According to Australians, Melbourne is the best place for shopping in the country. However, then what many tourists are engaged in this city more like excursion trips to local shops and boutiques. And all because not everyone can do a full shopping in Melbourne. It is the highest prices for clothing and designer products that are so popular in the city.
Thursday in Melbourne is considered a day for shopping. Many boutiques, shopping centers and shops on this day work until 21:00. You can make purchases in Melbourne stores for cash, and you can also pay a plastic card. At the market, pay for souvenirs is the easiest enough cash.
The most famous destination for the purchase of souvenirs is considered Queen Victoria Market . This place can really be called the soul of the city. Noisy, but at the same time a friendly atmosphere reigns in the market. After hitting this place, tourists first turn out to be slightly disoriented, because it is quite difficult to find souvenirs and a tourist trifle in one of the few hundred tents and benches.
The Queen Victoria market is one of the largest in the open-air country markets. Here traded absolutely everyone: from seafood to jewelry. Even fashion lovers will be able to find many interesting things on the market. Tourists come to the bazaar in order to lay and acquire authentic souvenirs. Many in memory of the trip buy products related to the culture of aborigine. Boomerangs, ritual masks enjoy great popularity. The cost of boomerangs begins from 15 Australian dollars and reaches several hundred. Also tourists in this place can try outdoor food.
From July to August, the Queen Victoria market begins to live nightlife. Each Wednesday, after sunset, start their work by street food, whose dishes are capable of surprising even gourmets. Live music sounds in the market, and vintage things are sold.
You can get to the market on the tram. There is a bazaar at the corner of Elizabeth and Victoria Streets. Not market days is considered Monday and Wednesday.
Tourists may be interested Original & Authentic ABORIGINAL ART Gallery . It is located on Bourke St, 90. In this place, the works of Australian Aborigines are exhibited and unusual souvenirs are sold: intricate drawings on the crust, boomerangs, canes.
Many souvenir shops are located in the area of Southgate. In addition, you can find stores selling silver products and handmade gold jewelry. The female half of the travelers interested in the decor will delay in this part of Melbourne longer.
It is impossible to visit Melbourne and not to look into one of four Shops Haigh`s Chocolates. . Even indifferent to chocolate tourists will not be able to leave the store without a tile of milk or bitter chocolate. Visitors of the shop can not only acquire chocolate products, but also take part in daily tastings. The best-selling product of the store is local chocolate with fruit taste.
You can find stores on Collins Street, Swanston Walk and Block Arcade.
Conduct time with benefit from tourists will be in Melbourne shopping centers. One of the original and lively is Department Store Meier Located on the Bourke Street. In this place, women's, male and children's things of local and international designers, cosmetics, decorations are sold. It is worth saying about the street where the department store is located. Actually, Bourke Street Mall. - One of the main places for shopping in Melbourne. Evidence of this is huge granite wallets installed at the beginning and end of the street. In addition, not only tourists, but the townspeople are actively visited by shops and department stores located on the street.
As for me, I should do shopping in Melbourne during walks on not tourist alleys and the streets of the city. They even have a special name - arcade. Such streets are narrow passes connecting the large streets of the city. It is hard to predict that you can find on these truly Melbourne streets. But it is unexpectedly discovered on them stores can trade those objects and things that will be interested in tourists. If there is time, then you can go through Hardware Line. . It has many cozy cafes, restaurants and small shops.
Site, but if possible, you can buy original things from local designers on Manchester Street or in Flinders Lane. It was in this part of Melbourne that the first stores that traded clothing appeared. They work to this day. And, despite the fact that these shops are not so famous and popular as boutiques on Little Collins (Little Collins Street), just here you can find peculiar little things at an affordable price.