Evpatoria is able to please the guests of the city with its retail outlets: in the summer, micro markets often open here, including spontaneous ones, consisting of 1-2 tents (appear in almost all districts of the city). The flea markets of Evpatoria are of no less interest to tourists.
Flea market at the entrance to Evpatoria
At this small flea market, mainly grannies sell their simple goods on the ground covered with oilcloth: you can buy knitted products, old brooches, badges, old records, books of the Soviet period, dishes, clothes and other vintage from them.
Flea market on the collective farm market
Those who come in summer on weekends from 07:00 to 14:00 at the flea lane will be able to purchase wooden spoons, badges, vintage clothes and accessories, books and magazines, old records, teapots, photographs of Soviet actors.
Antique shops
In Evpatoria, you should definitely visit local antique shops:
- "Antiquities Shop" (Museum lane, 4): here they sell tsarist, antique, anniversary coins, badges of Soviet times, old household utensils and others.
- "Old engravings" (Gagarina street, 9): the store specializes in the sale of old prints and antique books. Here you can buy engravings "View of Paris" (France, 1860), "Kremlin in Moscow" (England, mid-19th century), "Native boat" (Western Europe, mid-19th century) and others.
- an antique shop at 23 Frunze Street (basement): here you can find various coins, including silver, badges and old postcards.
As for the collectors of coins, badges and medals, they often gather in the park near the Chernobyl Monument (Tuesday-Thursday, Saturday-Sunday - from 16:00 to 18:00). Here you can also meet people who sell accessories for Russian-made coins and medals.
Shopping in Evpatoria
In addition to the markets in Evpatoria, you can stock up on the necessary goods in the shopping centers "Passage" and "Department Store".
Before leaving home, tourists should pack souvenirs bought at the resort in the form of aromatic herbs and herbal teas, sachets with herbs and flowers, natural cosmetics based on blue clay, Saki mud and mineral water, aroma lamps, candles and essential oils (it is recommended to buy oils from proven manufacturers, in particular from the Sudak factory "Kingdom of Aromas"), herbal remedies, local rose oil, Crimean handmade soap, wood crafts, miniature boats in glass bottles, dried sea creatures, painted stones and panels decorated with shells, candied nuts, jewelry with jasper, turquoise and rock crystal, wine and cognac ("Koktebel", "Inkerman", "Massandra").
