Gift ideas Italy

Here's a store that smells good, and for once there's nothing here to eat! This exceptional perfumer offers refined essences, "les gouttes de Byron", inspired by the scents of the local maquis. Seven elegant bottles are on offer: Saladero, with notes of melon, Tramonti with citrus and jasmine, Guvano with fig, Volastra, very feminine, with white flowers, Punta Mesco with oak and black pepper, Portovenere with bergamot and Vernazza with mandarin. Good quality, long-lasting essences.

Right in the heart of Trastevere, Elvis Lives is a tiny boutique where Romans and tourists alike have been flocking for the past few years. In fact, it's not uncommon to have to wait a little outside before entering, especially during the festive season. The recipe for success? T-shirts, mugs, socks, fabric bags and stationery featuring celebrities, recipes and proverbs in Italian and Roman. Daje! It's the ideal place to treat yourself to an original souvenir that you won't find anywhere else.

A shop not to be missed for lovers of typical and beautiful souvenirs. Both Paola and Alexandra, her colleague, are passionate about antiques. They will find the object you are looking for in no time. Antique books, Neapolitan crib figures, Amalfi papers, paintings, notebooks and above all the house specialty: old 18th and 19th century prints of landscapes or maps of Italy. Just a stone's throw from the ancient arsenals of the Republic of Amalfi, a good address for a gift that stands out from the crowd.

Here you are faced with one of the last gondolas builders of the lagoon: Roberto Tramontin holds his know-how of his father, who keeps him from the previous generation. An art that requires very precise rules and techniques. You can admire all this as a group visit, but if you are alone, try to see the squero (kind of gondolas garage) from the small nearby bridge. Notice to amateurs, the gondolas are to sell about 35 000 € one!

Between Campo Sant'Angelo and Campo Santo Stefano, this boutique is one of the best known in Venice for ceramic objects.

A world of shapes and colors, where the functional and the playful come together in a joyful, uninhibited design that's perfect for brightening up your home and adding a touch of whimsy. Open since 2007, Pink Martini is a great place to take home a souvenir of Italian design at a low price, whether it's a coat rack in the shape of a tree, a mirror in the shape of a Vespa, a teacup with literary and cinematographic references, or a wallpaper that's both original and elegant.

A beautiful shop that offers the most beautiful local handicrafts, including puncetto, a lace composed of a series of knots made of cotton thread, made with a single needle to form a geometric pattern, to create placemats, handkerchiefs, curtains and decorations for liturgical vestments. The oldest text referring to this feminine craft dates back to the 17th century. You will also find the scapin, the traditional Valsesia slipper, and carved wooden objects and soapstone tools.

For almost 15 years, Silvia, this young woman brimming with creativity, has been producing artistic glazed stoneware ceramics for cooking and tableware. Beautiful productions to which are also added blown glass jewellery with geometric patterns. From stoneware tableware for the kitchen to decorative boxes and vases and jewellery, here is something to take home with you. Her blown glass earrings and necklaces in all colours are as colourful as those from Murano.

The brand's awning, which has been famous for its paper production since 1264, focuses all its added value on the incredible quality of the materials, which are also 100% environmentally friendly. The choice is difficult between drawing sheets with ultra-resistant paper, colourful notebooks, kits, erasers, writing papers and briefcases. More original are also birthday books, accordion business card holders, origami sets and rulers made by hand from nine different types of wood.

Historic shop opened in 1881, now located in the Brera district. Here you will find precious stationery items made by hand, in leather, leather or covered with beautiful papers. Also a unique selection of period world maps (from 300 €) and antique prints. All Milan is printed here with business cards and invitations, but you can also find leather-bound photo albums, diaries, travel books, recipe books, greeting cards...

In the lively Cannaregio area, this sleek concept store with pop and colorful objects may be the opportunity to bring back an original gift, far from the products bought on the street and often fallen off the truck... The black and white store is run by young entrepreneurs and designers from all over the country. You will see a range of Made in Italy souvenirs that address as a subtle nod to Venice. These range from notebooksto printed clothing, plush toys, unusual mugs and artistic photo frames.

The colorful window of Ca'del Sol attracts and fascinates passers-by. This traditional workshop, one of the most beautiful in Venice, makes beautiful masks of all shapes and sizes, in the purest Venetian tradition (from 2 to 1,000 €). Very often you will see the artist at work painting the mane of a lion or the wings of a butterfly lost and almost invisible in the middle of his creations. From floor to ceiling, masks cover the walls; have fun finding the ones that are made for you!

This charming workshop is a must for lovers of prints and typography. The enthusiast Carmine Cervone owns a late 19th century Linotype, which you can admire in operation. Ideal for an original and unique souvenir or, if you have a few days in front of you, to ask her to make your business cards! Located on the Strada dell'Anticaglia which, in ancient times, was the upper decumanus and one of the three main arteries of Neapolis.

Artistic and interwoven geometries for high quality linen. Chiarastella Cattana, a Milanese woman who has settled in Venice, skilfully reinterprets the Venetian textile tradition in contemporary forms and designs. The result is a success, whether you need to decorate your Venetian apartment or simply bring back a stylish souvenir. Placemats, tablecloths, napkins, cushions and bedspreads in this sophisticated boutique in the heart of San Samuele's designer and antique district.

Beautiful blown glass vases, the work of a 100% Venetian artist and lover of the lagoon. After working for the great glassmaker Venini in his youth, he started his own production in 1998; his works are now exhibited in museums and galleries in Europe and the United States. The elegant and contemporary lines of his pieces combine traditional Venetian craftsmanship and know-how with modernity and avant-garde design. Lots of style. Stop by his impressive showroom behind the Gallerie dell'Accademia.

In Piazza dei Signori, in front of the Palladian Basilica, a sumptuous store where fabrics of all kinds and colors dress the shelves and various displays with a grandiose brilliance and a meticulous order. At Manpreso, we specialize above all in artisanal know-how, in handmade sewing, in the making of custom-made outfits for women and men. The other activity of this family business is the marketing of a range of select leather goods.