Shopping in Hania
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A hobby that turned into an obsession for the late national chess champion Athanasios Diamantopoulos has put this tiny shop on the world map for chess enthusiasts. His wife continues to sell a large range of his original chess piece designs (from around €60 to around €1000), including the popular 'Athenians'.
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Miden Agan
Foodies and wine lovers will be delighted with the range at this excellent shop, which stocks over 800 Greek wines, as well as its own wine and liquors. There's a variety of beautifully packaged local traditional gourmet deli foods, including oil and honey and their own line of spoon sweets (try the white pumpkin).
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Paraoro
Stamatis Fasoularis' distinctive series of metal boats are functional as well as decorative, like his nifty steamship oil burner. The workshop also has unique ceramics by artist Yiorgos Vavatsis, including his trademark skewed drink ware. Their bigger gallery pieces are exhibited upstairs.
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Women's Cooperative
The Women's Cooperative, on the main square, sells a few rare pieces of kapaneli (lacework) made by local women. You can normally see women hard at work on this painstakingly long process. Prices for quality lacework range from around €15 to around €1500, depending on the size.
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Agora
Hania's magnificent covered Agora has some excellent eateries and is a worth a visit even if you don't want to shop. Sadly, the central bastion of the city wall was demolished to make way for this fine 1911 cruciform creation, modelled after the market in Marseilles.
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Roka Carpets
This is one of the few places in Crete where you can buy genuine, hand-woven goods. You can watch the charming Mihalis Manousakis and his wife weave his wondrous rugs on a 400-year-old loom, using methods that have remained essentially unchanged since Minoan times.
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Carmela
This exquisite store has a tempting array of original jewellery designs with stones collected on their travels, as well as Carmela's unique ceramics using ancient techniques. They also have jewellery and ceramics by leading Greek artists.
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O Armenis
Owner Apostolos Pahtikos has been making traditional Cretan knives since he was 13 and has passed on the trade to his son. You can watch them work as they match the blades to carefully carved handles at the workshop (Sifaka 14).
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Kournas ceramic shop
As you enter the village there is an excellent Lake Kournas ceramics shop run by friendly Kostas Tsakalakis, who uses local clay and special lead-free glazes. There is a huge range and the prices are very reasonable.
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Exantas Art Space
This classy store has great postcards with old photos, lithographs and engravings, handmade gifts, Cretan music as well as a good range of travel, coffee table and art books.
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Karistianis
For outdoor clothing and hiking shoes to tackle gorges you could try this place or their hard core army supply store across the road for camping and climbing gear.
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Psimithio
This small jewellery workshop just behind the cathedral has some interesting original designs in silver.
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Gelasakis Travel
Gelasakis Travel, on the main square, changes money, handles air and boat tickets, and rents out cars.
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Mediterraneo Bookstore
An extensive range of English language novels and books on Crete, as well international press.
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Fountoulakis Bookshop
You can buy foreign press and books at Fountoulakis Bookshop on Skalidi.
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