Guests of Astrakhan should visit the Kremlin, the Oktyabr cinema (famous for its winter garden), the Philharmonic Society and local museums, walk along the Embankment, go fishing … Are you interested in the flea markets of Astrakhan? By examining these outlets, everyone can hit the jackpot in the form of buying antiques for next to nothing.
Flea market behind the Yamgurchevsky bridge
This flea market operates from 7 am to noon: here you can buy Soviet meat grinders, a Singer sewing machine, icons, medals and orders, photographs of the pre-war period, bronze candlesticks, porcelain figurines, all kinds of piggy banks, samovars, books.
Flea market behind the railway station
Those who come to this flea market, presented in the form of a spontaneous trade in old things "from the ground", will be able to become the owners of a rare model of a film camera, coins, old clothes, all kinds of household items, refractory dishes, high-quality tools.
Other retail outlets
Sometimes a Sunday flea market unfolds in front of the Kremlin, on Esplanadnaya Street, 3, in the format of a street fair, allowing everyone to get rid of unnecessary things that have been idle in the closets of local residents for a long time. Here sellers bring vintage clothes, jewelry, books, magazines, novel newspapers, vinyl records, old cameras.
If you are interested in collectors' meetings, they are organized in the following places:
- in the main post office (central hall) on Chernyshevsky street, 10 (rallies are held every Monday at 16: 00-18: 00);
- in the summer theater of the Karl Marx park (collectors meet in the summer months every Sunday at 10: 00-12: 30.).
Well, those who are interested in the assortment of Astrakhan antique shops should visit the "Salon of antiques" (Teatralny lane, 1/10) and "Antiquities" (Berezovsky lane, 11).
Shopping in Astrakhan
For Astrakhan souvenirs, it makes sense for tourists to go to the souvenir salon "At Prechistenskiye Vorota" (Sovetskaya Street, 2). Before leaving the city, it is important not to forget to stock up on fish delicacies (caviar, roach, beluga, balyk catfish), magnets and paintings depicting the Astrakhan Kremlin, T-shirts and plates depicting the Caspian lotus, books on local history, fish skin products (book covers, phone cases, key rings), wicker baskets, caskets and other items made from chakan (Astrakhan reed), copies of Sarmatian jewelry (they are made of porcelain covered with gold paint). In addition, in the summer and early autumn, you should definitely buy a watermelon in the Astrakhan markets (even if you do not have the opportunity to take it home with you, it is definitely worth a try).
