1.   Agnese was leading them through the front door into a cool tiled hallway, strewn with locally woven rugs and sweet with the delicate scent of freesias.

2.   A woven rug by the bed.

3.   It was possible to buy entire Soviet uniforms there, along with Soviet bloc consumer goods, leopard and tiger skins and intricately woven rugs.

4.   Muggins Weavery, with fine woven rugs and scarfs, is also worth a stop.

5.   Rooms feature light wood finishes and Tibetan-style woven rugs, walk-in wardrobes, stocked refreshment bars and marble bathrooms with separate stall showers.