From Antiques to Designer Boutiques: Shopping in Athens
Find clothes, accessories, jewelry, and home décor items to take home as memorable gifts or keep entirely for yourself! (original article: https://www.travel.gr/en/experiences-ee/lifestyle-en/shopping-en/from-antiques-to-designer-boutiques-shopping-in-athens/)
Discover the best places where you can find clothes, accessories, jewelry, and home décor items to take home as memorable gifts or keep entirely for yourself.
The Greek capital has become a shopper’s paradise where one can find everything from the latest designer goods to unique, conceptualized items of every variety by contemporary local designers. You’ll enjoy great shopping everywhere in the city but the key areas to explore are Syntagma, Plaka, Monastiraki, and Kolonaki.
Clothes and Accessories
Zeus & Dione
Named after the parents of the love Goddess Aphrodite, the designs here are inspired by classical aesthetics. Think long flowing gowns, pleats, and plush materials with boho chic and folk daywear twists. Their clothes are sold in designer stores worldwide.
Address: Voukourestiou 6, Kolonaki.
Phone: (+30) 2103230132
Site: https://www.zeusndione.com/en
Mary Katranzou
The acclaimed designer wowed the world with her unique and memorable patterns, shapes, and fresh outlook, and until today the world’s hottest celebs love to wear her designs. Her clothing and accessories designs can be found in stores across the world.
Address: Enny Di Monaco, Irodotou 23, Kolonaki.
Phone: (+30) 210 7290805
Site: https://www.marykatrantzou.com/
Attica Stores
Where better to find a wide selection (in terms of designers and price range) than at Greece’s swankiest department store? Here you’ll find clothes and accessories as well as cosmetics, home décor items, and jewelry.
Address: Tsimiski, 48-50, Syntagma
Phone: (+30) 211 99 00000
Site: https://www.atticadps.gr/en/
Forget Me Not
An innovative Plaka store that has elevated the concept of tourist souvenirs, selling tasteful and original clothes, accessories, footwear (including the Ancient Greek Sandals brand), and clever home décor items themed on Greece by contemporary Greek designers.
Address: Adrianou 100, Plaka
Phone: (+30) 21 0325 3740
Site: https://www.forgetmenotathens.gr/
Jewellery
The best Jewellery by Greek designers is sold in stores of Voukourestiou-Panepistimiou. Look out for Kessaris, Ioannis Patilis, Sabanis and Petranova. Standing out at are the Ilias Lalaounis jewelry (Panepistimiou 5) and Zolotas (Panepistimiou 10) shops.
Further up in Kolonaki, visit Ileana Makri Fine Jewellery (Patriarchou Ioakim 13-15), Fanourakis (Patriarchou Ioakim 23), Liana Vourakis (Pindarou 42), I-D Fine Jewellery (Kanari 12) and Elena Votsi (Xanthou 7) for some of the most acclaimed designs.
Jewellery lovers should also not miss out on the Eleni Marneri Gallerie (Pittakou 8, Plaka), a modern Greek designer jewelry museum shop.
Home & Beauty Stores
Flâneur Souvenirs: Original handmade souvenirs, from notebooks and travel accessories to mugs and silk prints, sold in a cool space.
Address: Flessa 1, Plaka
Phone: (+30) 210 3226900
Site: https://www.facebook.com/flaneursouvenirsandsupplies
Museum Shops
At Athens’s museum shops, you’re bound to find interesting Greece-themed items – from jewelry and accessories to top artworks, home décor items, and more – to suit you and your loved ones. The Benaki Museum (Koumpari 1, Kolonaki), the Cycladic Art Museum (Neofitou Douka 4), and the Theocharakis Foundation (Vas. Sofias 9 & Merlin 1) sell the best selections of items created by contemporary Greek designers as well as replicas of classical items.
Martinos
One of the finest antique shops in Athens. Here you’ll find old ceramics and valuable silverware, rare antiques and Eastern rugs, wooden carvings, and artworks combined with decorative objects, furniture, and lighting from the 20th century – representative examples of Art Deco and modernism.
Address: Pandrossou 50, Monastiraki
Phone: (+30) 21 0321 2414
Site: https://www.martinosart.gr/
Popeye Loves Olive Art Space
Multi-functional and trendy space with original creations by young Greek artists. “Cutting edge contemporary jewelry” created by resident artists, a tattoo studio, and artistic events.
