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Malls in Colombo make your shopping experience all the more delightful. The up-market shopping malls are up with their most effective marketing strategies and the result is a world class cluster of shops along with great cafes, eateries and even wine lounges. Colombo mega shopping centers will make it a memorable experience for you. These modern shopping malls and specialty stores stock up high quality goods at very affordable prices. Colombo has several shopping malls including Majestic City, Liberty Plaza, Crescat Boulevard, Odel Unlimited and JAIC Oberoi. Some 5-star hotels in Colombo also have shopping arcades. The wide range of exclusive souvenir items includes handicrafts and curios of silver, brass, bone, ceramics, wood and terracotta. There are also cane baskets, straw hats, reed and coir mats and tea. Batik fabric, lace and lacquerware are also popular. You can pick up one of those masks, which are used in dance-dramas, processions and on festival days. Liberty Plaza and Majestic City are the two major shopping malls, both with supermarkets (Keells and Cargills respectively) which feature large varieties of foreign goods. Majestic City, Liberty Plaza and Crescat are extremely popular among the locals where you could find handicrafts, tea and garments. Majestic City at the Galle Road near Bambalapitiya is a huge mall. There are plenty of clothes stores, bookshops, internet cafes and a Food City supermarket on the bottom floor. The top floor features a cinema hall, pool hall and young teenagers' nightclub. The leather collection at the Liberty Plaza and Majestic City needs a special mention. You can pick up the latest CDs and DVDs from the numerous bargain music shops at Majestic City. You will get here most of the latest releases, both music and film, as soon as they are released in the west. Colombo 3 is also a fabulous shopping mall where you can have it all. It is an up-market shopping center complete with food court. For the finest Sri Lankan tea, head for Tea Tang which have various outlets, including Liberty Plaza and Galle Face Court. For local handicrafts and gifts, head for Odel at Lipton Circus which offers good quality items such as clothes, shoes, tea, books and leather goods in a fashionable setting. You will find more up market shopping destinations are towards the south of the city center along the Galle Road.
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