What to buy in Naples: typical souvenirs and italian brand

Naples offers an exceptional shopping experience for all tastes and all budgets, offering not only luxury shops of the great stylists and craftsmen known all around the world but also small workshops where you can buy typical souvenirs and italian brands. There is so much choice you may not know how to decide your shopping tour’s stops: you can choose to start with luxury shops in Via dei Mille, Via Chiaia, Via Poerio and Via Calabritto, and from cheaper shopping streets such as Via Roma and Corso Umberto. With Amalfi Luxury Tour you won't have to worry about getting around to choose the right places for your shopping, as we'll take you where you want when you want. We will show you here some articles that you will hardly find outside Naples.

What to buy in Naples: cribs

What to buy in Naples, if not from its most famous symbol? In San Gregorio Armeno, the only road in the world dedicated all year round to Christmas and the crib, to be visited strictly on foot, you will be able to see the skilled artisans at work in creating nativity scenes, shepherds and figurines of all shapes and sizes, to shop as gifts or to collect to have a unique and indelible memory of Naples.

What to buy in Naples: Marinella ties

In the historic boutique based in Riviera di Chiaia you can buy the “E.Marinella” tailored ties made in the workshop near the boutique where each piece is handmade, transforming the English fabrics into a small work of art, thanks to the expert seamstresses who take care of each detail. These ties were chosen not only by all the presidents of the Italian Republic (from De Nicola to Mattarella), but also by the Presidents of the White House such as Bill Clinton, the Kennedy family, the French presidents Mitterand, Chirac and Sarkozy, by personalities such as Aristotle Onassis and Gianni Agnelli, ambassadors, royalty members such as Charles of Bourbon, Albert of Monaco and Charles, Prince of Wales, as well as by directors, VIPs and politicians from various parts of the world.

What to buy in Naples: Gay Odin

This ancient chocolate shop was born at the end of the nineteenth century in Via Chiaia. Today Gay Odin has 9 stores in Naples thanks to the excellent quality ingredients and the experimentation of new tastes and ever-changing shapes, such as walnut-shaped chocolate, mussel or diamond. Typical production of Gay Odin is the “forest” chocolate: very thin logs of different pieces of milk chocolate, joined together a like a tree branch. Delicious not only to eat, but also to give as a tasty gift.

What to buy in Naples: Mario Valentino.

Did you know that the stiletto heel was born in Naples? In 1952, in Via Fontanelle, the famous leather manufacturer Mario Valentino created the stiletto heel, the traditional women's moccasin and the beautiful coral sandal, currently exhibited at the Bally Shoe Museum in Zurich. From this starting point, Mario Valentino goes into clothing, with creations worn among others by Naomi Campbell, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Liz Taylor, Maria Callas, Marcello Mastroianni, Stefania Sandrelli and many others. It also has a luxurious store in via Calabritto.

What to buy in Naples: Napolimania

What to buy in Naples if you want a nice and fun memory? The Napolimania chain of stores, present in the city (where in the name indicates precisely the craze for the world of Neapolitans) will allow you to have the perfect souvenir from the various Pulcinella and the Vesuvius models with the gulf, passing through caps, t-shirts, clocks, plates, posters and much more, all adapted or tailored according to the philosophy of Naples, with a nice writing, strictly in Neapolitan and Italian or Neapolitan and English.

What to buy in Naples: Talarico umbrellas

Talarico is an historic craft shop in business since 1860, with only two stores in the central Via Toledo, where you can buy sticks, shoehorns and handcrafted umbrellas for any price range and taste. Among the historical buyers of the Talarico products there have been the Kings of Italy, and among the current ones we remember the Pope, the President of the Italian Republic, Carlo di Borbone, Vips and politicians from various parts of the world. So what to buy in Naples if not a unique piece of craftsmanship?

What to buy in Naples: Borgo Orefici

For lovers of goldsmith, jewelery and silverware products, Borgo Orefici is a must: it is located between Corso Umberto and Via Marina, in the historic Pendino district, home since the mid-fourteenth century for the goldsmith shops on recognition of Queen Joanna I of Anjou. The world-famous Neapolitan goldsmith school was born there and it’s still there for you to buy some precious gifts for yourself or your friends.

What to buy in Naples: Tramontano Borse

What to buy in Naples if you love leather goods? The Tramontano stores, in business since 1865, are currently present in Via Antiniana, Via Chiaia and Via Scarlatti; they testify an important artisanal leather tradition: over 600 unique pieces, including bags, wallets, suitcases and glasses. Among Tramontano's long-standing clients, we recall Woody Allen (who had the leather sheath created for his clarinet), Hillary Clinton (who created the iconic bag with the Metal Handles), Lou Reed (who is here supplied bands for guitars), Marcello Mastroianni (who bought his suitcase here 48 hours).