One of the most visited areas of Athens; old bookshops; Greek art shops; rags and bones; old DVDs and CDs and bursting with tourist and locals all year.

At the end of Athinas and Andrianou street ,metro station Monastiraki or Thission
www.athensguide.org/ravel-to-athens.html

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Watch out for the human statues and old-fashioned Greek musicians who parade up and down the street especially on Saturdays. Another good place to shop for just about anything is the Hondos Centre; this is a departmental store which has shops dotted all around Athens. The main shop is in Ommonia Square and sells everything from clothes, shoes and watches to household goods, toiletries, perfume, makeup and even traditional souvenirs. It is also a lot cheaper than the other department store, Attica.

Central Athens, Across the road from Syntagma Square; nearest metro station: Syntagma

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If you're looking for shopping heaven in Athens, The Mall is the place to go. Brand new, and the first major shopping centre in Athens, it has hundreds of shops (Greek and international), restaurants and a multiplex cinema. In the northern suburb of Maroussi next to the Olympic stadium but easy to get to, with a direct metro taking 20 minutes from the centre of town.

35, Andrea Papandreou str., Maroussi, adjacent and parallel to Attiki Odos highway
Kifissias Avenue Exit;
nearest metro: Neratziotissa;
tel: 210 630 0000 – 5;
www.themallathens.gr/

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This is a pedestrian street lined with lots of bars, along from the Old Mosque in Monasteraki. On a spring bank holiday afternoon all the cafes were packed with Greeks drinking and chatting away - the volume of people talking without any background music is amazing in itself. There were also loads of people selling cheap handbags and sunglasses so you can get the kit to pose like the locals.

Monastiraki

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A long-established summer trend. Buy a pair of handcrafted, ancient Greek-inspired sandals and dare to impress. You can't go wrong by visiting Melissinos's new shop (by far the most popular sandal maker) in Psiri.

Agias Theklas 2, Psiri.
Tel: 00 30 210 321 9247
www.melissinos-art.com

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Tired of those endless hours of sunbathing? If you are in the mood for reading and have run out of books look for something that suits your taste in the multi-storied Eleftheroudakis book store. English literature is on the mezzanine, most popular titles are displayed on the ground floor. And if you feel like leafing through glossy magazines without paying a cent you may do so in their wonderful sixth floor cafe over big cups of coffee and fresh croissants.

Panepistimiou street, Athens

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Both stores are on Tsakalof Street in the elegant area of Kolonaki. High-heeled sandals that will capture your heart, boots of exquisite leather, fabulous loafers and flats, must-have bags. Prices range from reasonable to sky-high, but you will be unable to walk out of these stores without at least one pair of new shoes.

Tsakalof Street, Kolonaki

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This creation of the Mastic Producers Union of Chios looks more like a jewellers than anything else, but the valuable products it sells are all made using the therapeutic and invigorating resin of the mastic tree from the island of Chios, birthplace of Homer.

Chios' Mastic is a unique product, granted a PDO (protected destination of origin) from the European Union.

6 Panepistimiou Street & Kriezotou Street, Syntagma; tel: 210 363 2750;

Athens airport: Main Terminal/Departures/Intra Schengen Area
www.mastihashop.com

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastic

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For the best high street shopping experience, visit Athens' recent and state-of-the-art retail additions. Attica is Greece's largest department store with over 500 brand names on its eight levels. It opened last April. Very modern and upmarket environment, I spent an hour exploring it.

The other shopping experience is the very impressive The Mall, just north of the main Olympic complex, in the northern suburbs of Athens. It’s a massive shopping centre with 200 shops, a 15 screen multiplex cinema and numerous restaurants. It opened last November and it has already proved very popular with the locals. Very good public transport access.

Attica is on Panepistimiou Street between Panepistimio and Syntagma metro stations (line 2) (no website available)
The Mall Athens is off Neratziotissa station, where line 1 and the suburban rail line meet; www.themallathens.gr

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This is a big covered market. It’s quite fun to watch the locals buying their fish and chickens but for visitors I recommend it for the fruit and nuts. I stocked up on pistachio nuts for munching while I was sightseeing and came home with bags of dried figs and pine nuts at bargain prices compared to England. You can also buy slabs of halva if you have a sweet tooth.

Athinas Street, between Omonia and Monastiraki metro stations

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One of the northern suburbs of Athens but not too far from the city centre and excellent for shopping (from shoes to clothing and more).

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