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Popular Shopping | Other Shopping Tips | All Tips (22) The shopping attitude depends on what you are buying and where you are buying. If you are buying gold and leather, NEVER PAY THE PRICE THEY ASK FOR!!BARGAIN!Cut the original price in less than half and start negotiating. Never show them the amount of money you have, if possibile show less and say "That's all I have" and try to get out of the shop. They will come after you :)) And if you negotiate and expect to pay by credit card, expect again another round of negotiation.
If you are coming from a rich country, never tell them that. Invent another place :)
On the other hand, if you are going to buy clothes from brand stores, don't expect to negotiate or to get any discounts...strange but that's how it is.
Gold and leather are the best buys there, but also all kinds of clothes. Turkey has great fabrics and designers, very trendy, funky and stylish clothes, so don't hesitate.
A lot if you buy a lot. About 200$ for a nice leather jacket and about 15$/gramm for gold. Leave a Comment Theme: JewelryDirections: Antalya shopping areas.
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The Migros shopping center is a mall includes many fine shops like Zara,toysRus,Perfumerie shops,electronics,computers and much more... Fun is ewerywhere recommended for wisitors of the city.
you can find local souvenirs in general..
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Built on 70000sqm plot of land,single storey,with 27000sqm indoors area,and has an architecture likened to a street and a square.
More than 80 national and International factory sales-shops.
Discounts 365 days in a year.
15 different restaurants and cafe offering Turkish and world cuiseine flavors.
Children's play-ground and entertainment area.
Indoor and ourdoors aprking lot for 1500 cars.
Free of charge transportation service for clients.
A modern living center which is air conditioned.
Unisex sports wear,men and women wears,beauty accessories,jewellery,leather and shoes,toys,home decorations,cinemas... Leave a Comment Theme: Department StoreAddress: Antalya-Alanya yolu Havalimani karsisi AntalyaPhone: +90242 3405470Website: www.deepo.com.tr
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Anatolian carpet-weaving is very special type of handcraft with roots are deeply embedded in the past and every knot the bearer of a long tradition.The type of carpet consisting of threads stretched lenghtwise on the loom to form what is known as the warp and threads threaded through these from side to side to form a weft that will tighten the weave and form the basis of the knots that will constitute the pile and various decorative motifs,is found in Turkish history as early as the 5th-3rd centuries B.C.
One of the places in Anatolia where this intimate relationship between the Turks and the carpet is still in evidence is the country town of Dosemealti in the province of Antalya.
The first carpets are surrounded by narrow borders containing geometrical or plant motifs.In Turkish carpets the borders are of great importance in so far as their characteristic features serve to indicate the region in which they are woven.
Turkish carpets are categorized as taban,kelle,cift,somya,minder,namazlik,yastik,heybe,etc.
All are natural dyes
carpets and kilim.. belongs to various province of Anatolia..Taspinar,Dosemealti,Hereke,Ladik,Yagcibedir are the most famous carpets in Turkey
It depends to size and quality&numbers of knots.Starting from 50$ to 750-1000$ per sqm. Leave a Comment Theme: Local CraftAddress: Kilincarslan mah.Hidirlik sok.No;36 Kaleici ANTPhone: +90 242 2487078
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The symbol of motifs are the best away,give a message to someone or sign of weavers emotion,love,feeling,happiness,sometimes sadness or a good news,symbolize of life or eternity.. to show of her/his family members or lover or to the husband/wife..sometimes as state symbol..
Here are the some meaning of Anatolian carpets or kilims..
Birds on the tree of life symbolize life and soul.Dragon is the animal guarding the tree motifs together stand for continuity of the soul and immortality.The star is used to indicate the eternity of the tree of life.Chest symbolizes the trousseau chest and marriage,stars stand for happiness and eternity.The bird motif on the rug is used to protect the expectation of happiness against evil eye.
Elibelinde(hands on hips) used on the inner border as well as the head band,symbolize fertility.Crosses are used as a protection against evil eye.
Carkifelek(the wheel of fortune) is a variotion of the cross motifs.The word is used to indicate a supernatural force,the wheel of fortune which is believed to control to destiny of people.Rosettes stand for the platonic aspects of love.Two motifs used together suggest the hope of good luck and happiness.
The fight of Dragon and Phoenix is used to symbolize the fertile rains of spring..It is the symbolic representation of a common mythological theme;meeting of earth and heaven or the mother Goddness and the God..
Hook motifs on the border is used to protect happiness againist malice.
Karniyarik motifs symbolize pregnancy.Rosettes express the weaver's love her husband and satisfaction in marriage.
Monster's feet and scarpion motifs are used to protect the pregnancy against malice.
The motif is called CENGEL or CAKMAK since in some region,cakmak means trachoma is use of the motif imphes that the weaver wishes all evil eyes directed on her happiness be blinded.
Deep blue used as the back round color indicates happiness for the nomads,just like green and black.
Running water,rosette and carnation motifs symbolize the garden of EDEN..Tobacco seeding is used as a symbol of the tree of life.The birds on the tabacco leaves stand for life..The ewer and tulips symbolize the desire to have child.. Leave a Comment Theme: Local CraftAddress: Kilincarslan mah.Hidirlik sok.No 36 Kaleici ANTPhone: +90242 2487078
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It is great just to walk around the markets and breathe in the atmosphere. Wonderful smells of the spices and different foods being cooked. I love watching the locals bartering for things, it gets quite heated sometimes.
A good place to buy small gifts to take home like spices, coffee, tea and little trinkets. Leave a Comment Theme: Gifts
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This is one of the most tourist but very famous & very cheap streets for shopping. But u must remember the golden rule of 'Bargaining'. If u won't u would urself be throwing ur money !!!
Turkish Carpet, Jewelry, Souvinirs, Money exchangers, u will find alllllll sorts of shops on this street.
Very Reasonable prices. Leave a Comment Theme: Food and Drink
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Antalya is a leading agriculture center of our country due to its suitable ecology.
Antalya Metropolitan Municipality’s covered wholesale food market complex that meets % 65 of the wet fruit and vegetable demand of our country, opened to service in its new place on date 30 July 1996.
There are 759 business places at Antalya wholesale food market which is established over approximately on a lot of 480.000 square meters.
Within this complex; brokerage offices, depots, lever scale facilities, 7 each bank branches, sport facility, police station, taxi stop and gas station are located.
The wholesale food market managed by wholesale food market manager ship affiliated with the protection and control office directorate is capable of giving service to our producers and to those that acquired the trade of wet fruit and vegetable as a profession for 7 days 24 hours.
Fruit and Veg. Leave a Comment
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Shopping in bazar is real adventure.
Everything
Not to much Leave a Comment Theme: OtherDirections: in the center of Antalya
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The main market or Bazzar is facinating to walk around. I came here on Christmas Day as everything is open as Christmas is only celebrated by Christians and for Muslims it`s just another working day. The hotels do lay on special Christmas meals though for the tourists.
Leather items, jackets, hand bags, wallets, wips etc. Apple tea, tea glasses or tea trays. Carpets, generally clothes are quite cheap but just check the quality.
Use your common sense if you have some. Leave a Comment Theme: OtherAddress: By the center of town
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