Lahore

The sprawling Anarkali Bazaar is one of the oldest and best-known shopping neighbourhoods in Lahore. Come here if not for the traditional garb and jewellery, then to experience local flavour at its most vibrant and, at times, most hectic. There is plenty of street food to be had off the sides of shopping arteries.

Now here's a stadium like none other you've had the luck to experience – it teems with visitors day and night, with no sporting events in sight on most occasions. More of a shopping and entertainment complex, Fortress Stadium and the adjacent Fortress Square Mall contain an abundance of stores, ample dining joints, along with a cinema and children's entertainment centre.

Bring plenty of time when headed to the Emporium Mall, for its shopping toils aren't easily escaped. Apart from ample local and international-brand stores and restaurants, the mall contains a cinema and kids' entertainment centres. Daily visitors number in the tens of thousands, so peak hours (weekdays after 5pm) and weekends might be best avoided.

This horseshoe-shaped market is another Lahore shopping and entertainment hot spot, with an especially large offering of women's garb, jewellery, perfumes and cosmetics, as well as an abundance of dining spots, street food vendors, and ice cream parlours.

The mecca for electronics, Hafeez Center houses all retailers for computers, mobile phones, and other devices and appliances imaginable, and offers effective maintenance and repair services. Haggling is acceptable, and most outlets will accept cash payments only.