The eternal city is an ideal place for any shopping - whether it's buying a brand-name outfit from the latest collection, buying authentic Italian products or trivial details like magnets, souvenir figurines and trinkets. In this article, we'll talk about the fact that tourists and guests of the city are often brought from Rome as souvenirs.
Souvenirs from Rome - what to bring?
In Rome, you want to buy everything and everywhere. Of course, if you are not an Arab sheik or multimillionaire, you will have to think in advance about what and whom you want to buy.
The world leader among souvenirs - magnets and trinkets. Of course, with the name of the city or the image of Roman sights. The main advantage and reason for the crazy popularity of such souvenirs is a ridiculous price.
Almost all tourists take souvenirs from Rome on religious themes - icons, holy water, candles, lamps, fragrant church oils and incense, church calendars.
Among food products, olive oil, various types of pasta, sausages and meat products, sweets (chocolate with additives, cookies), dried tomatoes, balsamic vinegar, parmesan and wine are the most popular.
Italy is also famous for high-quality leather and fur products, so the original handbag, coat or boots is an excellent purchase in Rome.
What unusual souvenirs to bring from Rome
If banal trinkets are uninteresting to you, try to find a real Murano glass. It is produced in Venice, but in Rome you can find excellent examples of products from a unique material - beads, dishes, pendants. The main thing is to be careful and beware of imitations. By the way, this applies to any purchases - merchants-scammers in Italy on every corner.
A valuable gift from Italy are also Buran lace, silk scarves and blouses, sunglasses, organic cosmetics.
As you can see, the choice of what you can bring from Rome is quite wide. In your decision, you just have to follow your own taste and the amount that you plan to spend on "souvenir shopping".
Roman porcelain, authentic ceramics and products from Italian marble are also suitable as a souvenir for connoisseurs of Italian culture.
The main thing is to remember - do not rush with purchases. Take a walk in the markets and shops, carefully review the range and compare prices and only then decide what exactly and where you want to buy.
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