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Must-see shopping in Mediterranean Europe

  • Eataly Torino Lingotto

    Turin

    The global Slow Food phenomenon began here in Lingotto. Set in a vast converted factory, the Eataly mothership houses a staggering array of sustainable…

  • Jennifer's Hamam

    Sultanahmet

    Owned by Canadian Jennifer Gaudet, this shop stocks top-quality towels, peştemals (traditional bath wraps) and robes for both adults and children. All are…

  • Uashmama, shop front

    Uashmama

    Oltrarno

    Modern craftsmanship shines out of this loveable boutique, the pride and joy of the Marconi family, whose washable paper bags – tanned just like leather…

  • Athens, Greece - 3 March 2023 - People buying fish at the local Varvakios Central Municipal Market in Athens
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    Varvakios Agora

    Athens

    A wonderful sight in its own right, this huge old wrought-iron market hall is dedicated to fish and meat, especially row upon row of lamb carcasses,…

  • Feelin' Venice gift shop

    Feelin' Venice

    Venice

    Tired of bemoaning the increasing number of tatty souvenir shops, Venetians Mattia and Filippo decided to open a design-led alternative featuring the work…

  • L'Arca in Barcelona is a vintage shop that specializes in bridal and Edwardian fashions. They supplied a number of costumes for the 1997 movie, Titanic.

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    La Rambla & Barri Gòtic

    Step inside this enchanting vintage boutique for beautifully crafted apparel from the past, mostly sourced from local homes: 18th-century embroidered silk…

  • Six Gallery from the street

    Six Gallery

    Milan

    A team of creatives have breathed new life into this formerly abandoned 16th-century monastery. Now an atmospheric design space, it's composed of a bistro…

  • Chiarastella Cattana in Venice

    Chiarastella Cattana

    Venice

    Transform any home with these locally woven, strikingly original Venetian linens. Whimsical cushions feature chubby purple rhinoceroses and grumpy scarlet…

  • Atelier Bomba shop in Rome

    Bomba

    Tridente, Trevi & the Quirinale

    Opened by designer Cristina Bomba over four decades ago, this gorgeous boutique is now operated by her fashion-designing children Caterina (womenswear)…

  • Fausto Santini sells shoes & bags by Fausto Santini, who is heavily influenced by architectural design.

    Fausto Santini

    Tridente, Trevi & the Quirinale

    Rome’s best-known shoe designer, Fausto Santini is famous for his beguilingly simple, architectural shoe designs, realised in boots and shoes made with…

  • Process Collettivo, shop in Venice

    Process Collettivo

    San Polo & Santa Croce

    A nonprofit cooperative runs this little shop, selling goods made by inmates of Venice's prisons as part of a social reintegration program. The toiletries…

  • Tina Sondergaard is a Roman Store offering a selection of custom upmarket Italian-made clothing in a sophisticated space.

    Tina Sondergaard

    Monti, Esquilino & San Lorenzo

    Sublimely cut and whimsically retro-esque, Tina Sondergaard's handmade creations for women are a hit with the local fashion cognoscenti. Styles change by…

  • Helena Rohner is an upscale jewelry shop in Madrid

    Helena Rohner

    La Latina & Lavapiés

    One of Europe’s most creative jewellery designers, Helena Rohner has a spacious boutique in La Latina. Working with silver, stone, porcelain, wood and…

  • NonostanteMarras building exterior.

    NonostanteMarras

    Milan

    Brainchild of Sardinian fashion designer Antonio Marras, this eccentric concept store has an almost cinematic feel. Hidden in an ivy-draped courtyard, the…

  • Paciotti, store interior.

    Paciotti

    Vatican City, Borgo & Prati

    This family-run deli is a fantasyland of Italian edibles. Whole prosciutto hams hang in profusion. Cheeses, olive oil, dried pasta, balsamic vinegar, wine…

  • Madrid, Spain - August 18, 2021: The Antigua Casa Talavera sells traditional handmade pottery and tile from all over Spain in this downtown Madrid, Spain store. The store was opened in 1904 and is still family operated.
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    Antigua Casa Talavera

    Madrid

    The extraordinary tiled facade of this wonderful old shop conceals an Aladdin’s cave of ceramics from all over Spain. This is not the mass-produced stuff…

  • Agatha Ruiz de la Prada.

    Agatha Ruiz de la Prada

    Salamanca

    This boutique has to be seen to be believed, with pinks, yellows and oranges everywhere you turn. It’s fun and exuberant, but not just for kids. It also…

  • ElleElle shop in Venice

    ElleElle

    Murano, Burano & the Northern Islands

    Nason Moretti has been making modernist magic happen in glass since the 1950s, and the third-generation glass designers are in fine form in this showroom…

  • Vittorio Costantini in Venice: Art-glass figurines & sculptures inspired by nature are the focus at this artist-owned workshop.

