Shopping in Côte D’Azur
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Cours Saleya Markets
Split between its beautiful flower market and rightly famous food market. On Mondays from 6am to 6pm, flowers and food make way for an antiques market.
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Atelier Ivan Hov
Origami sailing boats are the forte of Hungarian-born artist Ivan Hov who fled Budapest for Paris in 1956 and studied art in the capital before moving to St-Tropez in 1968. Today, it is hundreds of tableaux - monumental to minuscule in size and featuring at least one (but invariably thousands) of his signature paper boats - that reflect his life. View them (or buy them - his works range from a pint-sized pice to a wall-sized work) at his twinset of workshops.
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Atelier Rondini
When Colette returned to St-Tropez from Greece, she brought back a pair of sandals, which she took to her cobbler to replicate. That cobbler was Atelier Rondini, open since 1927 and still making the same sandals for about €120. You can only get them in town, and they can’t be shipped. If you don’t find any that fit they can be made to order, but it takes a week and you must come in person for the final fitting and pickup.
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Galerie Ferrero
Small-time artists and crafts people labour in a fascinating line-up of ateliers(workshops) in Vieux Nice on rue Droite. Substantially bigger prices are commanded by the pieces sold in the contemporary galleries and design shops on rue Dalpozzo. Top cat is Galerie Ferrero, Nice's most dazzling, dating to 1954 and specialising in works by Arman, César and other Nice New Realists.
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Place des Lices Market
The massive place des Lices Market is a jam-packed kaleidoscope of everything from fruit and veg to antique mirrors and slippers. It's truly legendary (as the horrendous traffic coming into town on these days attests!). It is studded with plane trees, cafés and (when the market's not on) pétanque players.
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De Puta Madre 69
Buy a skimpy black bikini with 'playmate' emblazoned in pink sequins, a belt for your jeans with digital display flashing your very own personalised logo and other rebel-yell designs in the brand created by a Columbian drug dealer in a Spanish jail from De Puta Madre 69, next to Papagayo.
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P'tit Mec
Both parents and kids will go nuts at P'tit Mec. From cute to too cute, there's a great selection of clothing, shoes and kidlet accessories of all shapes and sizes. When they get sick of you making them try on clothes, throw them into the games area to run amok. Everyone's a winner.
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Passion
This boutique caters for the Ferrari aficionado. Whether you're lucky enough to own a real one or just like decorating yourself in red attire, Passion will fuel your Ferrari fire. Model cars, keyrings, jumpers, caps and loads more satisfy the racer within.
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Banana Moon
This shop has everything you need for summer - swimsuits, bags and sandals (designed for comfort as well as appearance) - and it's reasonably priced. After making your 'essential' purchases, head down to Cannes promenade and show them off!
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Cannes English Bookshop
Just in case you forgot to pack a novel, this little store stocks English-language books for beach reading. Nothing's better than a good book as you soak up the rays by the sea - but only if you're sun-protected, of course.
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Vincent Dupontreué
Buy a T-shirt starring your portrait in Swarovski crystals, a pair of Dupontreué jeans with a crystal-studded parrot down one leg or a crocodile-skin bikini by fashion designer Vincent Dupontreué.
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Flower Market
Cours Saleya is split between its famous flower market selling bucketfuls of blooms in the western half, and a magnificent food market at the eastern end.
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Place du Palais de Justice
On Saturday, browse place du Palais de Justice for antique books (1st & 4th Sat of month), art (1st, 3rd & 4th Sat) or old stamps, coins & postcards (1st, 2nd & 3rd Sat).
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Fish Market
Pack the ultimate picnic hamper from cours Saleya's fruit and vegetable market (part of the food market), and pick up freshly caught fish from the fish market .
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Le Temps des Cerises
Buy jeans with a 'cherry time' label from the St-Tropez boutique with the most disconcerting entrance (no, you won't get wet): Le Temps des Cerises.
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Jean-Louis Martinetti
Niçois photographer Jean-Louis Martinetti sells brilliant photos and postcards of his beloved Nice. Well worth a visit.
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Poterie Augier
Buy a giant Provençal urn way too big for any suitcase or another piece of clay craftmanship from Poterie Augier.
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Moulin à Huile d'Olive Alziari
Olive Oil fresh from the mill at Moulin à Huile d'Olive Alziari from around €9 per litre for extra virgin.
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Marché du Carei
Picnic shop at the daily morning outdoor market Marché du Carei beneath the railway bridge on the same street.
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Papeterie Rontani
Unsurpassable choice of locally produced guidebooks, reference books on Nice and the Riviera, maps and guides.
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Gusti Italiani
Italian traiteur (caterer-delicatessen) with fabulous meat, cheese and ready-made savoury dishes.
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Cat’s Whiskers
Linda and her four-legged assistant Vodka will help you pick new and secondhand English-language books.
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Caves Caprioglio
Wine from cavisteswho know what they're talking about: Caves Caprioglio dating from 1910.
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Confiserie Florian
Chocolate-coated orange slices, figs and almonds from Confiserie Florian www.confiserieflorian.com
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