Want to add new items to your collection or decorate your home with antiques? Visit the colorful flea markets of Venice - for sure, you will be amazed at the variety of the presented assortment and imbued with the original atmosphere.
Mercato Santa Maria dei Miracoli Market
This flea market is so named because it is located next to the church of Santa Maria dei Miracoli (if you decide to visit the church, the entrance will cost you 3 euros). Here you will be able to acquire door handles, old books, silverware, beautiful paintings, Murano glass products, and magnificent sets. Here locals bring old things, cute trinkets and even real “treasures”, and numerous buyers flock to this market to become the owners of all this variety.
Mercantino dell'Antiquariato Market
This antique market (trade takes place in certain months, from Friday to Sunday from 09:00 to 19:00) sells postcards, antique jewelry, jewelry boxes, candlesticks, books, paintings, engravings, various figurines and vases, clocks, massive ornate frames and mirrors, Murano glass and other antiques.
Antique shops
Among the Venetian antique shops, the following are of interest:
- Ere di Jovon (Ponte di Rialto, 5325 San Marco): they sell cameos in the form of brooches, rings and pendants, coral and Venetian silver jewelry.
- Luca Sumiti (5274, Castello): this salon welcomes everyone to become the owner of chic chandeliers.
- Libreria Segninel Tempo (Calle Lunga de San Barnaba, 2856): This store is suitable for those who wish to acquire old (15th and 16th century) and rare prints, books, Venetian maps, magazines and other printed publications.
Shopping in Venice
Tourists are recommended to walk through the main shopping area of the city - Mercerie, and those wishing to do classic Italian shopping, which means buying clothes and shoes, should take a closer look at the suburb of Venice - Mestre.
The most profitable purchases in local boutiques will be made in January-February and July-August, when discounts on current collections are 30-70%.
Inexpensive, but, nevertheless, high-quality shopping awaits guests of Venice in the Strada Nova area - although you won't be able to find designer clothes here, it is quite possible to “run into” little-promoted Italian brands.
You cannot return from Venice without first purchasing olive oil, a model of a decorative gondola, a pendant, a vase, a chandelier, or an ashtray made of Murano glass, a Venetian mask (it is important not to buy a fake - a normal mask costs from 25 euros; it is better to buy souvenir masks made of papier-mâché, hand-painted, and those who are interested in the most expensive items should pay attention to leather masks; for shopping you can go to “Il Canovaccio” on Castello, 5369), Buran lace (it is worth looking into a textile store at Piazza San Marco 67A) …
