Stores, Malls or Markets in Croatia

Did you know that Croatia is the motherland of ties?
Yes! Ties were invented here, in Croatia!
So you better buy a Croatian tie for yourself or as a present to a friend. There is a special Croata shop in Split selling Croatian ties, there are even ladies' ties there!

What to buy: Ties

What to pay: about $50

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Don't forget to taste delicious Croatian wines in a restaurant and then to buy it (if you like wine).
You can buy them in each grocery, supermarket, wine store and even at petrol stations.
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The culture of winemaking has been known on Croatian soil since Roman invasion. In the medieval times winemaking has become an important, and in some parts of the country, the only source of income for the people of Croatia.
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Croatian-English dictionary on wine labels:
Bijelo vino = White wine
Pjenusavo vino = Sparkling wine
Crno vino(not in use today) = Red wine
Crveno vino = Red wine
Cuveno vino = Selected wine
Desertno vino = Dessert wine
Geografsko porijeklo = Geographical origin
Kvalitetno vino = Quality wine
Polusuho = Medium-dry
Prirodno = Natural
Proizvedeno u ... = Produced at ...
Punjeno u ... = Bottled at ...
Ruzica vino(not in use today) = Rose wine
Slatko = Sweet
Stolno vino = Table wine
Suho = Dry
Visoko kvalitetno = High quality
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What to buy: Personally I liked Istrian MERLOT and KASTELET.
Some of the best ones are KASTELET (especially 1996 and 1997), Plavac and Babic. All of these are from Dalmatia and are especially good with fish and meat dishes, best served at room temp.

What to pay: Buy where the locals do (supermarkets and bigger stores) - avoid quite expensive a little grocery stores close to your hotel and petrol stations.

Lavender bags are very popular in Croaita. I saw lots of lavender bags in different cities even small towns. Croatians made little bags or tiny cushions made of laces for lavender seeds. It smells good. Actually I bought plenty of lavender bags as gift to family & friends. Alsý i should say that bags are very attractive for photographers by their colours.

There is an open air market at downtown of Pula. You can buy vegetable, fruit, flowers, cheese, olve and honey. Among these honey is very tasty. Pula honey is completely natural and no atificials in it. In Croatian honey is "med".

What to buy: honey

At the end of the pedestrian street there are a lot of good women's clothes shops and there is the shopping center.
In the old town there are small shop for souvenirs and good jewelry.
Under the Diocleciano's palace there are a big gallery with local art (draws and engravings), jewerly and souvenirs. It's opend till ten o'clock at night.

What to buy: Choral jewerly is cheaper than the rest of Europe and really good.
Local artist are really good and there are several art galleries with good prices.

What to pay: It's not expensive.

If you like street markets, you can find a few in Croatia, like this one in Zagreb, in a square named Dolac, in the city centre. There were mainly fruits and veggies but also flowers, some local craft and food vendors.

We saw in Split many shoe-stores, with very acceptable prices (that is what my girlfriend told me ;-)) If we didn't backpacked she definitely would buy some (read multiple!)

What to buy: Shoes!

What to pay: Very acceptable prices

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If you want to buy cheap or have a larg offer of choice, the KONZUM is a larg department store which can be find near any larger city.

What to buy: Food, clothes, … you name it!
They sell "pipi" which is very funny as this is how urine is called in dutch :-) ... NO! I didn't buy it to see how it tasted like :-)

What to pay: not to expencive