With its experience to shopping, Athens comparatively has a few shopping malls or large departmental stores instead it is quite popular for small, family run shops. And one can even get ample souvenirs out there. There is ample shopping opportunity is available to people in terms of antiques, museum reproductions, embroideries and other folk art and goods, and Greek food and drink products.
For articles by street vendors who sold those out on the pavement the tourist congregate can reach out at Plaka and Monastiraki. There vendors items consist forgeries, cheap knock –off and illegal CDs. However with purpose of shopping in Athens downtown is a shopper’s paradise. In the areas of Plaka and Monastiraki there is a large variety of tourist shop situated there. Along with that there is central Athens which is too popular for shoppers for having shopping and other activities. The area of central Athens has been closed down for all motor vehicles and has become an interesting area for walking shoppers with every kind of shopping items being available over there. There you can have street merchants selling out everything from scarves to devices that make out stuffed grapes leaves or hollow out a zucchini. There are also quality clothing shops where one can get variety of men and women’s apparel from all across the world.
Spiliopoulos towards the bottom of Ermou and at the right side of on Athinas Street there are a number of clothing shops where one can get more casual stuff, jeans, T-shirts and the Polynesian shirts in branded category. Next on Athinas street between Ermou and Agia Erinis there are cloths even available. On the same street you can buy cool souvenir shirts, not like the ones they sell in the flea market or the Plaka.
There at Syntagma Square there is situated electronics video-CD-DVD-electronics shop called Public. In downtown Athens, one can get an entire block of stores that sells out doorknobs. And there doorknobs are known even from the ancient period to modern times. More you can get here are different types of lights and furniture at streets around Syntagma Square.
More at Ermou streets in Athens one can get good numbers of quality shoes or clothes and if you are found of expensive clothes then even you can have branded clothes like Benneton, Zara and other international shops. There is even a Bodyshop. Ermou that once was Main Street for traffic is been now closed to cars and now is like street fair of any metropolitan city. There thousands of shoppers, street musicians and people selling hot chestnuts in the winter and corn-on-the-cob in the summer. It’s like a high-class bazaar. They also sell out fabric, silk flowers, all kinds of tailoring supplies, buttons, costumes, and other items.
Other important shopping streets in Athens are Eolou and Agiou where one can find out incredible bargains in clothes, fabrics, yarn, shoes and cafes. These markets are sometimes even run by young men and women from Russia and Persia who sometimes sells out silks shirts, socks and underwear on the street. Another place worth visiting is Athens Central Market. If you go down Evripidou Street and cross Athinas street you will come across to an area which is known to be the Athenian Eqiuvelant of China town.
Kolonaki Athens is the city’s most fashionable neighborhood and is home to Italy’s Aristocracy. Kolonaki shopping is interestingly would be nice example for someone who is found of and have taste for the finer things in life. Along the streets of Kolonaki there are located some posh designer shops from both international and Greek designers that provides the latest fashion and styles. If you have an appetite for a classic Greek dish, then Kolonaki’s beautiful streets there are lined with one of the best restaurants in Greece. Cafes and bars are very common object to be observed.
Even one can reach Kolonaki by an easier means in Athens as is being situated at the southwest of Lykavittos Hill. Kolonaki too is close and is in within walking distance from Syntagma Square that is the main plaza in the city. Some of the best museums in Athens can be get at Kolonaki, the prominent museums there includes the Benaki Museuem, the Goulandris Museum of Cycladic Art, the Byzantine Museum, and the Athens War Museum. Many of the museums and art galleries situated around Kolonaki are housed in impressive neo-classical buildings. The History Museum of Greek Costume and the Theater Museum are two smaller Kolonaki Athens museums are for the person suffering with a bite a bite of a creative bug.
Being situated at the posh location, Kolonaki not only attracts a number of high-class restaurants and stores, but also presents options for luxury Kolonaki hotels. In the area there are found around both 5-star and 4-star Kolonaki hotels where you can enjoy world-class amenities and comfort as well you can have in reach there some of the best shopping, dining and monuments in Athens. For another different type of shopping experience near to Kolonaki there is situated Plaka flea market close by Monastariki where both Athenians and foreigners look for antiques items for discounts and reasonable rates and price.