Today it is difficult to imagine a tourist who returned home without gifts for loved ones and small souvenirs to memory. Shopping has become an integral part of the trip to recreation. Rich on natural features Greek island Crete - no exception. All major island supermarkets are concentrated in large cities, but here are small markets, cozy small shops, private workshops are scattered everywhere. What to buy in Crete? About purchases on this wonderful island and will be discussed in the article.
Schedule features in Crete
Sale are carried out in July and January. Most shops with souvenirs and antiques operate around the clock. At night, the peripers work (kiosks), where the necessary little things are purchased. Go to local markets, there you will feel the atmosphere of real island Greece. At the grocery markets you will be offered a variety of fruits, vegetables, meat, fresh seafood, spices and critical sweets. On the island, except stationary, there are markets moving from the quarter to the quarter. Perhaps you should not go somewhere, the market will arrive. Supermarkets mainly work until 22:00. On Sunday, most outlets are output.
Paying for purchases is better in cash. Products when calculating a card cost more. Sellers also prefer paper equivalent. Money bring with you, on the island the minimum number of ATMs. Alcohol, olives, decorations, perfumes, souvenirs and other baubles, which are not taxed, are for sale in the central airport in the Duty Free zone. So many things are better to buy before the departure.
Clay products
Folk crafts exist in Crete not one millennium. Pottery is no exception. The dishes of an unusual form with the Greek ornament is made by manually masters. Any product is unique. Pottery crafts acquire in the markets, in stores. But it is better to go to the workshop to look at the manufacturing process, and if you wish to participate in the creation of a new ceramic subject.
Olives
Crete vast olive grove. Unique, unlike the olives are sold in Russia, have a taste of pickled olives varieties Kalamon. They uneven coloring and extremely tasty. For transportation home will suit olives in a plastic bag with minimum weight.
Olive oil
Olive oil - pride and a kind of business card of Greece. Back home without banks this fragrant product impossible. It is on the island sold everywhere. But it is better to buy the olive oil on remote streets of the tourist routes, where it is being bought by the locals. There's product is much cheaper.
olive oil soap
Symbolic Present from a trip to Crete - soap based on olive oil. The composition of natural flavors added.
knives
Knife Set - a wonderful souvenir for men. Art production of knives for a long time and are fluent in Crete. Knives are made in a peculiar manner.
Alcoholic beverages
Popular among tourists enjoy cognac "Metaxa" - from 10 to 70 €, grape vodka "tsipouro" or "raki" - 10 € for 0.7 liters. Also, decanters buy for € 5 with a strong spicy drink "ouzo" and home-made wine - from 2 € per liter with a very rich bouquet, sometimes surpassing expensive counterparts. But keep in mind, in Greece the export is limited - two bottles of liquor and two liters of oil from olives ..
Leather Products
Greek brand shoes Boxer has good quality. The price varies between 40 and 100 €. Also on the island to buy jackets from 130 €, bags from 35 €, wallets and belts. Workshops Crete accept orders for manufacturing of leather goods, the price is slightly different from the finished product. The city of Chania is worth visiting outside furriers Skridlof, well-known outside the island.
Fur products
And, of course, the queen shopping in Greece - natural fur coats. Before their beauty can not stand any woman. And when you consider that the product is much cheaper than in Russia, the conclusion suggests itself. If you want to get the maximum benefit from this purchase, go for a fur coat or a coat on the mainland in Kastoria, there are more than 1000 fur factories.
traveling on Crete, do not rush to buy the first thing that gets in the eyes. Another store such a product can cost less. Do not take our word for guides. They recommend that "their" places of which are profit. Rely on the experience of other travelers and their intuition.
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