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Under the arcades of the central Via Browning, here is the workshop of Francesco Razzetti or Fraz (a contraction of his first name and surname), an interesting craftsman who makes hand-sculpted and painted ceramics. If the large coloured vases will be a little difficult to transport, the curious little painted eggs or chickens will make nice souvenirs to bring back in your luggage. Go and have a look, just to appreciate the know-how of the house, but be careful, the workshop is only open in the afternoon.

Since 1976, every second Sunday of the month, an antique and second-hand market has been held on the main streets of the city. Furniture, trinkets, prints, books, a few vintage pieces and objects of all kinds are on display along the streets of the historic centre. Some of them are very beautiful pieces. But it is especially for the atmosphere that we will decide to go there, because we will meet the villagers, the landowners of the surroundings, the priest and the mayor...

A beautiful shop in the city centre where you can find useful and well thought-out souvenirs of Como. Ceramics, t-shirts, key rings, placemats, bookmarks, cloth bags, pretty silks and tableware decorated with the light and elegant lines of a young designer and her all-female team, who use the symbols of the lake in each of her designs. From the baby bib to the coffee cup, one is quickly seduced by a sober and delicate imagination. The ideal address to bring back nice gifts or holiday souvenirs.

Set up along via dei Fiori Chiari, here is a funny, original shop, a sort of landmark for collectors and enthusiasts, a shop where you can go even if you don't want to buy anything. Crowded with antique objects of all kinds, you can find old rubber pinocchios, English crockery, large enamelled advertising plaques, curious lamps, rustic furniture... A real cabinet of curiosities where it is good to browse between one object and another and end up with an old Vespa sign.

It takes place in a maze of alleys, this pretty neighbourhood market that draws a whole path through the lives of Fiori Chiari, Madonnina, Brera and Formentini. Small antique dealers, antique dealers and restorers follow one another here, offering objects as chic as the area where they are sold: porcelain, glassware with worked profiles, paintings, prints, antique canes, silverware and tea sets, some jewellery and even watches. It is not uncommon to also see street artists painting on canvas.

Undoubtedly the sunniest shop on the street: glasses, cups, dishes and lamps made of blown glass, gilded and worthy of a king's table. The first room, whose glittering window catches the eye of passers-by in the street, displays a multitude of coloured glasses. The fineness of their contours and the beauty of their lines make them suitable for all shapes and occasions. In the back shop, a few vintage pieces. Go there at Christmas time to find fairy-tale Christmas tree balls

Marco Segantin is an artist, even more, a magician, able to transform every flower and plant into a work of art for weddings, events and to decorate the interiors of the most beautiful castles, palaces, hotels and restaurants. Its Turin shop, overlooking the courtyard of a mansion in Piazza Castello, is in itself a sort of secret garden. In addition to its extraordinary floral compositions of all sizes and shapes, home fragrances and eaux de toilette are equally refined.

At the corner of the elegant Corso Venezia, here is the store of Fornasetti, a Milanese company of international renown, famous for the design and decoration of rather luxurious furnishing objects. Founded by designer Piero Fornasetti in the 1950s, the house is best known for its intriguingly feminine plates. Among the many objects on offer are the Notte Fornasettiana panels in printed and hand-lacquered wood, the Combacio Malachite sofa in jacquard fabric and the Palladiana chest of drawers in printed and lacquered wood.

The Galerie Umberto I, one of Turin's three ancient shopping arcades, built on a former hospital and inaugurated in 1890, links the city center with the Roman Quadrilateral. It is home to a number of attractive shops, including this gallery, which is packed with design objects, many of which revolve around the capital of Piedmont or the region. It's the ideal place to treat yourself to something original, trendy and, at the same time, a souvenir of your stay here. And of course, it's the perfect place to bring home quality gifts made in Italy.