This country is not for shopping. Of course, there is everything, but European prices. Local people prefer to be convinced not in stores, but in bazaars. If stores are mainly fixed in stores, and you can bargain in the bazaar and bring down prices. How in all eastern bazaars bargaining is always appropriate here. If you want to know everyday local life, then you can’t find a better place than the bazaar.
The most famous bazaars in Tashkent are the Alai market and Eska Juva, which is located in the Old City. Here you can find different souvenirs in the national style made of ceramics, as well as traditional national handmade clothing. What to buy in Uzbekistan? On the bazaars you can buy different dried fruits and different nuts. The eastern bazaar is the most colorful place, the air here is saturated with various spices, you can not even buy anything, but go through the bazaars.
Trying various fruits and dried fruits in the bazaars is accepted. Dried fruits in Uzbekistan are cheap and you can find them at any time of the year. In the year when they are harvested, dried fruits are very cheap. Especially here is Kuraga and prunes, raisins, dried figs, a sluggish melon, and made of peanuts, salty almonds, pistachios.