Corfu - Apartment rentals and
villas in Corfu for holiday accommodation in Greek Islands. Rental cottages apartments
and villas in Corfu owned privately
Shopping
in Corfu is an unavoidable vacation enterprise. Street merchants entangle the
winding streets. Local artisans specialize in olive wood carvings, leather goods,
needlework, gold, and pottery.
If
you want to spend time trying on shoes and clothes that are in fashion now or
if you just want
to
go window shopping, head for the stylish streets of Corfu town.
Here
you will find elegant shops and boutiques that can easily turn your vacation budget
upside down. The jewelry aren't cheeper than at home but they attract you with
their unique design.
In
Corfu one can find special icons in stores and in monasteries witch vary from
small portraits to elaborate paintings. The most beautiful and most expensive
icons are created using only traditional techniques.
There are
a lot of souvenir shops in most of the resorts on the island with traditional
food, ornamental ceramics, embroidery and laces, spices and other small things
that you have to discover.
The
island is faimous for a special fruit bred here, similar to the tangerine tree,
but a lot smaller, koum quat. The inhabitants produse liquors, marmalades, sweets
and very tasty cookies.
A
jar of candied fruits or a bottle of liquor with an original design could be pleasent
souvenirs.
Visitors
who seek more westernized shops and galleries also can keep their shopping bags
full. Fetich Fashion , and Atrapos are examples of stores that can fulfill one-stop
shopping, complete with display cases and cash registers.
Corfu
island - Unparalleled
beauty - Perfect Greece vacation in Kerkyra