DK Travel : Athens : Shopping

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Spiliopoulos

Creations by top shoe designers for as little as half the normal retail price. How can they be so cheap? These shoes are either seconds (usually with no visible flaw) or one-off experimental lines.
Stavros Melissinos (the Poet Sandalmaker)

This smiling figure opened his shop of lasting, handmade leather sandals in 1954, has expanded the original few styles, and has become a tourist attraction in his own right.
Stoa tou Vivliou

In the midst of the bustling commercial heart of Athens, this tranquil, recently renovated arcade gathers together a wealth of book-shops, binders and antiquarian outlets.
Tsitouras

Lavish, extravagant and beautiful household objects, wedding and christening gifts, bed-sheets and towels, crockery and cutlery.
Tsitouras Collection

Finest quality glasses, ornaments, towels, plates, cutlery, bed linen, silk scarves, ties and ashtrays – every piece embellished with the omnipresent gold laurel wreath. The epitome of overstated luxury.
Village Flokati

This shop has plenty of Greece’s famous hairy flokatia rugs, made from woolly mountain sheep.
Yeshop

Edgy, directional pieces from one of Greece’s brightest young design stars. Yiorgos Eleftheriades specializes in distressed tailoring and unique designs for fashionable guys and girls.
Zolotas

Celebrated for its intricate creations in hammered gold, Zolotas jewellery has long been one of Athens’ most treasured brands.
Zoumboulakis Gallery

This celebrated art gallery and shop has a spectacular selection of original paintings and signed, numbered prints by many of Greece’s finest artists.
Zoumboulakis Gallery

An Athenian institution, this shop showcases the works of both up-and-coming and well established Greek artists. Signed and numbered silkscreens are reasonably priced.