Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville
This tiny shop, specialising in beads and absolutely everything else you could possibly need to craft your own piece of jewellery, is a real visual feast…
Must-see shopping in Western Europe
St-Germain & Les Invalides
One-of-a-kind high-fashion parapluies (parasols) and ombrelles (umbrellas) as well as cannes (walking sticks) are handmade by Alexandra Sojfer, who bought…
Montmartre & Northern Paris
Known for timeless basics jazzed up with a subtle touch of leather or lurex perhaps, this design house's fashions are sophisticated and easy to wear. At…
Kilkenny City
Originally from Germany, Rudolf Heltzel has been creating fine-art jewellery in Kilkenny since 1968, and now works with his son Christopher creating…
Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville
Puzzleurs and puzzleuses will love the selection of hand-cut wooden jigsaws available in this shop. Ranging in size (and degree of difficulty) from 80 to…
Anglesey & the North Coast
Built in 1861 to provide slate for schools, this workshop now earns its coin making garden ornaments, place mats, picture frames, cake stands and other…
The West End
Beyond the quality of leather and fabrics and gorgeously chic styling, a frequent motif of these beautifully made and elegant British couture women's…
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Independent outdoors shop LD Mountain Centre, established in 1966, was one of the first of its kind in Britain and is the creator of the renowned Berghaus…
Funchal
This huge shop selling secondhand and new books fills an entire palace and claims to stock more than 100,000 titles, making it Portugal's largest. Most of…
Aliados & Bolhão
This delightfully old-fashioned emporium is crammed with traditional Portuguese products – sardines, sausages, dried cod and octopus, broa de Avintes …
Medieval Centre & Red Light District
With its century-old stained glass, gilt trim, Italian marble and soaring leather ceilings, this tobacco emporium is worth checking out even if you're not…
Wallonia
You'll find a wide range of past treasures at this congenial antiques store on one of Mons' main shopping and dining streets. Porcelain, illustrated books…
Snowdonia National Park (Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri)
All manner of honey-related goodies are sold here, including a range of mead, graded Roman, Celtic or Medieval, depending on sweetness. There's also honey…
Antwerp
While you can find cheaper chocolate shops, the Chocolate Line offers you a unique combination of celebrity 'shocolatier'-creator, a workshop where you…
Kiernan Moloney Musical Instruments
Galway City
Stringed instruments including fiddles and harps are the speciality of this dealer in fine instruments, which handles sales, rentals and repairs. It also…
The Shop That Must Not Be Named
York
Casting a spell over Harry Potter fans, this shop opened on the Shambles – the street said to be the inspiration for Diagon Alley – in 2017. Wands? Tick…
Le Marais, Ménilmontant & Belleville
Chic concept store Bonton stocks vintage-inspired fashion, furnishings and knick-knacks for babies, toddlers and children. Don’t leave without donning an…
North London
This operation inhabits multiple stores on Upper St, including Gill Wing Cookshop with kitchenware at 190 and Gill Wing Jewellery at 182, but our…
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Trading since 1835, Newcastle's gorgeous covered market has over 110 stalls selling everything from fish, farm produce, meat and vegetables to clothes,…
Bordeaux
Its claim to be an 'incubateur de tendances' (trend incubator) might be a tad exaggerated, but rummaging through the stalls of some 20 secondhand dealers…
Kilkenny City
This pristine Parisian-style perfume boutique has an array of ready-to-go scents for men and women, made from ingredients such as cascarilla bark, ylang…
Bordeaux
Beautifully crafted hair bands and bows, scarves, pencil cases, cosmetic bags, mini rucksacks etc – all in a rainbow of different floral and patterned…
The West End
If you know your longjing from your pu'er, or your Nokcha from your Lotus Lake Green – or wish to know the differences – Postcard Teas could be, well,…
Foz do Douro
Stalls are piled high with fresh produce and flowers at this recently revamped covered market. There are plenty of food stands, where you can tuck into…
Birmingham
A Birmingham institution, this independent record shop down a tiny backstreet brims with new and secondhand vinyl (and some CDs), including its own label…
Paris
This was the last major passage (1847) built in Paris. There’s a wax museum, the Musée Grévin and wonderful boutiques, including bookshops, silversmiths…
Strasbourg
A modern-day épicerie (grocery store) with a nod to top-quality Alsatian products, this is a cracking place to bag everything from prettily decorated…
Wallonia
If you happen to be around on the two days a week it's open, don't miss this colourful vintage shop on the right bank of the Escaut. Aside from mid…
Paris
This mustard specialist has pre-made items, but can also prepare an unimaginable 30 different varieties for you, designed to enhance your cuisine, such as…
Moulin à Huile d’Olive Alziari
Nice
Superb (but very expensive) hand-pressed olive oil, fresh from the mill on the outskirts of Nice. It comes in several flavours of differing fruitiness…
Silves
In a white-washed building, Roger Metcalfe's ceramic's studio specialises in panels of beautiful azulejos (hand-painted tiles), lamp bases, bowls, vases…
Galway City
Hand-thrown pottery by Galway artist Judy Greene incorporates designs inspired by Ireland's flora and landscapes. Also displayed in her boutique are…
The Burren
Top-notch art and glass works by Irish artists are for sale at this airy gallery alongside photographs and books on the region. It doubles as a cafe and…
Kensington & Hyde Park
Famed British scent-maker Jo Malone opened this shop in 2013, here on a street where she once had a job as a young florist. It features the entrepreneur's…
Ostend
Ostend's busy fish market is a briny bustling place and well worth a walk around its several wagon-stalls hawking smoked and cooked fish, pre-fried…
Notting Hill & West London
With its light wood floor and engaging staff, Daunt Books is a major fixture in the London book-selling world. The flagship Daunt Books branch may be on…
Dublin
Housed in a 19th-century sugar refinery that was Dublin's first iron-structured building, this seven-storey design centre houses studios for around 20…
Oxford
This charming shop sells games of every kind and age, from the latest board games – including bestsellers such as Ticket To Ride and Dreaming Spires, set…
The West End
This specialist stationary shop stocks just about every wooden-handled rubber stamp you care to imagine: from London icons like phone boxes and the Houses…
Paris
One of the most well-known consignment stores in Paris, Lorette & Jasmin carries a diverse range of gently used luxury brands (Louis Vuitton, Dior, Chanel…
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