What is travel without the usual souvenir shopping? Despite the many delightful handicrafts available all over the province, there are other unique items that are one-of-a-kind and specialized in the Albay markets.
Set forth to the Satellite Market which is a one-stop shop for souvenir items. It offers abaca native bags, rugs, household items, souvenir shirts and key chains among others. Additionally, it sells pili nuts and other food delicacies for the sweet tooth in you. This market is located t Tahao Road across the Legazpi City Terminal. Haggling is definitely a skill to be applied in this shopping spree.If you are looking for locally made machetes or knives, head to the Tabak Market in Tabaco, Albay for a wide variety of knives made by the local people. Here you can find folding knives, samurais, scissors, cockfighting blades and other bladed tools. This market holds clusters of small stalls that offer the same merchandise, and so you can choose and haggle for the best prices.
When in Albay, do not forget to drop by Legazpi Central Market for the cheapest abaca handbags. Here you can choose from a wide variety of handmade bags made of the native material, abaca. You can even haggle for the best priced artistically beautiful abaca handbag.For more local crafts and cheap souvenir shirts, You can buy from the souvenir shops lining outside Cagsawa Ruins Park. Shirts cost P150 each but you can also find bargains for old stocks at P100. The most common t-shirt designs have prints of Mayon Volcano and other landmarks on them.
