Tbilisi
You’ll find all kinds of knick-knacks and intriguing miscellanea at Tbilisi's best and most popular open-air flea market – original art, shaggy shepherds'…
Must-see shopping in Georgia, Armenia & Azerbaijan
Yerevan
An official member of the World Free Trade Organization, Homeland sells delightful handicrafts made by women in 10 Armenian villages. Their products are…
Yerevan
An open-air market running between Hanrapetutyun and Khanjyan Sts, the Vernissage is where you should come to source locally produced handicrafts…
Baku
A selection of very genuine regional sweets, preserves and variants on halva/paxlava (baclava) are sold in this delightful little shop. It's in a stone…
Tbilisi
Georgia’s best mapmaker, Geoland sells its own excellent 1:50,000 trekking maps (nine maps covering the Svaneti, Racha, Kazbegi, Tusheti and Borjomi areas…
Tbilisi
Central Tbilisi's biggest and fanciest mall, Galleria is the kind of place you find yourself going to for convenience (it's just off Freedom Sq and above…
Yerevan
All of Nairian’s hair- and body-care products are organic, sulphate-free and made in Armenia, often using beloved local ingredients such as tarragon,…
Azerbaijan
In a newly restored 19th-century building, this centre is predominantly a community project to support local potters in their craft. You can watch…
Tbilisi
This charming Sololaki studio produces much sought-after leather goods, including beautiful backpacks, handbags, wallets, bumbags and various other…
Tbilisi
This English-language bookshop has a great selection of Georgia and South Caucasus titles, plus maps, travel guides, novels and the lovely Caliban's…
Baku
For two decades, Çiraq has been Baku's leading English-language bookshop. It has a decent range of classics, bestsellers, travel guides and locally…
Azerbaijan
The big, bustling bazaar sells everything from pottery, metalwork and carpets to masses of fresh food. Saffron comes in a wide variety of qualities, the…
Caucasian and Oriental Carpets Gallery
Tbilisi
In business for 30 years, this shop has the best selection of carpets in the Old Town, with colourful rugs from Georgia, Azerbaijan, Iran and Central Asia.
Yerevan
The city's best range of guidebooks, maps and novels in English and other languages. There's a small cafe downstairs with a few drinks and snacks.
Baku
A marvel in this age of closing bookstores, this impressive palace of reading opened in 2018 and holds regular book signings and exhibitions.
Batumi
One of Batumi's best wine shops offers tastings year-round from a huge variety of vineyards. Spend up to 7 GEL and get a free bottle.
Tbilisi
A great selection of Georgian cheeses, plus jars of artisanal jams, honey and sauces.
Yerevan
The displays of fresh and dried fruits at this covered market are pretty as a picture. In summer, radiant peaches, cherries, apricots and berries decorate…
Tbilisi
This sprawling conglomeration near the train station is Tbilisi's main central market and a wander around it will probably reveal every food that…
Baku
Cars to get you noticed. The showroom, shared with Mini, is in one of Baku's most elegant examples of 'oil boom' architecture, originally built in 1901…
Azerbaijan
Although the wide range of knick-knacks is mostly fairly corny tourist tat, this two-storey complex also includes a couple of genuine craft artists'…
Azerbaijan
Şəki is famed for its super-sweet, syrup-soaked halva, which is actually more like a form of paxlava (baklava). There are dozens of local brands but Yəhyə…
Baku
Opened in 2010, Park Bulvar was Baku's first international-style shopping mall. It remains one of the most popular, though some residents complain that it…
Azerbaijan
Locals remain entranced by what is Azerbaijan's fanciest mall outside Baku, but despite the soaring glass-roofed atrium, the place is full of 'could be…
Baku
While the majority of the wares on sale here are a little tacky, it's worth taking a quick look inside if only to admire the architecture of one of Baku's…
Baku
For everything from caviar (sometimes with tastings) and photogenically piled fruit to assorted homewares and Lənkəran tea, head to this fairly central,…
Azerbaijan
Attractively contemporary small store selling local nuts, dried fruit and ground coffees. There's a cafe section too, though oddly the coffee served there…
Baku
The Tom Ford men's couture store occupies a classic Baku mansion that once hosted Charles de Gaulle during a secret 1944 stopover en route to Moscow.
Baku
This small commercial art gallery is more affordable than many, with a particularly good selection if you want impressionistic canvasses of Baku.
Baku
Upmarket shopping mall housing international names like Giorgio Armani, Hugo Boss, Burberry, Stella McCartney and Alexander McQueen.
Azerbaijan
The showroom of Şəki’s kombinat (silk factory) stocks high-quality carpets and some attractively simple silk scarves.
Baku
Baku showroom for the New York–based jewellery chain where old romantics still hope to bump into Audrey Hepburn.
Baku
Sells maps and postcards plus some of the booklets that would be free if you'd asked at the tourist-information office.
Azerbaijan
This small shop is also a landmark for the best shepherd-trail hike in the region; walk west to find the start.
Georgia, Armenia & Azerbaijan
This bustling market is a great place to wander about and soak up some local colour, as well as to buy local honey, cheese, fruit and vegetables. Two…
Georgia, Armenia & Azerbaijan
Run by a diaspora Iranian and his Australian wife, this shop carries a range of unique handicrafts created by local jewellers and artisans.