Address: 5 Limpona Street, Agia Irini Square
Phone: (+30) 210 8673461
Site: https://popeyelovesolive.com/
Find clothes, accessories, jewelry, and home décor items to take home as memorable gifts or keep entirely for yourself! (original article: https://www.travel.gr/en/experiences-ee/lifestyle-en/shopping-en/from-antiques-to-designer-boutiques-shopping-in-athens/)
Discover the best places where you can find clothes, accessories, jewelry, and home décor items to take home as memorable gifts or keep entirely for yourself.
The Greek capital has become a shopper’s paradise where one can find everything from the latest designer goods to unique, conceptualized items of every variety by contemporary local designers. You’ll enjoy great shopping everywhere in the city but the key areas to explore are Syntagma, Plaka, Monastiraki, and Kolonaki.
Clothes and Accessories
Zeus & Dione
Named after the parents of the love Goddess Aphrodite, the designs here are inspired by classical aesthetics. Think long flowing gowns, pleats, and plush materials with boho chic and folk daywear twists. Their clothes are sold in designer stores worldwide.
Address: Voukourestiou 6, Kolonaki.
Phone: (+30) 2103230132
Site: https://www.zeusndione.com/en
Mary Katranzou
The acclaimed designer wowed the world with her unique and memorable patterns, shapes, and fresh outlook, and until today the world’s hottest celebs love to wear her designs. Her clothing and accessories designs can be found in stores across the world.
Address: Enny Di Monaco, Irodotou 23, Kolonaki.
Phone: (+30) 210 7290805
Site: https://www.marykatrantzou.com/
Attica Stores
Where better to find a wide selection (in terms of designers and price range) than at Greece’s swankiest department store? Here you’ll find clothes and accessories as well as cosmetics, home décor items, and jewelry.
Address: Tsimiski, 48-50, Syntagma
Phone: (+30) 211 99 00000
Site: https://www.atticadps.gr/en/
Forget Me Not
An innovative Plaka store that has elevated the concept of tourist souvenirs, selling tasteful and original clothes, accessories, footwear (including the Ancient Greek Sandals brand), and clever home décor items themed on Greece by contemporary Greek designers.
Address: Adrianou 100, Plaka
Phone: (+30) 21 0325 3740
Site: https://www.forgetmenotathens.gr/
Jewellery
The best Jewellery by Greek designers is sold in stores of Voukourestiou-Panepistimiou. Look out for Kessaris, Ioannis Patilis, Sabanis and Petranova. Standing out at are the Ilias Lalaounis jewelry (Panepistimiou 5) and Zolotas (Panepistimiou 10) shops.
Further up in Kolonaki, visit Ileana Makri Fine Jewellery (Patriarchou Ioakim 13-15), Fanourakis (Patriarchou Ioakim 23), Liana Vourakis (Pindarou 42), I-D Fine Jewellery (Kanari 12) and Elena Votsi (Xanthou 7) for some of the most acclaimed designs.
Jewellery lovers should also not miss out on the Eleni Marneri Gallerie (Pittakou 8, Plaka), a modern Greek designer jewelry museum shop.
Home & Beauty Stores
Flâneur Souvenirs: Original handmade souvenirs, from notebooks and travel accessories to mugs and silk prints, sold in a cool space.
Address: Flessa 1, Plaka
Phone: (+30) 210 3226900
Site: https://www.facebook.com/flaneursouvenirsandsupplies
Museum Shops
At Athens’s museum shops, you’re bound to find interesting Greece-themed items – from jewelry and accessories to top artworks, home décor items, and more – to suit you and your loved ones. The Benaki Museum (Koumpari 1, Kolonaki), the Cycladic Art Museum (Neofitou Douka 4), and the Theocharakis Foundation (Vas. Sofias 9 & Merlin 1) sell the best selections of items created by contemporary Greek designers as well as replicas of classical items.
Martinos
One of the finest antique shops in Athens. Here you’ll find old ceramics and valuable silverware, rare antiques and Eastern rugs, wooden carvings, and artworks combined with decorative objects, furniture, and lighting from the 20th century – representative examples of Art Deco and modernism.
Address: Pandrossou 50, Monastiraki
Phone: (+30) 21 0321 2414
Site: https://www.martinosart.gr/
Popeye Loves Olive Art Space
Multi-functional and trendy space with original creations by young Greek artists. “Cutting edge contemporary jewelry” created by resident artists, a tattoo studio, and artistic events.
Address: 5 Limpona Street, Agia Irini Square
Phone: (+30) 210 8673461
Site: https://popeyelovesolive.com/