Shopping in Georgia - outlets, shopping streets and boutiques

Shopping in Georgia includes national clothes and shoes, unusual accessories and ornaments, traditional cold steel, dishes, items of interior decoration and much more. There are entire shopping streets in the country along which you will come across shopping centers, department stores, shops and boutiques. The only Georgian outlet is “Tbilisi Outlet Park”. People go to bazaars for fresh vegetables, fruits and food. Flea markets in Georgia are well visited. Here you can buy old books, coins, plates, home decor items, dishes, and toys. Sometimes you can come across real antiques – interesting vintage things that can become an excellent decoration or a great gift. The largest flea market is located in Tbilisi near the Dry Bridge.

Periods of sales in Georgian shopping centers fall on January-February, when things from the “autumn-winter” collection are sold, and June-August, when you can cheaply buy things from the spring-summer collection. There are also favorable offers on the days of public holidays. Discounts on sales in Georgia are usually 50%, but may exceed this threshold. Most of the shops in the country are open from nine o’clock in the morning until seven o’clock in the evening without lunch breaks. However, some of them close later, at nine or ten o’clock in the evening. Markets are open from six in the morning to two in the afternoon. There are usually no weekends in the schedule of shops, nevertheless they can close a little earlier on Saturdays and Sundays.

Shopping in Georgia will leave a sea of ​​vivid impressions, if you take away a few days for the purchase of souvenirs. Some of the main Georgian souvenirs are alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages: wine, grape chacha, mineral water “Borjomi”, tea. Suluguni cheese, fruits, herbs, spice mixtures, Svan salt, sweet chestchel, chestnut honey, jam from walnuts are ideal as food gifts. You can buy gold or silver earrings, rings, cloisonné with enamel pendants made in the ancient Georgian “minakari” technique on the Gold Exchange in the building of Tbilisi Station. In souvenir shops you will find them selling horns for wine, New Year tree of life “chichilaki”, traditional toys from felted wool, woolen or handmade silk carpets, papakhas, and Georgian daggers. Copyright www.orangesmile.com

The center of Georgian shopping is Tbilisi. It has several shopping complexes: the largest shopping mall in the Caucasian region “East Point”, eight-storey “Karvasla” and six-storey “Tbilisi Mall”. Branded goods stores occupy the fashionable districts of the city: Freedom Square, Rustaveli and Chavchavadze Avenue, Saburtalo. Products and household items are best bought in networked retail stores: “Goodwill”, “Populi”, and “Ioli”. An ideal place to buy cheeses, churchkhela, tkemali, adzhiki and seasonings is the desert market. Near the Freedom Square is a bazaar “Dry Bridge” where handmade souvenirs are sold. There is also a flea market and book stall. In the bazaar on Rustaveli Avenue, you can find elegant daggers, wine horns, ornaments, traditional ceramics, and felt articles.

The biggest shopping center in Batumi is “Batumi Mall” with boutiques, department stores, souvenir shops, a cafe, a fitness center and a gaming hall. In the shopping center “Batumi Plaza”, you will find the “Mardi Hotel”. There is also an Olympic pool, betting house and a casino here. The shopping complex “Metro City Forum” unites clothing stores, shops that sell sporting goods, optics, perfumes, restaurants and a ritual hall. The shopping center “Black Sea Mall” houses the supermarket “Carrefour”, stores that sell clothing, shoes, electronics, pharmacies, and food courts. Shopping in Kutaisi is at a bazaar near the Colchis fountain and the Chavchavadze market. They sell food, manufactured goods, and souvenirs like Svan and Tushino hats, wine horns, and fridge magnets. There are two shopping centers in the city, the “Grand Mall” and “Karvasla”.