Must-see shopping in Greece

  • Athens, Greece - 3 March 2023 - People buying fish at the local Varvakios Central Municipal Market in Athens
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    Varvakios Agora

    Athens

    A wonderful sight in its own right, this huge old wrought-iron market hall is dedicated to fish and meat, especially row upon row of lamb carcasses,…

  • Underflow

    Acropolis Area

    Specialising in Greek avant-garde rock and obscure sounds, this is one of Athens' top record shops. It stocks a wide range of music genres on vinyl and CD…

  • Free Thinking Zone

    Athens

    Billing itself as Greece's first activist bookshop, the Free Thinking Zone specialises in books on LGBT issues, refugees, violence in society and so on…

  • From Thessaloniki

    Thessaloniki

    Architect Evangelia and set designer Athanasia, two wonderfully creative and warm women, started this little shop that makes and sells the most original…

  • Shedia

    Athens

    Meaning 'raft', Shedia is Greece's version of street-vendor magazines such as the Big Issue. Unsold copies are now being upcycled into an appealing range…

  • Mati Art Gallery

    Fira

    The shark-head installation piece outside is sure to catch your attention. This is the main exhibition space of Yorgos Kypris, an internationally…

  • Botano

    Iraklio Province

    Southern Iraklio Province's one must-stop shop, this family-run business in the tiny village of Kouses will woo you with Cretan spices and teas from its…

  • Ergon Agora

    Thessaloniki

    Fresh fish and meat, cheeses, top-notch fruit and vegetables, bread, oils, honey, vinegars – you name it, it's all to be found in this high-end 'closed…

  • Nikos Art

    Naxos

    This wonderful ceramics shop in Apollonas, just up from the seafront tavernas, features beautiful vases – some traditional, some rather more abstract –…

  • Kori

    Lindos

    Celebrating the work of upcoming artists and jewellers, this fabulous boutique is the best place in Lindos to buy fine gifts at affordable prices.

  • Zacharias

    Athens

    A Greek-Spanish duo specialising in silkscreen designs inspired by classical motifs. Especially nice are their leather notebooks, wallets and more, where…

  • Ergon Deli

    Fira

    Not only do these guys produce some of Santorini's hottest craft beer (Volkan, served at their caldera-edge cafe), but this deli is also a terrific place…

  • Forget Me Not

    Syntagma & Plaka

    This impeccable small store (two shops, one upstairs and one down around the corner) stocks super-cool gear, from fashion to housewares and gifts, all by…

  • R2 Rebelou 2

    Thessaloniki

    It's difficult to categorise this place – it includes a workshop, a shop, an exhibition space and a cafe-bar. Run by agriculturist Christos and the…

  • Ceramic Art Studio

    Fira

    Ceramics artist Andreas Alefragkis has been perfecting his craft over the course of three decades and the results are striking. Behold the hanging…

  • Antico Veneziano

    Hora (Naxos)

    Inside the kastro, this remarkable antique shop hides inside a restored 800-year-old Venetian mansion. Even if you're not a collector who'll salivate at…

  • Atlantis Books

    Oia

    Follow quotes and words that wind their way down the steep stairs into a little cavern with floor-to-ceiling shelves of books: fiction, philosophy,…

  • Eduart Gjopalaj Gallery

    Fira

    This gallery is filled with the sinuous, surreal woodwork of Albanian-born sculptor Eduart Gjopalaj: delicate, lattice-like platters, serene faces…

  • Sweet’n’Spicy Bahar

    Corfu Town

    Gloriously aromatic spice and condiment shop, run by an ever-so-enthusiastic Greek-Canadian-Lebanese woman with a palpable love for devising her own…

  • Corfu Gallery

    Corfu Town

    Fabulous sculptures, paintings and objets d'art are sold at this gallery. The pieces are uniformly expensive, but you're welcome to just browse.

  • Galerie Varsakis

    Skiathos Town

    Crammed with handmade jewellery and unusual antiques, such as 20th-century carpets and 19th-century spinning sticks made by grooms for their intended…

  • Ploumisti

    Skopelos

    Owners Kostas and Voula Kalafatis have been running this wonderful shop for 40 years, stocking linen shirts and scarves, paintings, rugs and ceramics, as…

  • Zalo

    Iraklio

    This recommended shop specialises in the kinds of souvenirs that won't embarrass you a year down the track: designer art prints, jewellery, notebooks,…

  • Hallelujah

    Athens

    Eleftheria Domenikou is the young designer whose minimalistic, elegant yet comfortable clothes and accessories are stocked here. She cooperates with…

  • Octopus Naxos

    Hora (Naxos)

    If you're looking for something uniquely Naxian, you could do worse than these colourful T-shirts, designed in Naxos since 1988. The octopus appears in…

  • Sifis Stavroulakis

    Hania

    Beautiful naturalistic jewellery made with semi-precious stones and metals takes on floral and human forms in this small shopfront and jeweller’s workshop.

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    Fotsi

    Athens

    Evripidou is Athens' traditional street for spices, a couple of highly aromatic blocks of Mediterranean herbs and imported seeds, barks and other wonders…

  • Mastiha Shop

    Athens

    Mastic (mastiha in Greek), the medicinal resin from rare trees only found on the island of Chios, is the key ingredient in everything in this store, from…

  • Martinos antiques shop in Athens.

    Martinos

    Athens

    This Monastiraki landmark opened in 1890 and has an excellent, sometimes museum-quality selection of Greek and European antiques and collectables,…

  • Interior of Yannis Samouelin bouzouki store in Athens.

    Yiannis Samouelian

    Athens

    Wedged between more-modern, generic shops on Ifestou, this shop is the place to buy the bouzouki of your dreams; handmade ones cost around €180. It has…

  • Amorgos

    Syntagma & Plaka

    Charming store crammed with wooden toys, karagiozi (shadow puppets), ceramics, embroidery and other Greek folk art, as well as carved wooden furniture…

  • Anavasi

    Syntagma & Plaka

    Great travel bookshop with an extensive range of Greece maps and walking and activity guides.

  • Marianna’s Workshop

    Rethymno Province

    Just up from Maroulas' charming main square you’ll find tiny Marianna’s Workshop. Marianna Founti-Vassi collects aromatic medicinal herbs from the…

  • Allouche Benias Gallery

    Athens

    Occupying the beautifully restored 1882 Deligeorgis Mansion, designed by Ernst Ziller, this gallery made a splash on the local art scene when it opened in…

  • Pan-Pol

    Athens

    Whether you want a moss-green fedora or a nontouristy Greek fisherman's cap, this shoebox of a shop will have it, along with many other felt hats in…

  • Tzamia-Krystalla Art Gallery Santorini

    Fira

    Near the top of the steps leading down to the Old Port, this gallery specialises in Greek contemporary art, both from established artists and up-and…

  • Korres

    Syntagma & Plaka

    Many pharmacies stock some of this popular line of natural beauty products, but you can get the full range at the company's original location, where it…

  • Center of Hellenic Tradition

    Athens

    This organisation collects excellent traditional craftwork and stocks its shop with ceramics, sculpture and handicrafts from around the country.

  • Koukoutsi

    Athens

    Niko and Taso design the simple, elegant Athens- and Greece-inspired graphics that adorn the T-shirts, accessories and art prints sold in this tiny shop…

  • Icon Gallery

    Corfu Town

    True to its name, this hole-in-the-wall boutique sells stunning icons, handmade by an artists' co-op, as well as fine heraldic art and antiques. Some of…

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