If you are traveling to Italy for expensive clothes famous brand, it should look in the center of the city (in what ever you are), in mnogichislennyh boutiques. In Oime such stores are located on the Piazza di Spagna and not far from it, in Milan there is a kind of "fashion triangle" sides of the streets of Via Montenapoleone, Via Andrea, Via Gesu, Via Borgospesso and Via della Spiga. Here shops adjoin the most famous Italian designer.
But in Italy you can not buy designer clothes alone. There are many other uses for a good shopping experience. For example, in the season of sales is quite possible to stock up on different clothes, exquisite lingerie, fashion accessories, footwear excellent at prices much lower than the Russian. Overstock traditionally arranged winter - from January 7 to March 1, and summer - from 10 July to 31 August.
Good acquisition can be crystal or antiques, you should pay attention to household items and gold jewelry, and furniture. Unable to resist the temptation to buy real cheese "Parmesan" and Parma ham, and delicious olive oil, quality Italian wines, grappa.
All shops in Italy are usually open from 8 am (rarely 9) and up to 7 or 7.30 pm. Time - from 13 to 15 hours. Sunday and Monday morning - rest, everything is closed, except for the big shopping centers. Small shops may close on Saturday afternoon. In Italy there over the holidays (2nd and 3rd week of August), when not working, no stores and outlets at the garment factories. Shopping is also impossible to do during national and state holidays.
The shops in Italy can pay for things in cash, credit or ATM cards. Tourists from countries outside the EU are entitled to Tax-free, which is VAT minus an administrative tax, that is 14, 5% of the purchase price. Money is paid at the border when leaving the country, on the presentation of the check, passport and purchase unopened.