Bodrum Shopping

For all your shopping needs pop to the Oasis shopping and cultural centre on the main Bodrum to Gumbet Road (at the crossroads). There are approximately 200 shops, cafes, restaurants and bars here - there is a marks and spencers and many other well known retailers who have jumped on the trendy Bodrum andwagon.
There is also a cinema. The downside to a complex like this is that it may take business away from the smaller and more traditional traders in the town centre however there are only so many boncuk trinkets you can see before you crave a little retail therapy!!

What to buy: There is limited haggling potential in this part of town as many of these franchises have bigger agendas and overheads to worry about.

I have used a great website that sells all things Turkish and will ship pretty much anywhere. Tulumba.com is based in America but they have Turkish books, music, food, maps,clothing and jewellery available at very reasonable prices. They have a travel service.
There will be a shipping charge but the service is fast and efficient.
I have recently ordered some road maps from them and they arrived within a few days of my order and in good condition.
There is also a linked website that sells from within Turkey.

Downtown shopping can be annoying because you get hassled by agressive salespeople. But at the same time, the customer service is impeccable. You have to bargain. Thats where you will get the best deals. OASIS is a shopping mall in Bodrum that is lovely, but it is normal to high prices. There is a movie theatre there as well.

What to buy: The best things are JEANS - all the top brands that might be fake, but the quality is so good, you'd never tell. For two sweet pairs of jeans (D&G and G-Star) the guy started asking 298 Lira. I ended up only paying 160, (I probably could have got it for 140, but it was to the point where I had asked them to hold them for me and I would be back). In general you can pay 30 euros for Diesel, G-star and Dolce and Gabana jeans...the latest models! Also, if PUMA shoes are your thing, you are in luck!

What to pay: Whatever you can bargain. At Oasis, it is a regular mall though and you will pay the sticker price.

Bodrum is famous with his "sandal shoe makers" but after so many years this shoes becomes so expensive that the visitors of bodrum prefers to buy small souvenirs .

What to buy: small souvenirs especially the typical bodrum houses replicas.You can also buy fake famous brands shirts for nothing .Dont try to wash them ))))

What to pay: not more than 10 USD

First of all since 48 year is open and make hand made shoes , bodrum style and we call SANDALET.
There was a lot of famous people coming to give his size to Mr.Ali Guven , and he did their shoes.
Like Mick Jagger,Bette Middler and Sezen Aksu more & more...

What to buy: Sandalet

What to pay: Depence of you shoe size but dont forget it is hand made and it ie for your own food size.So can be little expencive

What to buy: This product called Capan is widely used by the turkish people. Its used as a freshner for your hands or face, and can even be used as an aftershave, it comes in a bottle or spray and its really cooling on a hot day. Its got a refreshing smell of ripe lemons and i have herd that it keeps the mosquitoes away as well

What to pay: We picked up 2 bottles for 5 pounds at the market on sat

One of the joys of visiting Turkey is the vast array of shopping, you can get almost anything here at a fraction of the price you would pay in most countries. Bodrum has a great shopping area which is located from the bus station all the way down to the marina. This photo was taken in the main shopping area near mc donalds, but it does get very busy here at night

you would like to eat all in the shop:) read this little article about turkish delight "lokum" by Tom Brosnahan : "He marched into his confectioner's kitchen and mixed water, sugar, corn starch, cream of tartar and rosewater, cooked it up, poured the mixture into a flat pan slicked with almond oil, and let it cool. Then he sprinkled it with powdered sugar, cut it into bite-sized chunks and...his hand trembling, his eyes bright with anticipation, his mind fraught with trepidation, his lips quivering to receive the morsel...he bit!

What? No crack of candy crunched by his mighty alpine jaws? No shower of sugary splinters scattering through his oral cavity? Why, this new confection was soft and easy to chew, a pleasure, a treat for both palate and teeth! It was... it was...a comfortable morsel!"

What to buy: turkish delight with lots of different kinds..

What to pay: depends between 10 euros and 30 euros for each pack..