If you are looking for souvenirs to take back home from Nepal, you need not travel much. From your hotel in Kathmandu, or airport, you can find outstanding stores that sell unique handicrafts, with brilliant artistry.

Kathmandu, home to all kinds of goods, can provide you items of different categories. Either artistic works, food items, metal or gold trinkets, wood carvings, stone crafts, or religious items can find all sorts of things in the valley.

The famous Gurkha knife, or Khukuri, are the national souvenirs representing Nepal and its bold history. People can gift this to indicate Nepal. Prayer wheels, singing bowls, papier-mache masks, thangkas, pauvas, carpets, etc. You can buy wearable items like dresses or shawls made out of Pashminas, or different kinds of jewelry that reflect the culture, and appear beautiful. Nepali dresses that reflect hippie style are quite popular among tourists and are available in Lakeside and Thamel areas.

Generally, when it comes to food, tourists take back Nepali tea - grown locally, which comes from the hills of Eastern Nepal. There are different Nepali tea types, of varying taste, which is quite popular and has the taste of the green hills. Other food items like Chhurpi (preserved cheese) is also quite popular along with Sukuti (preserved meat). The apple wine and other apple protected food items from Jomsom, and Western Nepal is quite popular among tourists.

The famous places in Kathmandu to buy souvenirs are Bhaktapur, Patan, Asan, Basantapur, and Thamel, where one can get all sorts of souvenirs. You can also find such goods in shopping malls and departmental stores, who sell the same items but at a high price. Nothing can beat the small markets roadside where you can pick things from one store to another and enjoy local shopping.

Except for the things that are older than 100 years, you can take anything out of Nepal. Make sure you bargain if you suspect a high price because this is how it works in local markets in Nepal. Shopping is one of the best activities for tourists in Nepal, and they can do all sorts of shopping in the valley itself.