Fira
The shark-head installation piece outside is sure to catch your attention. This is the main exhibition space of Yorgos Kypris, an internationally…
Must-see shopping in Greek Islands
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Naxos
This wonderful ceramics shop in Apollonas, just up from the seafront tavernas, features beautiful vases – some traditional, some rather more abstract –…
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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.
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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…
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Fira
Ceramics artist Andreas Alefragkis has been perfecting his craft over the course of three decades and the results are striking. Behold the hanging…
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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…
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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,…
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Fira
This gallery is filled with the sinuous, surreal woodwork of Albanian-born sculptor Eduart Gjopalaj: delicate, lattice-like platters, serene faces…
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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…
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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.
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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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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…
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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…
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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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Rethymno
At this small store-workshop you can watch the owner make quality handmade leather belts in all sorts of colours and designs. There’s also a good…
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Dodecanese
Look for the left-field window display with coloured wigs, hidden down an alley, and enter this cave of finely wrought one-off pieces of pendants,…
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Hydra Town
Athens- and Hydra-based Kelly Fotopoulou designs a range of women's and kids' clothing, jewellery and kaftans – perfect for the beach and summer lounging …
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Kythira
Intriguing one-room, one-woman workshop on the pedestrian alleyway south of the main square. All the colourful and very distinctive hand-woven shoulder…
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Rhodes Town
Best viewed by night, this Aladdin's cave of a shop conjures up thoughts of the Arabian Nights, with its shiny brass lamps, ornate antique rings and…
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Dodecanese
On the waterfront, and one of the most eclectic and long-standing art shops on Patmos, Selene has a fascinating collection of ceramics, vintage items,…
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Frosso Bora Pottery Studio & Shop
Rethymno
Local artist Frosso Bora makes beautiful pots, vases, candlesticks, bowls and other vessels from local clay using the wheel or slabs. Prices are very…
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Rethymno
John Spantidakis works with raw leather – not pre-dyed or pre-cut – to create handmade bags, belts and wallets that will make you crave leatherware like…
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Rethymno
Many of the wooden ware you find in Greece has been imported from Tunisia. But Niko Siragas creates his own here using woodturning techniques dating back…
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Fira
Just north of the Orthodox Cathedral, Santorini's first art gallery (and a former flour mill) was founded in 1980 by local painter Christophoros Asimis…
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Rethymno Province
Much of George and Marinki’s pottery is created using Minoan techniques and designs and is fired in wood, resulting in a brown finish. (The red finish is…
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Iraklio
Cretan pursuer of finer things Nikos Makridakas designs his own top-shelf clothing for men (including made-to-measure options), combining the best of…
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Iraklio
An Iraklio landmark since 1974, this little shop stocks an expertly curated selection of Cretan and Greek music, from old and rare recordings to the…
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Rethymno Province
Along the main tourist drag is this store selling organic beauty products made using ingredients grown in its nearby garden. There's an interesting…
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Naxos
The know-how has been passed down to Penelope through at least four generations – one of two such families of weavers in Halki – and her fingers and feet…
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Naxos
Gun-metal amphorae with a twinkle of mica line the street by this ceramics shop on the main pedestrian drag. They are locally made, as are the beautiful…
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Hania
Food and wine lovers are spoilt for choice at this excellent shop, which stocks more than 800 Greek wines as well as its own wines and liquors, along with…
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Tziblakis Local Products of Naxos
Hora (Naxos)
The pungent aromas will bowl you over as soon as you get through the door of this colourful wonderland, a family store dating from 1938. It’s where locals…
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Kythira
Exquisite one-off pieces of bespoke jewellery are available in this boutique, overseen by the eponymous fish tank. It's not always open and hours vary,…
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Hania Province
The Women’s Cooperative, on Gavalohori's main square, sells a few rare pieces of kapaneli (intricately worked silk lace) made by local women. You can…
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Fira
A block north of the cable car, this gallery features colourful glasswork from the prioprietor, Mary, as well as silver jewellery, paintings and ceramics…
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Agios Nikolaos
Although unequivocally tourist geared, Pepi's little shop is crammed with Cretan-made quality souvenirs you're likely still to enjoy back home. Things to…
