Shopping in Athens

Shopping in Athens is a fun experience and latest developments have taken place ever since the Olympics, which has led to a great demand for shopping centers. Efforts have gone in to improve the infrastructure for the pedestrians to feast their eyes on the wares displayed There are luxurious shopping malls along with the traditional small shops. There are specified boutiques for exclusive items in Kifissia, Kolonaki and Glifada areas. For shopping in cheaper places Odos Eolou and Omonoia square are highly recommended. There are some ethnic quarters like Psiri which is the abode of blacksmiths, cobblers, old craft workshops. Plaka is renowned for its souvenirs and goldsmiths. All this and much more brought to you by Athens Tourist Guide for a fulfilling shopping experience.

The Agora Athens Central Market

Athens Tourist Guide highlights the Agora Athens Central Market as one of the primary shopping areas. This market is known for its meat, fish and vegetables. The market has had some healthy changes with rules enforced such as preservation of meat in refrigerators. You get a variety of fish in all forms, fresh and frozen. It’s a real cacophony with the vendors yelling the prices of the fish. The fish market is surrounded on 3 sides by the meat market and just across the street fresh fruits and vegetables are sold where you will get the biggest lemons, peaches and colorful fruits.

Athens Georgia Shopping

Downtown Athens has clusters of shops selling special items, art galleries, and eateries in Victorian type buildings There are some great music stores like Wuxtry, Lo Yo Yo Stuff and School kids Records. Clayton Street has a store known for selling anything from combat boots to insect eating plants. There are bicycle rental shops. On the west side of the town, off Atlanta Highway there are more than 115 retail shops. There is the Athens Antique Mall to plunder if you are an antique lover. This place also boasts of some fine dining joints such as the Weaver’s D Fine Foods and the Bluebird.

Monastiraki Flea Market

This flea market is something to reckon with. It’s a hover of activity on Sundays where buying and selling takes place with equal fervor. Its advisable to visit this place before 11 in the morning as the place becomes overcrowded. Here there are shops selling almost anything. There are quite a number of used bookstores selling paperbacks at a cheap rate. Its amazing to find old coins and stamp shops, mini army stores where you can purchase the actual machine guns during the Nazi times.

Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos At Spata

This is the new airport in Athens and has a wide range of shopping items. This shop is open day and night. The total area of this shopping mall is 3000 square meters and has a large variety of shops. Special mention goes to the duty free area which covers around 1000 square meters and items on sale are cosmetics, toiletries, liquors, jewellery, tobacco products, Greek delicacies and gift items.

Byzantino Jewelry

Greece has cheap labor. Thus handcrafted gold is affordable. It’s a steal if you can strike up the right bargain. The designs by Byzantino in Plaka is one of the finest and not so expensive. Byzantino was contracted by The Olympic Committee of Greece to make some jewellery which were worn during the closing ceremony in Australia. These were in the form of bracelets, earrings and pendants and the women wearing these ornaments lit the flames with the original logos.