traveldk.com

Here you’ll find oils and salts for that hot bath your travel-weary feet crave, as well as perfumes, candles, soaps and every natural health and beauty product you can imagine. Branches are scattered around town but the main one is off the Old Town Square.

This is the shop for unique gifts and souvenirs for travellers with discerning tastes. Instead of another T-shirt, how about a scarf patterned after a window at St Vitus’s Cathedral? There’s also a wide selection of prints, fabrics, masks, books and trinkets, modelled on items in Prague’s museums.

The Old Town’s largest outdoor market. Monday through Friday, the stalls in front of St Havel are crowded with produce as well as handicrafts and textiles. The greengrocers stay away at weekends, leaving more room for souvenirs.

Enter this shop filled with antique furnishings, vintage clothing and one-of-a-kind knickknacks and you’ll feel you’ve stepped back into the First Republic. Outfit yourself in Jazz-Age style, right down to the spats and cigarette holder, or dress up your parlour with an Art Nouveau clock or cordial set.

Tucked in an 11th-century cellar under Týn Church, the Gallery at the White Unicorn specializes in hand-painted silk ties, scarves and throws, many with local motifs. Unique wood, leather and fabric gifts, too. Watch your step on the stairs.

Prague’s favourite junk shop. As the rest of the Old Town goes up-market, this little hole in the wall keeps up a lively trade in trinkets and gossip. Very little gets sold and it’s hard to understand how the shop stays in business, but if your decorating calls for rust and dust, this is your supplier.

Dorotheum offices throughout the world trace their roots back to the Vienna pawn-broking office, established by Emperor Josef I in 1707. A member of the Association of International Auctioneers, Dorotheum holds large auctions several times a year and maintains a large sales gallery of silverware, fine china, jewellery, art and other collectors’ items.

Forget the traditional image of dust-collecting glass bowls and stemware. Blue’s bold and quirky designs will brighten your living room, dining room or bathroom like no old-fashioned glass can. Plus, the prices are low enough that you won’t hesitate to use your purchases every day. You can also pick up the requisite T-shirts, picture books and other gifts here if you wish.

This small shop is crammed full with hundreds of charming toys. Traditional, hand-painted folk dolls, wind up toys, construction sets and model trains are just some of the goods on offer. Take advantage of the reasonable prices which are lower then elsewhere in Prague.

A one-stop shop for glass and jewellery. Erpet sells Bohemian lead crystal, garnet jewellery, enamel glass and chandeliers, as well as fine goods from the Moser, Goebel and Swarovski manufacturers. Shoppers can ponder the purchases they’re about to make over coffee in the shop’s comfortable lounge area.