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Using only the finest Greek ingredients, freshly handmade every day, these chocolates are strictly for connoisseurs.
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Everything under the sun, from ancient coins to fake designer sunglasses, frilly knickers and antiques at rock-bottom prices (see Athens’ Flea Market).
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The whole area around the central meat market teems with old, family-run shops selling traditional foodstuffs. Bahar is one of the best-known for herbs.
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This shop appears at first to be a wardrobe store for wannabe Hell’s Angels. But take in your favourite jeans and the owner, Pantelis, will make you an exact replica in leather for only €300.
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Thread and fabric, bead- and button-filled shops populate the area around Ermou and Perikleous. Kalyviotis is the best one-stop haberdashery.
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This tiny alcove manages to stock a fine selection of traditional wooden tavli (backgammon) boards. Prices from as low as €10.
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A legend in the Greek antiques market, this three-floor shop gathers furniture, gold and silver, paintings, carpets, books and ornaments from all over the world.
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You never know what you might unearth among the books, ornaments and moth-eaten clothing piled up in this potential treasure trove.
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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.
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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.
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