nepal (and even surrounding areas) as well as detailed tourist maps of Pokhara and its region: if you want to take a walk to Sarangkot! Also some second hand books. Note: here you will find stamps to stamp your letters and especially a mailbox (in red, at the entrance).

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