Sweta Market in Lombok

Location

The Sweta Market is now positioned east to Bertais which is a hub for buses that travel to the east. The Sweta Market is the traditional market in Lombok known for its pretty large size. In fact it is considered as the largest market with a traditional outlook.

What can you buy?

The place is there to give you a traditional feel of Lombok that is very innate to the place.

You can buy potteries and wares of various sizes and shapes. The beautiful craving done on the outer walls of the wares exhibits the local talents of the people of Lombok. If you do not wish to buy one for yourself then you can take some of them for your friends. Many may fear to buy these wares as they are not easy to handle, but rest assured as they can send it to your home at a reasonable cost.

Lombok is a nice place to buy some of the best souvenirs and masks. The Sweta market has a great collection of souvenirs that are mostly liked by tourists.

You can also buy the 'Songket' and 'Ikat' that are the embroidered clothes. While the former basically is made by silver and golden threads and mad by women the latter one is made by men only.

Tit-a -bits

Though the prices of the most goods in general are reasonable, yet in some cases you can find prices of some goods to be much more than what it ought to be. As such be best while carrying out with bargaining so that you can save the extra amount trying out some other things. As the place remains crowded for most of the time, it is always a better idea to keep your monetary belongings very safely.

Other attractions

Though the place is mainly recognized as a shopping place, yet the place has additional attractions of eating and drinking. There are a handsome number of shops where you can have a good time enjoying the mouth- watering spicy dishes after finishing your shopping. Have a good time shopping in the Sweta Market of Lombok.