Ten Thousand Villages

My dad and I were visiting Portsmouth from New Jersey. As soon as I walked in, Claire, the manager began to greet me and we had a wonderful conversation. As soon as she found out we were visiting, she gave us the most beautiful places to go and see! She gave us a list and we hit every spot. She definitely is a wonderful person to have at that store, and the company should keep her. She had much history on the products in the store, which I thought was a very interesting background. Definitely recommend visiting this store!

I was so excited when I found this shop that I even forgot to take pictures of the beautiful shop inside!! What a wonderful collection of ethnic, fair trade and sustainable products. It was such a pleasure to visit this shop. I fell in love it immediately. Especially finding products from Pakistan was such a happy moment for me ♥ I highly recommend Ten Thousand Villages for its products, purpose and service 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

The wonderful owner Claire worked out some shipping details that they don't normally do. And the sales person Maria was awesome as well. They were above and beyond to help me. Really cool and unique merchandise. 10 stars for customer service. Thank you ladies, it means a lot.

This is a shop full of fair trade household and gift items created all around the world. They have picture frames made out of recycled newspaper and computer chips, bags made from recycled saris, and wine racks made out of bike chains, just to name a few. The staff are amazingly friendly and helpful. It is wonderful to know that your purchases there are contributing to sustainable jobs around the world.

Great spot to find creative gifts and handmade items with rustic feel and worldly origins. Fun to browse and play around with merchandise. Nonprofit organization purportedly helps out third world makers. Staff is friendly and eager to help and share intel.

I love the store! There's always something new to see and I appreciate that items are available to purchase inexpensively. The quality of the merchandise and craftsmanship is what impresses me.

Had a great shopping experience!

Glad I got to visit this shop on my trip to Portsmouth. A variety of gifts in many price points.

Really cool and unique items. Some of the prices are higher but it’s fair trade so I didn’t mind. The employee was very helpful and polite.

Great little boutique, filled with gems.