article_snippet: While it might be too late to see Richard Gere in the crowded alleyways of the bazaars, you will spot plenty of other desirable items.
article_snippet: This is also considered the place to come for jewels.
article_snippet: The stones are not mined here, but cut, polished and set better than anywhere else.
article_snippet: Here are ruby chandelier earrings, enamel rings with floral mughal designs and moonstone necklaces.
article_snippet: You can watch them being worked on in them basement workshop, using skills that have been passed down the generations.
article_snippet: For inexpensive sparkle, head to Bangle Lane
article_snippet: Made from resin produced by the female lac insect, the female lac insect are embedded with mirror pieces, stones, beads or painted.
article_snippet: The best block-printed fabrics, a craft that dates back to the 1700s, are at Riddhi Siddhi, where cloth is piled from floor to ceiling.
article_snippet: There are iconic landmarks, such as the five-storey, 18th-century Palace of the Winds, with its latticed screen facade allowing street life to be viewed by the veiled ladies within.
article_snippet: The 16th and 17th-century interiors impress with The 16th and 17th-century interiors exquisitely carved silver doors, ceilings of alabaster and an Indian version of the Hall of Mirrors with mirrored fragments embedded in vaulted ceilings glinting between arches.
article_snippet: The decor, by acclaimed designer Adil Ahmad, offers vivid turquoises and shocking pinks, gilded mirrors and sweeping marble staircases - but, sadly, not Richard Gere.