Nadi, Suva & Viti Levu shopping

Strap on your barter boots: this market has endless craft stalls and, if you know your stuff, can offer some fantastic deals. Just be aware that not many of the artefacts are as genuine as the vendor would like you …

This schmick mall is worlds away from the shopping strip along Nadi's rough-and-tumble Main St. While there are less hassles and touts here, its homogenous feel can make it hard to remember that you're actually in F…

It's worth heading to Dolphin Plaza on the third Sunday of every month, when it hosts a small but eclectic market. Stalls feature homemade food and arts and crafts at reasonable prices, and there's usually some live…

Less touristy than the handicraft market, this is another great place to buy masi and traditional crafts, but you might have to sort through the Hawaiian shirts to find them. There’s a great secondhand bookshop out …

The bookshop at the University of the South Pacific campus is probably the best bookshop in the country. It has an excellent selection of local and international novels, travel guides and books about the region.

Nadi's handicraft market is a far better bet than the souvenir shops along the main drag: goods are more authentic, there's less hassle, and stallholders make interesting chat.

The gift shop stocks a good selection of Fijian books on history, cooking and birds.