Shopping in Elba Island - authentic goods, best outlets, malls and boutiques

You can buy shoes and cloth of all leading European brands at affordable prices in Elba. You should go to the nearest shopping mall, and for a proper shopping go to the capital of the island – Portoferraio city. However, if you want you can go to the factory of the famous brand Locman to buy quality Italian watch at a price lower than anywhere else in the world. Of course, if you plan to visit as many manufactures as possible, you should go to continental Italy for a day or two. Luckily, a ferry ride from Elba is not long.

If you want to buy something with a true Italian color, you should pay your attention to the small shops. Keep in mind that in Italy it is common to bargain only at the market and at a shop a seller rounds the sum himself. From the island, you can bring different souvenirs with the picture of Napoleon. It seems you can find his pictures everywhere – on t-shirts, magnets, and postcards. Postcards with views of Elba are also great as souvenirs. You can buy a carnival mask, a traditional Italian party attribute.

Shoes and leather goods from local manufacturers are of a good quality. In Elba, you can find a lot of quality jewelry at good prices. The perfume will be a good present as well. You can buy them from the well-known brands or choose local products, which also have nice scents. But the main highlight of Italy in whole and Elba, in particular, are probably edible souvenirs. Copyright www.orangesmile.com

For example, here you can buy a great number of different types of traditional Italian pasta. Pasta of different forms and shapes, sometimes even different colors – you should buy at least one pack, even if you are the most indifferent to the culinary traveler. You also shouldn’t pass by smoked sausage, which is quite popular and cheap here. Those, who want some unusual taste, should try smoked ham, better from di Parma brand. You can safely take it back home, it won’t go bad on the road. Take a look at dried tomatoes and preferably buy them in a vacuum package.

Definitely buy green olive oil. It doesn’t cost much and you can find it in a souvenir shop in nice shaped bottles. If you want, you can also buy it on tap. Pay attention to the local parmesan and mozzarella – the Italians like those types of cheese the most. Those, who like sweets, should choose the local honey – thanks to the reserve status, there are special conditions in Elba for growing multiple honey herbs. Also here, as in other regions in Italy, they like marzipans, so there is a wide choice of this dessert.

And you should definitely buy one or two bottles of local wine. The best choice will be a bio-wine. The product, labeled with a green sticker, is certainly produced from the local sorts of grape, grown without the usage of any artificial chemical fertilizers. The whole production cycle, during which there are also no fertilizers been used, is organized close to the places, where the grapes grow. Not only red, but white and pink, dry and sweet, soft and sparkling wines can be bio-wine as well. However, other spirit drinks, produced in Elba, deserve your attention too. Red sweet wines Liquoroso and Passito, muscats, Alchermes and Limoncello liqueurs - the selection is wide. A quality beverage in a nice bottle can become a great reminder of your trip or an expensive present to your friends, family, or colleagues.