Shopping in Karlovy Vary is a pleasure: in the resort, tourists will find large and small shops with beautifully decorated windows. But, despite the abundance of outlets, they should definitely take a tour, during which they will visit the flea market of Karlovy Vary.
Flea market at AC Start stadium
Most of the assortment is consumer goods, but if you dig well, you can stumble upon antiques, badges, stamps, postcards, coins, antique utensils, glass, copper and ceramic items. Translated into Russian rubles, here you will be able to get cute dolls for 200 rubles / 1 piece, a white porcelain vase for 50 rubles, a tea set for 250 rubles, a massive old wooden buffet for 6500 rubles, a cupronickel spoon for 60 rubles, a cast German watch brand Kienzle for 150 rubles.
Masaryk street
Another opportunity to please yourself with inexpensive and original purchases is to visit Masaryk Street: on the eve of Easter and Christmas, there are stalls with festive goods. For Easter, you can get sweets, honey, baskets, candles, and for Christmas - Christmas decorations, smoked meats and hot wine. As for the children, at this time, children's workshops are opened for them, where they will be offered to try their hand at ancient crafts (you can take the crafts with you).
Shopping in Karlovy Vary
It is recommended to take glass and porcelain items from Karlovy Vary (a coach with a coachman pulled by horses; glasses with a long spout for drinking mineral water; chandeliers; wine glasses and salad bowls), liqueur "Becherovka" (increases immunity, accelerates healing processes, is used to "treat" diseases of the digestive system and nervous disorders; for therapeutic purposes, 20 grams are used for lunch, dinner and before bedtime), jewelry with amber and pomegranate, cosmetics and care products (creams, medicinal toothpastes, bath foams) based on Karlovy Vary mineral water, fur and leather products (it is recommended to buy at the KON factory), stone roses (a real rose is used for a souvenir - it is soaked in local salt water, after which aragonite settles on it).
To save money on shopping, it is worth planning a trip to Karlovy Vary by the end of April and December, beginning of June and October. As for the flea market and shops selling authentic Karlovy Vary products, discounts can be negotiated personally, regardless of the season (it all depends on the ability to bargain).
