Although Sicily is an island, but the local shopping is no worse than in the mainland country. It boils-boils in the three main "centers": first, on street markets, which are in all cities of the island; secondly - in large mollas located near Palermo and Katania; And thirdly, in separate outletes, boutiques, souvenir shops (whom Sicily has a decent number) and the fairs of the weekend. The most common souvenirs that are usually brought home from a trip to Sicily - this is local ceramics, coral decorations, frozen lava products, Pupi puppets and olive oil.
Shopping in Palermo
Since Palermo is the main city of Sicily, then shopping here is the best! Local stores sell brand clothes and shoes, jewelry, alcohol, souvenir products, new techniques and everything you need for home. The main shopping streets of Palermo are "Via Ruggero Settimo", "Via Vittorio Emanuele", "Via Roma" and "Liberta".
Sometimes, walking along the souvenir shops in order to find some extraordinary souvenir, you can stumble upon shopping points with really adulteful, exotic things - sell products of African craftsmen, as well as jewelry from India. In Palermo, trading rows and street markets are constantly working - such as "Il Capo" and "Vucciria". One of the biggest malls in this city is called "FORUM PALERMO" . There is a large selection of shops in it - there are a whole hundred there. In addition, in Forum Palermo, as in many shopping centers, there are entertainment "bonuses", as a cinema and children's playground; There is a large parking lot (for 2 thousand places). In the city of Palermo, there is also one of the oldest department stores of Sicily Island - "Dell 'Oglio".
Shopping in Catania
Outlets in Sicily also have, and the largest of them (moreover, the leader in popularity) is called SICILIA OUTLET VILLAGE . It is located next to the city of Catania, on the highway connecting it with Palermo. Sicilia Outlet Village presents something like a small village with shopping houses. In addition to brand clothing, shoes and accessories, which here are all sorts of different in bulk and who are twice as cheaper here than in regular stores, in this outlet there are still Sicilian ceramics from Caltagirone and other household goods. There are one hundred twenty boutiques here, as well as: bars, restaurants, recreation center and health, children's playground, concert venue, Tax Free design, parking, designed for three thousand places, and travel information bureaus. Among other things, Sicilia Outlet Village is located a shop of Swiss chocolate "Lindt", the Coffee Shop "Vergnano" and the fashionable giant "Tod's". If you find yourself in this outlet during the sales period, then you will have the opportunity to purchase products with big discounts - they can be up to eighty percent!
In principle, you can reach Sicilia Outlet Village quickly from any city of Sicily: the road from Catania takes about forty minutes, from Palermo, they get here a little longer than an hour, and from the city of Anna for only twenty minutes. And for the passage to pay, you will not have to pay: buses for buyers run from all hotels of all large cities of the island.
Contact phone number "Sicilia Outlet Village" - "+39 0935 950 040" . It works from ten o'clock in the morning to eight in the evening, on weekends and festive days - up to nine in the evening. I also specify the official website on which you can find useful information about this outlet at the moment: "Http://www.siciliaoutletvillage.it".