Shopping can be very rewarding and exciting in Kathmandu. There are numbers tourists' shops on the main street and in the arcades of hotels bursting with tempting jewelries, image, clothes and typical Nepalese craft. In some of the small village shops one can obtain traditional makes and beautiful potteries. Antiques can be taken out of the country with special permission granted by the Dep. of Archeology only. Traditional crafts mans colony in Patan is also famous shopping center for Nepalese handicraft.