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fiogf49gjkf0d THERE ARE MANY HANDCRAFTED ITEMS AVAILABLE ON MAINLAND
GREECE AND THE ISLANDS. THESE CAN BE FOUND AT THE FOLK ART
MUSEUMS, BOUTIQUES, SHOPS AND STALLS. FOLK ART MUSEUMS WITH
ACCOMPANYING SHOPS EXIST IN ATHENS, IRAKLION, THESSALONKE,
SKYROS, NAFPLIO AND IOANNIANA.
THINGS TO BUY INCLUDE RUGS, POTTERY, CERAMICS, LACE,
EMBROIDERY, FURS, GOLD AND SILVER JEWELLERY.
HANDICRAFTS PRODUCED THROUGHOUT GREECE CAN BE PURCHASED IN
ATHENS. THERE IS A POTTERY AT MARCUSSI IN THE SUBURBS OF
ATHENS SELLING POTTERY PRODUCED BOTH LOCALLY AND
REGIONALLY. CERAMICS CAN BE FOUND ESPECIALLY ON RHODES,
CRETE AND THE DODECANESE GROUP OF ISLANDS. THE FINEST HAND
PAINTED CERAMICS ARE FOUND AT THE VILLAGE OF MARGARITIS AND
AT ARRNOLIA ON CHIOS. AT CORINTH THE PELOPONNESIAN STYLE OF
GREEN GLAZED CERAMICS CAN BE PURCHASED. THERE IS ALSO A
GOOD SELECTION OF CERAMICS TO BE FOUND IN THE OLD BAZAAR AT
IOANNINA.
FOR RUGS AND OTHER WOVEN GOODS THE VILLAGE OF METSOVO IN
THE PINDUS MOUNTAINS AT THESSALONIKI IS THE MOST FAMOUS.
ALSO THE WOVEN FABRICS OF MESTO ON CHIOS AND AT THE VILLAGE
OF ARACHOVA NEAR DELPHI ARE RENOWNED. THE FINEST HAND MADE
LACE CAN BE FOUND ON CRETE AT THE VILLAGE OF KRITSA.
THERE ARE BAZAARS SELLING JEWELLERY AT RHODES AND IOANNINA.
AT THE RESORT OF AGIOS NIKOLAS AND ON CORFU TOGETHER WITH
OTHER MAJOR RESORTS A WIDE VARIETY OF JEWELLERY CAN BE
FOUND.
ANTIQUES: ANTIQUE SHOPS CAN BE FOUND MAINLY IN MONASTIRAKI
AREA, WHERE THE LARGEST OPEN-AIR MARKET OF ATHENS TAKES
PLACE.
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