9 Best Places to Shop in Syntagma, Athens

Attica City Link

Syntagma Fodor's choice
At Attica you'll find everything and anything you need from top designer brands (mainly foreign but also some Greek). From cosmetics to clothes and accessories, you can pop by for a look or hours of shopping therapy.

Diplous Pelekys

Syntagma Fodor's choice

A large variety of handwoven articles, genuine folk art, ceramics from all over Greece, and traditional and modern jewelry all on show here make excellent, and affordable, gifts. The cozy and tasteful shop is run by third-generation weavers and is the oldest folk-art shop in Athens (established 1925).

Lalaounis

Syntagma Fodor's choice

This world-famous Greek jewelry house experiments with its designs, taking ideas from nature, biology, African art, and ancient Greek pieces—the last are sometimes so close to the original that they're mistaken for museum artifacts. The pieces are mainly in gold, some in silver—look out for the decorative objects inspired by ancient Greek housewares.

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Anamesa Concept Store

Syntagma
You'll first hear the music coming from down the stairs, where the store is quirkily located. The originality and surprise of its location is expanded upon entering and observing the designer items, including clothes and accessories for men, women, and children created by Greek and foreign new fashion visionaries. Simple home decor items, cosmetics, hair accessories, and jewelry are also sold here, always obeying the store's minimal, modern, and "funky" styleguide. And there's coffee "with a twist," too.

Fresh Line

Syntagma

Among the solid shampoo cakes, body oils, lotions, and face masks sold here are a tremendous number of organic Greek-made soaps, most sliced from big blocks or wheels, which you pay for by weight. Try the watermelon soap, shimmering fizzing ball, and the soothing body soufflé.

Ippolito

Syntagma
Luxurious bags, handcrafted in Athens using Italian leather, are sold here in addition to elegant straw and linen backpacks (with men's designs thrown into the mix) and even a back-friendly maternity range. Prices are as high as the quality.

Mastiha Shop

Syntagma

Medical research lauding the healing properties of gum mastic, a resin from trees found only on the Greek island of Chios, has spawned a range of exciting wellness products, from chewing gum and cookies to liqueurs and cosmetics. The chain was originally founded by the Chios Mastiha Growers Association.

Panepistimiou 6, Athens, Attica, 10671, Greece
210-363–2750

Roussos Antiques

Syntagma
Here you will find a wide array of carefully selected Greek, European, and Asian antiques ranging from as far as ancient Greece to the Byzantium to the 18th and 19th centuries. Artworks, jewelry, statuettes, antiquities, Greek Orthodox religious icons, and home decor objects are among the store's tasteful selection. The store has existed since 1920.

Tanagrea

Syntagma

Hand-painted ceramic pomegranates—a symbol of fertility and good fortune—are one of the most popular of the multitude of Greek decor items in one of the city's oldest gift shops.