Shopping in Athens
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Fine Wine
This delightful, refurbished old store has a great selection of fine Greek wines and spirits, including gift packs. The friendly and knowledgeable owners can guide you through Greece’s unique grape varieties.
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Amorgos
A charming store crammed with authentic Greek folk art, trinkets, ceramics, embroideries and collectables, plus wood-carved furniture and items made by owner Kostas Kaitatzis, whose wife Rena runs the store.
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Eleftheroudakis
A seven-storey bibliophile’s paradise with the widest selection of books from and about Greece, plus English-language books, including maps and travel guides, and a top-floor café. There’s a branch in Plaka.
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Me Me Me
This colourful boutique has a range of youthful clothing, bijoux and accessories from local designer brands, including Meatpacking District, Bed of Roses, Fairy Tales, Two in A Gondola and Pavlos Kyriakidis.
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Ropa Lavada
The quirky window display is reason enough to check out this store on the alternative clothing strip of Solonos, halfway to Exarhia. There’s a range of youthful casual wear from Greek and foreign designers.
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Notos Galleries
One of Athens’ oldest department stores, Notos has a respectable range of Greek and imported labels in clothing, footwear, cosmetics and personal goods, and a dedicated homewares store on Plateia Kotzia.
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Martinos
This Monastiraki landmark opened in 1890 and has an excellent selection of Greek and European antiques and collectables, including painted dowry chests, icons, coins, glassware, porcelain and furniture.
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Attica
This upmarket department store in the Citylink complex (which houses top fashion labels and jewellers) has eight levels crammed with leading brands, hip clothing, cosmetics and designer temptations.
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Synapeiro
The first retail store to open in this otherwise residential/entertainment precinct, this store has contemporary jewellery artfully set against recycled furniture and an old crockery window display.
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Thymari Tou Strefi
Right in the thick of Saturday’s lively street market, this quaint deli has a delectable array of traditional products, honey, cheese and regional specialities, as well as organic wine and ouzo.
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Aidini
Artisan Errikos Aidini’s unique metal creations are made in his workshop at the back of this charming store, including small mirrors, candlesticks, lamps, planes and his signature bronze boats.
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Ekavi
If you’re hooked on the local sport, there’s a huge selection of backgammon boards, as well as great chess pieces depicting the battles of Troy, the Ottomans vs the Byzantines and other themes.
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Shop
Located at the gritty end of Ermou, this store has two levels full of trendy international designer street wear brands such as Energie, Carhart and Miss Sixty for the young and young at heart.
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Bettina
This chic boutique has three levels of top-name fashion, including creations by Greek fashion queen Sophia Kokosalaki, Angelos Frentzos and other well-known local and international designers.
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Apriati
This tiny, delightful store has a tempting selection of fun and original contemporary designs from Athena Axioti, Themis Bobolas and other local designers. There’s a second store in Kolonaki.
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Koukoutsi
A tiny store with a novel range of graphic T-shirts and accessories, including its original designs featuring Athens architectural landmarks and funky T-shirts by international designers.
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Mythos
This tiny store at the fringes of Plaka’s tourist drag has a fine selection of interesting and reasonably priced jewellery, artwork, crafts and other goodies that make great small gifts.
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Skedio & Kosmima
Blink and you might miss this tiny treasure trove in a grand old arcade. You can barely do a 360-degree turn, but the shop is crammed with lovely contemporary pieces by local jewellers.
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Fanourakis
Delicate pieces of folded gold characterise Fanourakis’ bows, insects and other unique creations. The distinctive designs are sheer art, a factor that is also reflected in the prices.
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Kanakis
A stunning range of contemporary jewellery from Cretan Spiros Kanakis, who often plays on ancient Greek motifs in his original gold designs; mostly handmade in his Iraklio workshop.
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Vassilis Zoulias Old Athens
An exquisite range of elegant, feminine shoes can be found at the boutique store of Greece’s Manolo Blahnik. Some of these designs are works of art inspired by ‘50s and ‘60s films.
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Tube
This store has an interesting range of edgy youthful women’s fashion at this emerging alternative (and affordable) clothing precinct on busy Solonos, heading west from Kolonaki.
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Zolotas
Internationally renowned Zolotas breathes life into ancient Greece with replicas of museum pieces, having had the exclusive rights to make copies of the real thing since 1972.
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Korres
You can get the full range from this natural beauty-product guru at the company’s original homeopathic pharmacy – at a fraction of the price you’ll pay in London or New York.
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Danos
Artful window displays showcase Danos’ feminine, individual designs, made in Greece from the finest imported leathers. There is also a select range of international designs.
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