Rosario
A small handicrafts market by the tourist office where dealers sell everything from silverwork to leather goods. There are several other weekend markets…
Must-see shopping in Americas
Tegucigalpa
This big new mall is the current local favorite, and it's easy to see why: as well as having high security and a great range of shops, it's very central…
Seattle
Locals in the know come to Hardwick’s to explore the rows and rows of buckets filled with bizarre little gadgets and gizmos. Some people probably know…
Québec City
A great spot for small gifts, this sweet boutique specializes in artisanal soaps made with goat's milk, herbal oils and other natural ingredients. The…
St Croix
Woodworkers transform chunks of fallen mahogany trees into all manner of art and housewares at this open-air studio set deep in the rainforest. Be…
Cambridge
Locals know that you can find just about anything you need for your home at this old-timer hardware store. From house paint to cleaning supplies, from…
Centro Commercial y Artesanal La Bombona
Cali & Southwest Colombia
A covered market selling warm clothes, souvenirs and handicrafts. If you're after the ultimate in cheesy gifts it's hard to go past the model guinea pigs…
Montréal
A plethora of state-of-the-art luggage and clever travel gadgetry, Jet-Setter has inflatable sacks for wine bottles, pocket-sized T-shirts, ‘dry-in-an…
Southern Belize
In Indian Creek village, Marigold is a cooperative of local Kekchí Maya women working to preserve their culture through cooking. Traditional Maya food,…
Chiloé
In a clearly half-hearted attempt at competing with Dalcahue's excellent crafts market, Achao has built a small crafts market on the water. It's decent…
Robinette's Apple Haus & Winery
Michigan
Robinette's is a popular place to buy fresh-made donuts and cider, and maybe a carton of apples or cherries while you're at it. In late summer and autumn,…
Zeelandia Arts & Crafts Gift Shop
Sint Eustatius
This little shop in the private home of Teddy and Michelle Ocaña is the locals' go-to place for gifts from perfume to jewelry, wind chimes to wallets,…
French Quarter
By ‘Mary Jane,’ they’re – ahem – not referring to shoes. This is an essential stop for smokers of legal tobacco products, including finer brands of…
North Shore
A popular store for hardcore local mountain bikers, the Cove doesn't rent bikes but it sells and services them for the area's serious bike dudes. An…
Seattle
This secondhand-clothing store is comfortable to browse in, but can be hit-and-miss in terms of good finds (but when it hits, boy does it hit). Some of…
Honolulu
The big international surf design company, T&C, got its start just west of Honolulu in 1971. Today it's still based in ‘Aiea and has shops worldwide. This…
Old Montréal
Specializing in outerware, this eye-catching boutique features beautifully made men's and women's garments – as well as footwear, fragrances and handbags…
Gulf Coast & South Texas
Bobz World is a souvenir store that is so over the top as to be literally unmissable. Outside, enormous plaster dinosaurs and sea creatures beckon. Inside…
Poʻipu
This veteran small-scale mall holds affordable, vacation-centric shops including Honolua Surf Co for surf-style fashions; Whalers General Store for…
Downtown & the Gulch
Occupying an old warehouse, this rambling antique mall is packed tight with standard antique fare – record albums, a stuffed mount or two, and mid-century…
Salvador
If you need a break from the sun, duck into well air-conditioned Shopping Barra, just a few blocks from the beach. There are clothing boutiques,…
Midcoast Maine
The list, 'Things you weren't expecting in little Maine oyster towns' is pretty much topped with 'A cool store that sells tons of vinyl, plus turntables,…
Varadero
Built in 1997, and already looking dated, Cuba’s first bona fide shopping mall is one of Varadero’s less-inspired architectural creations, though it…
Honolulu
Wade into the jammed aisles at Sun Chong’s shop to browse for dried, sugared and spiced crack seed (Chinese preserved fruit), from candied ginger and…
South Coast
The local wine industry is evident in the shops that line Av Benavides between the square and the bus stations. La Plazuela will pour a few gratis mini…
Georgetown
Staffed with knowledgeable sales clerks and stocked with everything you need for a trip to the great outdoors, this tri-level shop has a giant collection…
Hudson Valley
More Grandma's attic than collector's edition, this shop is stuffed with all manner of artifacts, from old Underwood typewriters and vintage telephones to…
Hudson Valley
Second-hand designer clothing and modern accessories hand selected from the owner's travels co-exist at this excellent boutique at the end of Main St. It…
Yosemite & the Sierra Nevada
Forgotten your hiking poles or missing something from your camping gear? Fear not. This local store has you covered before you enter the park, with all…
Kapaʻa
Forgot to buy gifts for the people you claim to love? Drop into this one-stop souvenir shop for Kauaʻi-made chocolate, body creams, candles and soaps…
Montréal
More than 260 types of loose tea sit in canisters behind the counter of this charming shop. It stocks classic leaf varieties, as well as flavors you…
Las Vegas
Design-conscious Crystals is the most striking shopping center on the Strip. Win big at blackjack? Waltz inside Christian Dior, Dolce & Gabbana, Prada,…
Japantown, Fillmore & Pacific Heights
Take a fashion dare from NYC-based designer Stacey Bendet, from bell-bottom denim jumpsuits to sequined leopard-print minidresses. Racks display only size…
Montego Bay
The largest selection of typical Jamaican souvenirs in MoBay – coconut-palm baskets, woven hats, Rasta-themed wood carvings and Haitian art rip-offs – is…
Boston
Touch the produce at Haymarket and you risk the wrath of the vendors, but nowhere in the city matches these prices on ripe-and-ready fruits and vegetables…
Cuenca
Artesa is a big Ecuadorian ceramics company that incorporates old Andean ceramic styles into high-quality, hand-painted pieces. If you just can’t live…
Québec City
Montcalm’s very popular and somewhat pricey indoor food market (sometimes referred to by its old name Les Halles du Petit-Quartier) features individual…
Recife
As well as traditional Pernambuco handicrafts, such as lace and leather goods, palm baskets and clay figurines, this bustling city-center market sells all…
Condesa
Owned by wrestler El Hijo del Santo – Mexico's most famous, iconic lucha libre star who rose to fame in the 1980s – this small specialty store sells (you…
Sequoia National Park
The place to pick up kooky arts, crafts and gifts. The store sells everything from Lego soap, blow-up globes and magic kits for your kids to jewelry,…
