Funchal
This small, unmarked emporium sells leather goods made from the finest Portuguese hides in Funchal, including belts, handbags, briefcases and wallets.
Must-see shopping in Europe
Marseille
An adopted Marseillaise, Virginie Monroe creates delicate, affordable necklaces, earrings, brooches and bracelets from bronze, gems, enamel and glass.
Warsaw
Fine-quality Polish linens and towels are sold from this tiny shop. You can buy the material by the metre as well as made up into scarves or blankets.
Latin Quarter
One of Paris' largest bookshops sells titles in English, has stacks of browsing space, and stocks an exceptional range of maps, guides and travel lit.
Beyoğlu
This small shop is crammed with CDs, including a fine selection of Turkish classical, jazz and folk music. It's a popular hangout for local musicians.
Rome
This covered market established in 1926 is one of northern Rome's magnets for fresh produce, from fruit and veg to artisanal cheeses and local meats.
Northwestern Tuscany
The studio of fashion designer Paolo Milani is a riot of bold vibrant prints and a wild mix of textures covering the whole sombre-to-sequin spectrum.
Western Anatolia
Craft shops, selling İznik tiles, and a cafe are set in and around this restored 14th-century hamam, where a section of paved Roman road is visible.
Innsbruck
Great for traditional gifts, this place sells everything from Dirndls to hand-carved nativity figurines, stained glass and Tyrolean puppets.
Trondheim
The quirky fashions of this stunning Norwegian success story make a virtue out of eccentricity. Bright colours and harmless fun are recurring themes.
Hania
This local designer, whose work is distributed internationally, creates wonderful contemporary leather bags (from €100), jewellery and accessories.
Hamburg
Fun Hamburg-themed souvenirs make shopping for a gift back home rather enjoyable. There's everything from stationery and homewares to games and food.
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
This shop has a very extensive range of bicycles and accessories, as well as specialist stock for pretty much everything you might need for cycling.
Bologna
This three-level bookshop houses Eataly's gourmet market and restaurant along with thousands of books, including many in English, French and German.
Montmartre & Northern Paris
Flip through colour-coded racks of luxury cast-offs (Isabelle Marant, Chanel, Zadig & Voltaire, Riquel et al) at this vintage clothing boutique.
Bristol
A community-run bike shop in Stokes Croft, which works with underprivileged and marginalised groups to repair and sell used bikes from around £130.
Lyon
All the staples of French cuisine can be found in this lively street market: cheese, wine, charcuterie and pastries. A real favourite with Lyonnais.
Antwerp
An ever-popular streetwear purveyor with humour-filled displays amid bare-concrete pillars. In-store DJs enliven proceedings on Saturday afternoons.
Warsaw
This tiny workshop has been making good-quality hats for men and women since 1864. Its classic style is the Szyprówka peaked cap in black (145zł).
Snowdonia & the Llŷn
A lovely old-school book shop – just the place for maps, local history and antiquarian tomes. Generally closes for half an hour around lunchtime.
Warsaw
Three generations of the Baryliński family have been making, selling and repairing brushes of all shapes and sizes from this tiny shop since 1952.
Montón de Trigo Montón de Paja
Segovia
With handcrafted handbags, jewellery, block-prints of Segovia and a host of other artsy, locally made items, this shop is ideal for creative gifts.
Extremadura
Specialising in the finest cured meats, cheeses and some extremeño wines, Iberllota is perfect for picnic treats and local-flavour gifts.
Interlaken
Located at the K44 climbing hall, this store sells and rents top-quality climbing gear and is run by expert mountaineers who can give sound advice.
Split
Boho women's clothing and jewellery made by home-grown designers. There's a second store around the corner.
St-Tropez
Outlet for St-Tropez hand-crafted sandals (from €240). K Jacques has been around since 1933, serving such clients as Picasso and Brigitte Bardot.
Stockholm
Here you'll find skinny jeans, painfully hip leather jackets and other clothing worthy of strutting around Stockholm, by designer Johan Lindeberg.
Kilkenny City
Kilkenny's largest bookshop stocks plenty of Irish-interest fiction and nonfiction, periodicals and a good range of maps. There's a cafe upstairs.
Kotor
The best of a crop of Turkish shops to spring up in recent years, Efesya sells colourful glass lamps, ceramics, scarves, bags and even chess sets.
Galeries Lafayette Fashion Show
Paris
Reserve ahead to take in a 30-minute fashion show on the 4th floor of department store Galeries Lafayette.
Playa Blanca
This twice-weekly arts and crafts market sees artisans set up shop along the water, showcasing everything from olive oil to handcrafted jewellery.
Yerevan
The city's best range of guidebooks, maps and novels in English and other languages. There's a small cafe downstairs with a few drinks and snacks.
Verona
Behind the delightful art nouveau shopfront you'll find a gourmet cave crammed with bottles, jars and tins of tasty stuff. Truffle crisp, anyone?
Derry (Londonderry)
This huge, four-level mall just outside the eastern city walls contains a Marks & Spencer, Eason bookshop and other high-street chain stores.
Reykjavík
Reykjavík’s main shopping centre, 1km from town, has some 170 shops. A free shuttle runs on the hour from the tourist office at the Ráðhús.
Munich
You'll find tonnes of English-language books, from secondhand novels to the latest bestsellers, at this excellent and long-established bookstore.
Lapland
At the junction of the westbound and northbound roads, this local silversmith's workshop also produces pieces from antlers, horn, stone and gems.
Athens
Not just vinyl records, but the whole 'vinyl culture' – whatever that entails. Lots of new and interesting stuff, plus tickets to local shows.
Matera
Dacia Capriotti sells her own handmade, delightful pottery from this small shopfront on the border between Matera's new town and Sasso Barisano.
Fuerteventura
Try this vivacious shop for silk-screen-printed fashions or a pair of absolutely stunning Pisaverde shoes – each pair is unique (so they say).
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