Gift ideas Italie - Alpes italiennes et Dolomites

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...

A historic stationer's shop open since 1909, as few are left today. A vintage setting from the delightful wood-panelled front door onwards, and an entire perimeter of display cases featuring notebooks, binders, notebooks, photo albums, pens and gifts of all kinds. Little girls love the large selection of shiny stickers. At the back of the store, you can still see the printer making bound books in traditional Florentine paper (made from small French lilies) in a variety of colors.

A fairy tale stationery shop that has been making boxes, photo albums, greeting cards and other items that will enchant young and old alike for thirty years. The printed papers are English, German and Dutch but the know-how is undoubtedly Italian. Donata and her daughter Gaia run the shop, always with a smile and good humour. We love their beautiful multicoloured boxes, which you can choose the paper you want to use to cover them, and also the notebooks and photo frames.

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.