Something funny to do when you are in Italy is surely shopping.
I think, when you are travelling around, visiting sites and monuments, it can be a relaxing break to dedicate half a day (or more, depending on the length of your stay and on your budget…) to shopping.
Italy has a good reputation around the world regarding fashion, style and trends and it’s worth a look around, maybe just for the pleasure to bring home a souvenir.
In my hometown Verona there is a lot of choice for shopping, but this is also in any other Italian city or touristic place.
In the old city center there are plenty of shops and boutiques, famous brands, but also non-branded shops with good quality Italian products at affordable prices. The nice thing about shopping in Verona is that it’s not such a big city, so if you walk around during an afternoon you can see so many different shops and products!
I’m not talking only about clothes, shoes and leather goods, but also antiques, design tableware and home accessories, sunglasses (a real must for any Italian, as you will notice…), food specialties, wine, books… The list can be very long, but I really suggest to make a big walk and just to be curious!
In the surroundings it’s easier to find shopping malls, which can be easy if you don’t have much time, but on the other hand there is less originality, as the products offered are usually internationally distributed chains or brands.
Another suggestion is to have a relaxing shopping day around Lake Garda. Being our beautiful lake a nice touristic place, there is a lot of choice of trendy and fancy shops in every village, like Lazise, Garda, Sirmione, Desenzano and so on.
If your travel partner is not really keen about shopping around with you and helping carrying bags, no problem. He can sit on a nice terrace and drink a cappuccino or taste one of our regional wines in total relax! What else to desire from a holiday in Italy?