Must-see shopping in Mediterranean Europe

  • Valencia Club de Fútbol Megastore

    Valencia

    Right on Plaza del Ayuntamiento, this sizeable shop offers souvenirs, scarves, woolly hats and many a memento more for the city’s major football club…

  • Tod’s

    Tridente, Trevi & the Quirinale

    The trademark of this luxury Italian brand is its rubber-studded loafers – perfect weekend footwear for kicking back at your country estate. There's a…

  • Ferevin

    Valencia Province

    This showroom for local wine producers has a huge range to buy and is by far the best spot in Requena to do so. It runs tastings from 11am to 1pm daily,…

  • Plan 59

    Athens

    Between this and Old School Records next door, your vintage vinyl needs are covered. Both stock a lot of jazz and psychedelia, while Plan 59 has more…

  • La Rinascente

    Tridente, Trevi & the Quirinale

    Popular La Rinascente is an upmarket department store with five floors of his and hers fashions, a basement exhibition area and a panoramic food hall…

  • Full Moon

    Formentera

    Spot the bicycle by the sky-blue doors: this stylish, whitewashed inside-outside boutique stocks strappy sandals, straw hats, Balearic woven baskets and…

  • Shiffa Home

    North Nicosia (Lefkoşa)

    Shiffa’s owner makes some of the funkiest handmade soaps we've ever seen, as well as jams, preserves and yummy marmalade. She also sells and advises on…

  • Mekhann

    Beyoğlu

    The Beyoğlu branch of a well-known Grand Bazaar shop is located close to the Tophane tram stop. It specialises in high-quality textiles from Uzbekistan.

  • La Buena Jera

    Castilla y León

    One of numerous gourmet food shops in this stretch of street, La Buena Jera has an excellent range of local cheeses and wines from Toro, as well as local…

  • Saturday Market

    Safranbolu

    Eski Çarşı's weekly market takes over the square behind the Cinci Hanı every Saturday. It's a bustling hub of fresh produce and local food products.

  • VAD Formaggi

    Livorno

    The walls of this extraordinary cheese shop, in business since 1955, are lined floor-to-ceiling with giant rounds of parmesan; on market days, the queue…

  • Vintage Delirium

    Milan

    Franco Jacassi's multilevel store stocks pristine vintage woollens, 1930s evening wear from Chanel, Dior, Balenciaga and Vionnet, belts, buckles, bags,…

  • Cómplices

    La Rambla & Barri Gòtic

    One of the most extensive LGBTQ bookstores in the city has a mix of erotica in the form of DVDs and comics as well as books. It's a welcoming, resourceful…

  • I Vippini

    Tridente, Trevi & the Quirinale

    This pretty little boutique sells exquisite designer fashion for bambini, from newborns to teens. It stocks Italian designers in the main, alongside its…

  • Antiques

    Nicosia (Lefkosia)

    There's no actual name for this store crammed with retro tin trays, old vinyl, funky 1970s ceramics and ornaments, and more. If you love nothing more than…

  • L'Armadio di Coco Luxury Vintage

    Venice

    Jam-packed with pre-loved designer treasures from yesteryear, this tiny shop is the place to come for classic Chanel dresses, exquisite cashmere coats and…

  • Fabbrica d'Arte Monterosso

    Monterosso

    In business since 1982, this tiny shop sells the works of a local group of artists working in terracotta, porcelain and stoneware. The high-quality one-of…

  • Olive Tree Skiathos

    Skiathos Town

    Small, inviting and earthy shop specialising in beautiful handcrafted bowls, cooking utensils, jewellery and more, all made from local olive wood, towards…

  • Flamma Art Gallery

    Larnaka

    The unique, colourful and quirky pieces here are the work of local ceramic artist Stravros Stavrou, whose creativity has a slightly whimsical edge. Truly…

  • Envinarte

    Valencia

    It's an unusual scene here: racks of high-quality menswear tucked among a small but well-selected and beautifully displayed range of Spanish and…

