Archive for 'Shopping'

In our last article, we outlined the unique nature and particular charms of the Italian interpretation of Christmas markets, before outlining some of the best of the best around the country. In addition to those examples in Rome, Florence and Milan, we have compiled a list of some more of the finest Christmas markets around Italy, should you have found a vacation rental in Italy and be planning on spending the festive season there.

Verona is a very famous Italian city and UNESCO-listed World Heritage Site best known for its connection to Shakespeare's most tragic of lovers. However, come Christmas, it gets a German makeover when a large Christkindlmarkt opens in Piazza dei Signori. Made up of wooden stalls with over 60 exhibitors selling handicrafts, decorations, regional foods, and German specialties, it usually opens late November through to December 21st.

The town of Solofra near Avellino, in the exceptionally beautiful region of Campania, is the place to go if you have a fondness for leather goods.

This town is Italy's most prominent area for leather tanning and produces the best leather in the country. It is particularly well-known as the best place to pick up high quality Italian leather jackets.

For the leather aficionado, or someone who has been trying to track down the perfect leather jacket for some time now, it is an absolute must. Just find a vacation rental in Campania and spend a day wandering this charming town and stocking up on wardrobe essentials and far above average souvenirs for those back home!

As previously discussed, Milan is one of the fashion capitals of the world and, certainly, of Italy. As such, any visit requires a little bit of shopping. If you're looking for a genuine experience of the city and a shopping opportunity that is uniquely Milanese, you're going to want to avoid most of the high streets. Instead, you should wander around the local markets and experience the shopping culture, see the city and find the best bargains.

Find a great accommodation in Milan and you can have the perfect European shopping getaway!

Milan is Italy's fashion capital in a country of fashion capitals and any trip there wouldn't be complete without a little spot of retail therapy. However, you don't want to just shop in stores you can go to anywhere in world, you want something unique to Milan and to your time there. This is where markets come in. Not only can you get clothes footsteps from food and flowers and trinkets, you can also haggle the prices and get homemade and local goods unavailable anywhere else in the world. It's also the best way to get a real sense of the culture and lifestyle of a city. Thankfully, the city has a huge amount of markets each day so find a self-catering apartment in Milan and get shopping!

Milan is not only the fashion capital of Italy but one of the major fashion capitals of the world, hosting one of the key global fashion weeks each season. If you're visiting the city, it's hard not to be aware of how stylish its citizens are, or of fashion itself. Presumably, any tourists who are even vaguely interested in this part of Milan's heritage will want to bring a little piece home with them. However, unlike other cities such as Paris, there isn't quite the international understanding of where to shop in Milan. So, to help you out, we've rounded up a list of some of the best places and shops to visit on your next trip. Find a holiday rental in Milan and shop until you drop.