Shopping
Shopping in Athens is a unique experience, much like it is in any major capital city in the world. If you, as a visitor with very limited time to spare, are going to be content with a quick glimpse of the picturesque local market, then we suggest that following your must-visit to the Acropolis Museum, you walk down to Vyronos Street, see the Monument of Lysicrates, continue on Adrianou Street in the historic Plaka district, the oldest commercial street in Europe still in use, all the way down to Agora Square, take a right and then an immediate left to Pandrossou Street, stroll down Monastiraki Square and the area around it. You will pass by a great number of shops, small and larger, some with excellent and other with trashy merchandise to sell. Truth is that most of these shops sell to tourists only, are used to bargaining and some have incorporated it in their pricing and expect your counter-offer, and many of them offer generic touristy trash that is only to be taken as memorabilia. There are, however, a good number of shops that offer quality stuff, worth exploring for, There are guided tours to take you shopping, but if you do have some time, go on your own, exercising the same caution and wisdom you would in your own country. There are no special dangers to tourists in Athens, and you'll find that most people are fluent in English and will gladly give you general directions to find your way around. People will tell you to go shopping on Ermou Street. They are right, but this is true mostly for the locals. Ermou is packed with very successful international brands, the ones you may find in your hometown upscale shopping mall or in the downtown shopping district of any major city. The same is true, with very few exceptions in the upscale Kolonaki district, with snobbish residents and expensive stores. But, you did not come to Greece to find the same old same old, or did you? There is a multitude of hidden treasures, in clothing, shoes, sandals, leather bags, and all sorts of accessories all over the historic and commercial districts of Athens, worth searching for!
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Achillion Leather Sandals & Bags,
110 Adrianou & Flessa Sts., Plaka tel.: 210 322 1265 leather goods Dedalma, Dimitris Diamantopoulos
19 Lycavytou Street, Kolonaki tel.: 210 360 5260 www.dedalma.com jewelry Fasoli Clothing
6 Normanou St., Monastiraki tel.: 211 402 3234 original progressive-style T-Shirts and Dresses Haris Cotton
101, 111 & 136 Adrianou Street, Plaka tel.: 210 322 7560 www.hariscotton.gr original clothes for women and men based on simplicity and usability. Vassilis Korovessis Rare Books - Engravings -Old Maps - Post Cards, etc.
7 Adrianou St., Thesseion tel.: 210 321 7562 Lalaounis, 6, Panepistimiou Ave. & Voukourestiou St, Syntagma
tel.: 210 361 1371 - www.lalaounis.gr jewelry Maramenos & Pateras, 30, Mitropoleos St., Syntagma
tel.: 210 324 6885 www.maramenos-pateras.com jewelry Melissinos Art - The Poet Sandal-Maker
16 Tzireon & Diakou Sts., Acropolis-Makriyanni tel.: 210 321 9247 - www.melissinos-art.com world-famous for their sandals Sadao Outfitters
48 Adrianou St., Monastiraki, tel.: 210 321 6833 & 116 Adrianou St., Plaka, tel.: 210 325 3853 Spyridakis, 3 Miaouli St., Psyri
tel.: 210 321 0019 Venetia Vildiridis, 11 Voukourestiou St., Syntagma
tel.:210 363 5145 - www.venetiavildiridis.com jewelry Zolotas,
10 Panepistimiou St., Syntagma tel.: 210 360 1272 - www.zolotas.gr 9 Stadiou Ave., Syntagma tel.: 210 322 1222 - www.zolotas.gr jewelry |
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