The best fashion and gift stores Veneto

This village of brands pays a subtle tribute to regional architecture. Elegant boutiques are set around plazas adorned with fountains with water jets. Stamped McArthurGlen, this mall is home to more than 150 stores offering discounts of up to 70%. You'll find the big names in fashion like Armani, Furla, Salvatore Ferragamo and Versace. And to eat: chocolates from Venchi, tramezzini from Tramè, ice creams from Lindt, pizzas from Farinella or cuisine from Sutto Osteria.

Moulaye Niang, Senegalese by birth and master glassmaker for 20 years, studied at the Abate Zanetti school in Murano before settling in Castello. He welcomes you near the canals, in his incredible workshop. Here, he tirelessly creates jewelry that reflects the personality of his visitors, blending ethnic styles with the colors and techniques of Murano. You will be charmed by the necklaces and earrings, and, in another register, by the dresses and traditional fabrics of Senegal.

Navigation enthusiasts, this is your home away from home! In this small shop, a stone's throw from the Santa Lucia train station, Cristina Giussani has been sharing her passion for the sea for more than ten years through numerous books, nautical charts and above all, lively discussions. Here you will also find this unique CD with all the songs of the gondoliers. From April to October, the bookstore stretches out on the quay to display its beautiful books and meetings are also organized on this occasion. Cast off...

The Versace boutique in Venice, located at Campo S.Moise' 1462 San Marco 1523, is a must for fashion and clothing enthusiasts. Customers can also discover the eyewear and home textile collections.

Welcome to the store of the inventor of the lightest glasses in the world: 0.9 grams per frame! Invisible glasses, light but nevertheless solid: the dream of the cross-eyed. When you add the weight of the corrective lenses, you reach a maximum of 6 g (except in cases of severe myopia which require larger lenses). It is by making a pair of nose-clip glasses to measure, by hand, that our optician realized this "feather" prototype. Progress is beautiful, all the more beautiful in a city that never stops contemplating its past.

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 pearl artist - a Frenchwoman, Venetian by adoption - who works with Murano glass rods, for which she became passionate as soon as she arrived in the lagoon. In her small workshop she creates unique and rare pearls, almost works of art, which she then assembles into jewellery according to her inspiration. All his creations tell a story. Jewelry for all budgets, you will find here pearls in earrings, necklaces and pendants, or more simply in talismans to wear always with you.

Davide Penso, in his mid-50s, is a native Venetian artist whose work is internationally recognized. He designs fabulous jewelry in Murano, from the workshop where he has been working for just 30 years. These refined accessories, with their pure lines, will seduce you at first sight. Especially since this outstanding craftsman blows the glass right in front of you, sometimes even making a custom necklace for you. We are then really far from the kitsch memories... Here, you will learn a lot about glassmaking know-how.

From glass sculptures to perfect plastic, made by Dino Rosin, a master glassmaker with an admirable know-how who masters all the secrets of the art of glass. His creations are tinted with rainbow shades thanks to the use of chalcedony which adds a touch of originality to all his sculptures. In business since the 1960s, and having taken over from his father Loredano Rosin, Dino intends to pass on the secrets of the craft to his son Diego, with whom he already works. Possibility to visit his workshop on reservation.

Antonia Sautter's window display captures the eye with its swirl of colors. Infinite shades of velvet and silk embroidered with pearls and gold thread seem to come out of a fairy tale. Antonia Sautter creates enchanting costumes, primarily for the famous and prestigious Ballo del Doge held during the city's carnival, but she also designs custom-made wedding dresses and a whole range of accessories (bags, slippers, cushion covers) using exclusively hand-printed fabrics.

Did you know that? Verona is the home of the famous Intimissimi lingerie brand. So it's only natural that the boutique located just across the Arena is the most emblematic of the group. The choice of lingerie is infinite, enough to satisfy all tastes. You will also find t-shirts, pyjamas and pretty tops for men and women, in all colours and sizes. And even though the brand is now present all over the world, it's always nice to bring something back from your home town in your luggage.

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.

Born in Paris, designer Claudia Puschi trained as a fashion designer before arriving in Venice at the age of 20. She began her career as a designer with Erico Covry, DBA and Alberto del Biondi. In her store, opened in 2000 in the former premises of a butcher's shop, her knowledge of shapes and materials leads her to unearth unusual and refined objects. Jewelry, lighting, accessories and bags signed by international stylists and designers. All of them display pure and chic lines, and the desire to seduce a large clientele.