Shopping in Athens

You will be surprised at the bargains you will find when shopping in Athens. Golden and silver jewellery are popular, given the international renown of Greek designers. A multitude of jewellery shops most of them located in the Syntagma Square and Kolonaki areas, have a wide selection of reproductions of ancient Greek jewels and traditional and modern designs. Most of them are hand made by local craftsmen. Moreover, at a multitude of Greek shops you can find silver and turquoise filigrans, most of them made in the city of Ioannina, in Epirus, with attractive traditional motifs.

Worth a visit is the Ilias Lalaounis Jewellery Museum. The Museum houses more than 3,000 designs of jewels.

Some 45 collections representing the history of Greek jewellery inspired by the art and architecture of eleven civilisations, nature , technology and biology.

You may be interested in the famous furs of Kastoria, the product of an craft that was perfected over an craft that was perfected over the centuries. In the Syntagma Square are is a multitude of fur shops offering a wide range of coats, jackets and fur hats. with classic and modern designs. You may also find bargain souvenirs, hand made goods and bronze vases. Athens has been famous for its copper utensils, clay and ceramic goods since the Archaic Age. The ideal place to find unique items of Greek ceramic art and pottery is the suburb of Maroussi, where most designers and ceramicists have shops offering hand made goods.