    Vittorio Costantini

    Venice

    Kids and adults alike are thrilled at the magical, miniature insects, butterflies, shells and birds that Vittorio Costantini fashions out of glass using a…

  • Flores Navarro in Barcelona located at Carrer de València 320

    Flores Navarro

    L'Eixample

    You never know when you might need flowers, and this vast, packed-to-the-rafters florist never closes. Established in 1960, it has two spaces on Carrer de…

  • Cesare Toffolo glassblower in Venice

    Cesare Toffolo

    Murano, Burano & the Northern Islands

    Mind-boggling miniatures are the trademarks of this Murano glass-blower, but you’ll also find some dramatic departures: chiselled cobalt-blue vases,…

  • Street view of Madame Mim

    Madame Mim

    Valencia

    Many Valencians would say this is the city's best vintage shop, and we're always intrigued by what it has in stock. As well as clothes, there's a quirky…

  • Street view of Cestería El Globo with wicker products on display.

    Cestería El Globo

    Valencia

    In business since 1856, this charming shop features piles of traditional wickerwork – how about a basket for your bicycle? – plus rocking horses and other…

  • Mehmet Çetinkaya Gallery

    Sultanahmet

    Mehmet Çetinkaya is one of the country's foremost experts on antique oriental carpets and kilims. One of his two Tavukhane Sokak galleries is built over…

  • Omega

    Naples

    Despite hiding away on the 3rd floor of a nondescript building, Paris, New York and Tokyo know all about this family-run glove factory, whose clients…

  • Biscottificio Innocenti

    Trastevere & Gianicolo

    For homemade biscuits, bite-sized meringues and fruit tarts large and small, there is no finer address in Rome than this vintage biscottificio with…

  • Via Garibaldi 12

    Genoa

    Even if you're not in the market for designer homewares, it's worth trotting up the noble stairs just to be reminded how splendid a city Genoa can be…

  • Antonio Mattei

    Northwestern Tuscany

    Rev up your taste buds with a shopping spree at Antonio Mattei, Prato's famed biscottificio where the city's signature biscotti di Prato (twice-baked…

  • Obsequium

    Oltrarno

    Tuscan wines, wine accessories and gourmet foods, including truffles, in one of the city's finest wine shops – on the ground floor of one of Florence's…

  • Del Giudice

    Centro Storico

    Established in Rome in 1959 by Marcello and Rita Del Giudice and now operated by their children and grandchildren, this business produces leather bags,…

  • La Parisienne

    Capri

    First opened in 1906 (yes, that is not a misprint!) and best known for introducing Capri pants in the 1960s – famously worn by Audrey Hepburn, who bought…

  • Giudecca Trentasette

    Syracuse

    Salvatore Davì is passionate about Sicily and all things artisanal, and his petite emporium only stocks idiosyncratic, high-quality goods with Sicilian…

  • Salumeria Roscioli

    Centro Storico

    Rome's most celebrated deli showcases a spectacular smörgåsbord of prize products ranging from cured hams and cheeses to conserves, dried pastas, olive…

  • Gente

    Tridente, Trevi & the Quirinale

    This multilabel boutique was the first in Rome to bring all the big-name luxury designers – Italian, French and otherwise – under one roof and its vast…

  • Vinatería Albillo

    Santa Cruz de la Palma

    An excellent deli which specialises in local and national Spanish cheese, gourmet olives, preserves, coffee and other goodies like anchovies and smoked…

  • Ortigia

    Tridente, Trevi & the Quirinale

    Producing soaps, perfumes, creams, lotions, bathsalts, shampoos and candles made with Sicilian natural ingredients – orange blossom, lime, pomegranate,…

  • Bottega 21

    Naples

    Top-notch Tuscan leather and traditional, handcrafted methods translate into coveted, contemporary leather goods at Bottega 21. Block colours and clean,…

  • Özlem Tuna

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    A leader in Turkey's contemporary-design movement, Özlem Tuna produces super-stylish homewares and jewellery and sells them from her retail space near the…

  • Nelson Sicily

    Catania

    Nirvana for gourmands, Nelson is a one-stop shop for all things artisanal and Sicilian. Stock the pantry with everything from single-origin olive oils…

  • Formatgeria La Seu

    La Rambla & Barri Gòtic

    Dedicated to artisan cheeses from across Spain, this small shop is run by the oh-so-knowledgeable Katherine McLaughlin. The antithesis of mass production,…