Shopping in Siena can bring a lot of pleasure regardless of whether you are planning to go for design things in chic boutiques, searching for handmade textiles in a small shop or purchase of gift souvenirs for relatives and loved ones on the street market. With any scenario by the end of the race on the traffic points of the city, your wallet will lose weight slightly, and the tourist baggage is replenished with a couple of new things or memorable baubles.
In Siena, every tourist, if desired, finds what is interested in - a wine shop, an expensive boutique or a tent, selling the creations of local masters and artisans. The most common souvenirs that most travelers brings from a trip to Siena are leather products, local ceramics and cute crafts with original symbolism of one of the city's districts. By the way, you can spend some time and collect an original set of souvenirs consisting of 17 products. Moreover, each of the elements of the set in one way or another will be associated with one of the contrap (area) of the Siena. And this is the easiest way to do during a walk through the city, acquiring a miniature copy of the personal flag of the contrast in the visited area, a stripping with an exclusive symbolism or a funny product in the form of a caterpillar, snail or an eagle - a symbolic creature.
As for the local leather products, it is not inferior to the like that sells in Florence and Milan's stores.
What and where is it sold in Siena?
The main shopping streets of Siena are Via Di Chitta (Via Di Citta), Via Montanini (Via Dei Montanini) and Banchi Di Sopra. All of them belong to pedestrian zones. And if the plans of tourists are not included in the purchase of designer shoes or clothing, then on these streets you can just walk, admiring the beautiful windows of numerous stores and stopping on a light snack in one of the pizzerias working here. By the way, the locals are exactly what they are engaged in Via Di Chitta and Via Montanini. And yet, tourists who decide to look into one of the local Italian shops will be pleasantly surprised by the attention being manifested by the owner. The owner of the boutique personally helps to pick up a suitable product and give a couple of delometric advice on the appropriate style, colors and the latest fashionable new products.
In addition to shopping shopping in Siena, you can do on Open city market That every Wednesday unfolds noisy and colorful trading on La Lizza Street around Medici Castle. Starts a market day at 8 am, and lasts up to 1 o'clock day. Here tourists can buy stylish clothes for small money, shoes or bag, as well as traditional souvenirs for 2 euros, fresh vegetables and fruits. You can follow the example of local residents and look at the market to the large selection of Italian cheeses. But for the antiques of travelers it is worth going to Antichità Monna Agnese - Best Antique Shop Siena . It is located at the address: Via Di Chitta, 60. True, if tourists are lucky, and they will be in Siena in the third Sunday of the month, then it will be possible to search for antique objects Open antique market . It works only once a month on Piazza del Mercato Piazza Del Mercato. Making purchases in the markets, tourists should not forget about the merry bargaining process.
Recently, all sorts of postcards and original paper images began to be interested in the female half of the travelers during a visit to foreign resorts. All these little things are brought home, and then find the use of Hand-Maid in popular styles. So in Siena with old Italian postcards and samples of genuine Florentine and Siena paper trades Little shop Located on Via Provenzano Salvani, 8-10. Here you can find many interesting things at a price of 0.30-5 euros. Another shop with such goods works on VIA Di Chitta, 37. There is a marble-shaped paper handmade paper, postcards and extraordinary souvenirs. True, prices here are slightly higher - the cost of goods begins from 5 euros.
Lovers of ceramics should look in Shop Sony. which is behind the Siena Cathedral. Ceramic products are sold here, self-painted shop owner.
Behind brand clothes and footwear, tourists should go to one of Cortecci stores working on via di soprano, 27 or Piazza del - Campo, 30-31. This is where you can find the latest new items from Gucci, Balenciaga, Dolce & Gabbana, Lorena Antoniazzi and even more than a dozen fashion designers with a world name. But going to Cortecci, it is worth being ready for the fact that a considerable amount of money will be left here.
What concerns Edible souvenirs They them in Siena are tasty almond cookies "Cantucci", which are macked in sweet wine, sweets, cheeses and wines before eating. Purchase all of these products Tourists can in three neighboring stores on Via Di Chitta. Wine shop, confectionery shop and sausage store occupy the first floors in homes at number 71-73. I would advise travelers to buy home some Siena candy, such as Panforte. Many Italians are preparing "Papporte" for Christmas and in this case the sweetness is a gingerbread with nuts and dried fruits. But in the confectionery store "Pappa" is sold for a rave of 5 euros per box and looks like a little differently, or rather like this:
Discounts
The period of discounts in Siena stores happens twice a year. Winter sales start from the first numbers of January and last 60 days. The next price reduction in the city's boutiques is falling for the summer season, when the cost of goods in brand stores is lowered by 20%, and even 50%. In some stores in the city in recent days, sales discounts reach 75%.