If we talk about shopping in Italy, then first of all tourists go to Milan - the capital of world fashion. If you forget about Milan, then Naples also has something to buy at very reasonable prices. Therefore, after completing the points of the cultural program, you can usefully devote time to shopping.
Popular retail outlets
- Shopping in Naples starts right from the station square - Piazza Garibaldi. It is full of bags, wallets and other leather goods. You can continue on to Corso Umberto - there are a lot of mid-range stores and shops of local brands.
- The streets Via Toledo and Via Dei Mille are the main streets, so to speak - the face of Neapolitan commerce. There are also many shops in Via Chiaia, Via Roma and Via Calabritto. And on Via San Carlo there is the Umberto Gallery, which is very popular among tourists, where in a luxurious environment under a transparent roof there is a darkness of chic boutiques.
- If you need to purchase an original gift for your loved ones, then Via Dei Tribunali is the best choice. And on Via B. Croce you should go in search of art and jewelry stores.
- 30 km from Naples, there is a designer outlet La Reggia - one of those of the McArthurGlen company. At reasonable prices with standard discounts of 30-70% for this company, buyers find here the things of the promoted premium brands from the collections of the last season. The outlet is equipped with great comfort, pleasing to the eye with a well-thought-out design, so that aesthetes, for whom it is important not only what to buy, but also where, will be satisfied. Children's playgrounds with a tutor, cafes and restaurants, benches for rest near flower beds - everything for the convenience of customers.
- The La Pignasecca food market is quite distinctive. Farmers bring the freshest produce to it. It works from about 8 am to 1 pm. Italian fruits have a unique taste, it is impossible to describe it, you have to try it. And, for example, chitrone - a huge lemon - can also be brought as a souvenir.
- Antique collectors are well aware of the virtues of the Neapolitan flea markets and junk shops. The most famous markets are Fiera Antiquaira Napoletana and Mostra Mercato Constantinopoli. On them you can buy things made in various styles - baroque, empire, rococo; cameos made of precious or semi-precious stones, corals, frozen lava of Vesuvius; ceramics, mosaics, preserved from the times of antiquity; copies of finds from the excavations of Pompeii. As always in such cases, you should be very careful. To purchase a thing with a history, you should be "in the know" to determine the date of its manufacture and the approximate cost.
But don't forget to keep an eye on your wallets and purses: pickpockets thrive in Naples, and motorcycle thieves do not sleep!
