Shopping in Greece
Shopping in Greece is a memorable experience.
From really low prices to excellent quality, visitors who travel to Greece are often amazed at what they can find.
Here are some items to buy from Greece:
Jewellery in Greece
In Greece, Greek craftsmen from ancient times have made absolutely wonderful jewellery.
One of the best in Greece is Lalaounis (they are located at the airport, Mykonos, Heraklion, Thesaloniki, Kerkyra), Zolotas (Mykonos, Athens, Rhodes, Kerkyra) and many others.
Fur Coats
Greece has the most excellent and best furs from Europe and around the world.
They come from a place called Kastoria, up in Western Greece.
Antiques
Many antiques stores exist in Greece.
Sculptors make several copies of ancient statues in terracotta and plaster of Paris, and sell them basically anywhere, by law a copy must have a government approval on it, and otherwise it may be confiscated if taken out of the country.
Leather
When you travel to Greece you can’t help yourself to notice the leather that is for sale.
There plenty of leather bags, sandals and jackets.
Plaka, Athens is the best place to shop for leather.
Sponges
Many divers work the depths of Kalymnos to search for sponges for your bathing pleasure.
Kalymnos is famous for its sponge hunting.
When you travel to Greece it is worth shopping for pure Kalymnian sponges.
Shopping Centeres in Greece
There are abundance of Department stores in Greece
from Macro to Attika, Vasilopoulos and Hondos Centre; they offer quality at a good price.
Greece is one of the places from Europe that has wonderful shopping centres.
All over Greece you will be able to find shops and shopping centres where you can purchase a whole range of items from clothing to jewellery to CDs and videos.
When you go shopping in Greece and in particular In Athens, there is a fantastic selection of shops and places to go where you enjoy shopping all day long. A lot of products in Greece are cheaper than other places in Europe and are also high in quality.
