What To Buy In Sapa Vietnam? Top Best Sapa Souvenirs

Most visitors visiting Sapa would like to buy several gifts and bring them back home for their relatives and friends. However, do you know what to buy in Sapa Vietnam? This article will provide a list of ideal products to bring back home as presents for your loved ones. Also, Sun Getaways Travel would like to provide you with useful tips before identifying what to buy in Sapa. Let’s take a look!

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Sapa Culture and Traditions Overview

Sapa is a home to diverse ethnic minority cultures with 5 main ethnic communities settling in Sapa including Hmong, Dao, Tay, Giay, and Xa Pho. However, the number of Hmong and Dao peoples occupies the largest density in Sapa.

Taking advantage of this feature, Sapa owns rich cultural and traditional values from each minority. Hence, travelers will have a big opportunity to discover the diversity in typical aspects including rice cultivation, spiritual practices, embroidery, clothing, performances, and cuisines there.

Tourists can easily see Hmong women wearing colorful embroidered traditional clothes and silver jewelry. Moreover, embroidery patterns depict symbolic designs, and hemp fabric and intricate sewing techniques are often used to create vibrant outfits. And each color will have a symbolic meaning of its own. You can find and buy these products at the markets or in small stalls in Sapa.

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What to Buy in Sapa Vietnam?

There are several things for tourists to buy when traveling to Sapa Vietnam. They can stop by local markets and get beautiful products such as handmade accessories, and traditional handicrafts,…

Artworks

Firstly, Sun Getaways Travel ensures that you will fall in love with the artwork here. Locals sell many Sapa landscape drawings such as the sunrise and sunset in Sapa, Fansipan mountain, endless golden terraced rice fields, etc.

Besides beautiful drawings, visitors can witness the skillful hands of artisans here through carved wooden items. It is not difficult for tourists to see wooden souvenirs made by local craftsmen. Most of them are delicate with quintessence patterns in every wooden piece.

Locals often sell daily kitchen utensils such as wooden spoons, bowls, and chopstick sets. Moreover, you can find masks and statues carved patently by local artists. These things are extremely suitable for tourists to buy as gifts for people staying at home.

Local cuisines

Second, local cuisines should be other goods you should buy in Sapa. Here are the top 5 specialties for you:

• Thit Trau Gac Bep – known as dried buffalo meat, is the most famous dish in Sapa. The main ingredients of Thit Trau Gac Bep include beef, shallots, lemongrass, galangal, herbs, and tomatoes. The sliced beef will be seasoned and hung in the kitchen with an open fire or charcoal grill until it is cooked and dried. After that, people will pack it in a bag and then sold as the top present choice for tourists to buy,
• Black forest mushrooms will be the next option for visitors. Locals will pick mushrooms in the forest, wash them clearly, and dry them. This mushroom type is quite famous in Sapa Highland and it is considered a good medicine with a high nutritional value.
• Another specialty should be Sapa chestnut. The chestnut here has a darker color and bigger sizes. Moreover, its appearance looks like rambutan fruits but more aromatic and fatter.
• Docynia indica is a famous fruit in Sapa. Locals often use it to make wine. It has a special flavor, not only sweet or bitter but also sour and minty. Especially, docynia indica wine is good for the digestion system and makes you more appetize.
• Cham cheo is a typical salt sauce in Sapa. It is a combination of 10 different seasonings plated at 1600 meters in height. People often use it to eat with several dishes such as boiled chicken or grilled food. 

Handmade accessories

Additionally, tourists will be surprised by to colorful and delicate accessories sold in the markets. The most unique one is silver jewelry. Locals often decorate their traditional costumes with silver jewelry like necklaces and bracelets.

However, tourists should remember to bargain the price before buying because most silver items here have a low purity, which makes their values decrease. However, their products are beautiful, shiny, and unique. This is also a good choice for tourists to buy.

Traditional handicrafts and costumes

Another option for visitors to purchase is handicrafts made by local artisans. There are plenty of handcrafted products showing the cultural and traditional values. People can get tribal wear, handmade bracelets, and balls and bring them back home as gifts.

If you visit Sapa without learning about traditional costumes, it will be a big loss for you. For example, the hill tribe costumes are the most special pride of Sapa residents. It has a long-standing value reflecting the culture of ethnic communities. All the process of making these costumes is hand-made and the main material to make them is hemp. You can easily find hemp anywhere or in local shops in Sapa and this plant is often used to create beautiful clothes.

In addition to traditional costumes, tourists also try purchasing vibrant T-shirts and clothing at markets. They are extremely unique when painted with traditional textiles and patterns. So, if you would like to save moments, you can buy 1 or 2 clothes as Sapa tour souvenirs.

Healthcare and skincare products

The final choice for you is to buy local goods for health and beauty. If you get to Sapa once or twice, you will realize locals sell different types of local handmade soaps and skincare products. Most of them are handmade and made by local herbs and traditional remedies. Most importantly, it is suitable to buy and give them to relatives at home because people can preserve and commute them for a long time.

Travel Tips – What to Buy in Sapa?

We already tell you what to buy in Sapa Vietnam. So, what things you should pay attention to before buying things in Sapa? Here are some tips you should try before deciding to purchase anything:

• Bargain is necessary to get the best deal. Normally, let’s bargain down by 50-60% of the initial ask!
• You can shop around different stores to compare the fair prices and try sample foods before purchases.
• Tourists can not only buy crafts directly from villages/co-ops but also souvenir shops.
• To get fair prices, you can try to visit Cat Cat Village. Furthermore, there are even more quality handicrafts than in other places.
• You should pay attention to your properties when wandering around the markets. Let’s watch out for pickpockets in crowded areas, especially when you visit markets on Sunday!
• It is more beneficial for you when buying things and paying in VND, not dollars. You will get better exchange rates.

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Conclusion

In conclusion, Sapa has a lot of stuff for you to buy, not only beautiful masterpieces with colorful drawings and paintings but also delectable local cuisines, handmade accessories, handcrafted products, and healthcare goods. Through this article, we hope that you already know what to buy in Sapa Vietnam.

Moreover, we believe that you can choose the most suitable one and then bring it back home for your loved people at home. Sun Getaways Travel wishes you the best Sapa tour and have beautiful presents to bring back home.