--- title: "Empress Market · OpenVibe.Tours" canonical: "https://openvibe.tours/place/empress-market-plc_V7TFW5YAR2WCTY79VCJJBKX1BT" updated: null --- # Empress Market · OpenVibe.Tours HTML: [Empress Market · OpenVibe.Tours](https://openvibe.tours/place/empress-market-plc_V7TFW5YAR2WCTY79VCJJBKX1BT) attraction # Empress Market A famous marketplace dominated by a Gothic-Mughal-style clock-tower of the colonial era, situated in Saddar, which is one of the most congested and busiest areas of Karachi. Go here together [Make a plan together](https://openvibe.fun/plans/new?place=Empress+Market&city=Karachi&url=https%3A%2F%2Fopenvibe.tours%2Fplace%2Fempress-market-plc_V7TFW5YAR2WCTY79VCJJBKX1BT&lat=24.86274&lon=67.02948) [Add to Our places](https://openvibe.fun/places/new?place=Empress+Market&url=https%3A%2F%2Fopenvibe.tours%2Fplace%2Fempress-market-plc_V7TFW5YAR2WCTY79VCJJBKX1BT) A date poll for your people, or a shared list of places you want to see. ![Empress Market](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M6YPTS88N385NBW0XRC93ST7) Photo: Ghazala Shah · CC BY-SA 4.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AA_sunny_day_over_Empress_market%2C_Saddar.jpg) · [licence](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) 2 more photos - ![Empress Market, photo 2 of 3](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M6YY0MWVFX4XZBB912W9M70F?w=640) Photo: Ghazala Shah · CC BY-SA 4.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AA_usual_warm_day_in_September._Tower_of_Empress_market%2C_located_at_Saddar%2C_Karachi._01.jpg) · [licence](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) - ![Empress Market, photo 3 of 3](https://openvibe.media/o/med_01M6YPTSTGCDBE0VKW6MWYXVVW?w=640) Photo: Ghazala Shah · CC BY-SA 4.0 · [source](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AA_usual_warm_day_in_September._Tower_of_Empress_market%2C_located_at_Saddar%2C_Karachi._02.jpg) · [licence](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) - [**Directions** open the map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=24.86274&mlon=67.02948#map=16/24.86274/67.02948) - **Admission not confirmed**check before you go ## Why go The market is one of the most important landmarks of the city and traces its origins to the British Raj era, when it was constructed in 1889 and named "Empress Market" to commemorate Queen Victoria, the Empress of India during the late 19th century. The building was constructed as a marketplace to cater for the European elites who were either living in or frequently visiting Karachi at that time. Source: [Wikivoyage](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Karachi) ## How to visit Admission not confirmed. Check the hours and access before you travel. ## Come back later Ask for a reminder on the day you want to go. Remind us on a date ## See it live [Stream it from here](https://openvibe.live/broadcast?place=Empress+Market&place_url=https%3A%2F%2Fopenvibe.tours%2Fplace%2Fempress-market-plc_V7TFW5YAR2WCTY79VCJJBKX1BT&title=At+Empress+Market) No public streams or clips from here yet. 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