  • Ċekċik

    Valletta

    Named after the Malti word for 'knick-knack', Ċekċik features contemporary Maltese T-shirts, tote bags and screen prints amid its otherwise global…

  • Massimo Casiello

    Matera

    Massimo Casiello, an artisan woodturner, sells his beautiful creations including bowls, lamps, fountain pens, clocks and jewellery. All sorts of other…

  • Moufflon Bookshop

    Nicosia (Lefkosia)

    Dating back to 1967, this bookshop has the largest selection of English-language books in Cyprus. There are loads of secondhand books, as well as hard-to…

  • Achinos

    Skiathos Town

    Organic Greek food products, from unsalted pistachios (hard to find), locally sourced wines and fine olive oil to honey and herbal tea from the slopes of…

  • Caretta Vintage

    Kadıköy

    For a quirky purchase, head to this boutique, which has walls lined with rows of retro-styled sunglasses that many of Kadıköy's youthful residents…

  • La Flor de Castilla

    Ávila

    This patisserie-cafe is a fine place to buy a yema de Santa Teresa, a sticky, ultrasweet treat made of egg yolk and sugar that's said to have been…

  • İmroza Sabun Atölyesi ve Mağazası

    Thrace & Marmara

    On the road to the ruined fortress in Yukarı Kaleköy, this outfit produces and sells a range of all-natural soap, which is also available at stores in…

  • To Ploio

    Corfu Town

    While specialising in handcrafted contemporary jewellery, both elegant and playful, this eye-catching Old Town boutique also sells souvenir wooden ships…

  • Open Door Bookshop

    Trastevere & Gianicolo

    A lovely bookshop crammed with new and secondhand titles, this is a great place to browse and happen upon a classic, with novels and nonfiction in English…

  • Mercato dell'Artigianato e Antiquariato

    Como

    A monthly antique market fills the piazza in front of the Basilica di San Fedele on the first Saturday of each month; on subsequent Saturdays, the market…

  • Roma Liuteria di Mathias Menanteau

    Monti, Esquilino & San Lorenzo

    A vintage ceramic-tiled wood burner casts a golden glow on this old-fashioned artisanal workshop where French luthier Mathias Menanteau crafts and…

  • Hippo

    North Nicosia (Lefkoşa)

    Lovers of kitsch and vintage would do well to have a rummage in this tiny shop; it has a vinyl collection, mid-20th-century ornaments and signage, and…

  • Il Buongustaio

    Matera

    With walls and deli cabinets bursting with preserves, pasta, cheeses, sweetmeats and smallgoods, this is the place to stock up on Matera's prodotti tipici…

  • Atelier

    Bellagio

    Lili Barone and Gabriel Kantor turn out exquisite etchings, engravings and other design products from their studio high in Bellagio's old town. Opening…

  • Muse

    Hora (Mykonos)

    Pick up a fluoro Greek god, a marble figurine modelled on the blank-faced Cycladic originals or a replica of the classical art, jewellery and ceramics…

  • Norma Comics

    L'Eixample

    Norma stocks a huge range of comics, both Spanish and international – everything from Tintin to out-there sci-fi comics, along with figurines, clothing,…

  • Üç Yıldız Şekerleme

    Beyoğlu

    Generations of İstanbullus have purchased jams, lokum (Turkish Delight), helva (sweet made from sesame seed) and akide (hard candy) at this charming shop.

  • Flea Market

    Palma de Mallorca

    The sprawling Rastro (Flea Market) is something of a Palma insitution. Alongside second-hand stalls with the usual mix of trash and treasure, you'll find…

  • Nico Jimenez

    Mérida

    Selling some of Extremadura's best jamón, Nico Jimenez is both deli and tapas bar where you can sample the produce before you buy. There are more sit-down…

  • Diskopoleion Music Store

    Rethymno

    This pint-sized music store is run by a knowledgeable owner with good taste in Greek rock, punk, psychedelica and jazz, along with traditional Cretan…

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