Davao City Shopping

DAVAO CITY :

Davao is a land enriched with the cultural heritage of many ethnic tribes, each with their own distinctive arts and crafts.

At the downtown Aldevinco Shopping Centre, arcade upon arcade of these artifacts in their modern adaptations entice the souvenir-hunter: shoes, bags, accessories, and decor items of intricate, beaded T’boli ornaments, bright and colorful Muslim fabrics and clothing (malong), Muslim brassware and shellcraft and articles of Indonesian batik.

Along the road to the airport is Nieva’s Arts and Crafts, where local artisans combine ethnic, paisley and Aztec-inspired designs with avant-inspired shapes to create unqiue souvenir items. The shop’s exclusive Lumad (meaning "native of") designs are handpainted in striking desert colors on ceramic, woodcraft, fashion accessories, office and kitchen ware.

Davao’s exotic orchids and citrus is a first-hand appreciation by most visitors. Aside from the orchid farms, the MINFLO offers a wide selection from rare, indigenous waling-waling to the more common dendrobium and phalaenopsis to the colorful vanda, mokara, and kagawara hybrids.

At the Madrazo Fruit centre, wide variety of fruits can be found from the prickly and odoriferous Durian to the perennial Davao sweet pomelo.