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Andaman Islands · Island Realms

Shops and premises

Sagarika Government EmporiumPort Blair

Padauk wood craft, shell and coconut-shell items, island produce

The administration's own emporium, and the sensible place to buy shell work — the government stock is restricted to legally permitted material, which the roadside stalls are not.

Aberdeen BazaarPort Blair

The islands' main market — fish, produce, cloth, everyday goods

The one place where all of Port Blair's communities shop in the same street, and the best short lesson in what the settler population actually is.

Junglighat fish landing jettyPort Blair

The morning fish landing

Not a shop, but where the day's catch arrives and where the fish in every restaurant and household kitchen comes from. Go early.

Cottage industries and rural craft outletsPort Blair, Rangat and Mayabunder

Cane, bamboo and coir products from the settlement villages

Run under the administration's rural industries schemes. Quality is uneven and the pricing is honest, which is the reverse of the tourist strip.

Famous shops, markets and workshops in Andaman Islands, and what each is known for. (4)