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what souvenirs to buy and not to buy?
everyone who has been in any country on vacation always brings souvenirs to relatives, colleagues or themselves for pleasure) in connection with which the question has arisen: what is it necessary to buy and what should not be bought in any case, since money wasted ? I look at my 30 cm golden sphinx and think - where was my brain when I bought it on the pyramids?)))) please share your successful and not very successful purchases))
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Yes, that's right - figurines, all kinds of"papyri " and other rubbish-discarded money. Such gifts are suitable only for your travel agent, if you want to thank him for the services (there are always a lot of trinkets and pictures of their different countries in the offices of travel agencies, this impresses visitors).
For your loved ones, practical gifts are more suitable, these are those that can be eaten or worn, namely6 exotic tea, honey, oriental sweets, spices (they are especially fragrant in southern countries), T-shirts, neckerchiefs, and the like.
The main thing is that it"went into action ", and not gather dust on the shelf.
Have a nice rest!
For your loved ones, practical gifts are more suitable, these are those that can be eaten or worn, namely6 exotic tea, honey, oriental sweets, spices (they are especially fragrant in southern countries), T-shirts, neckerchiefs, and the like.
The main thing is that it"went into action ", and not gather dust on the shelf.
Have a nice rest!
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answered 11 years ago
Greece is, of course, olives and olive oil, as well as natural cosmetics based on the same olive oil))) (I didn’t take it myself, but many praise it), you can bring interesting tinctures to alcohol lovers (there are both women’s and men’s).
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answered 11 years ago
I agree, it makes no sense to keep trinkets, the maximum is magnets, and everything else should be practical. It is definitely necessary to bring olive oil from Greece, it is very difficult to find olive oil from Greece in the CIS, solid Spain. Sometimes monasteries have their own butter factories, which are usually in cans (I recommend). If you take it in a store, then definitely look at the quality of the oil and why you need it, you need to fry this one oil, add this to the salad is already another. Local cosmetics are of very decent quality, but I would not recommend bringing wine, Greek vein does not tolerate transportation well, but if you really want to, you can take a couple of bottles with you, especially if you took a normal wine in Santorini. But the lining of this wine is the sea, be careful.
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answered 11 years ago
Chureki with various flavors and fillings can be purchased as a sweet souvenir for friends both at the airport and in pastry shops in Greece. An icon brought from Mount Athos will be an especially expensive gift. Buy a bottle of ouzo - the famous vodka with the addition of various aromatic herbs, among which anise is required. Metaxa - a kind of mixture of brandy and wine with the addition of herbal tincture. You can also buy rakia - grape vodka.
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answered 11 years ago
I like honey, soap with olive oil and various natural additives - lavender, chamomile, honey, etc., I brought handmade napkins to my colleagues, vacuum-packed olives with various fillings, Greek-style silver pendants, my husband bought crayfish in bottles of 50 ml., close relatives were brought Metaxa 30 years old. I regret that I did not buy an oil painting on canvas without a frame with Greek landscapes. Oh, there are also cool olive-wood spatula spoons.
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answered 11 years ago
Andrei, turnouts are handing over: in Moscow, Greek olive oil can be bought on the Greek olive website and in a platypus.
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answered 11 years ago
I bought it for souvenirs 2 weeks ago: olive oil in glass (but more practical - in a tin, and at home it’s already poured into glass bottles), honey (it’s very tasty among the Greeks, and despite the fact that my daddy is bjolyar, I bought it, and everyone was happy ), soap with olive oil, hand creams and aftershave with olive oil, candied almonds, marmalade, they have very tasty halva, olives are just super, we don’t have exactly those in Ukraine. I also bought myself and my mother such funny Greek slippers made of sheep's wool, with colorful pompoms. For the winter, class, walking at home, I always get cold feet terribly. Also - in small bottles of kumquat tincture, and jam from it. Everyone was happy and satisfied.
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answered 11 years ago
Many thanks to everyone) if someone else cheats me, can you tell me where it is better to buy all these useful things and goodies and where you definitely shouldn’t do this? because it's expensive or for some other reason...
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answered 11 years ago
Butter, marmalade (3.5-6-8 euros), halvah (2.5-4 euros) - you can easily buy in a dutik in the a / p "Macedonia ". The only thing is that the oil will be more expensive.
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answered 11 years ago
Aegean Airlines has restrictions on carrying oil in suitcases (you need a special wooden container), so if your flight is Aegean, it is better to buy oil in Duty Free.
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answered 11 years ago
I brought cosmetics, and they are also in duty, but it turned out cheaper in a regular pharmacy. Now I suffer that I gave away the moisturizer, I ran out of mine, and it costs us furiously ... I also brought coffee, but this is already my personal tradition. And handmade leather bracelets, I bought in Kos, all my friends liked it, and especially the yoga teacher)
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answered 11 years ago
For some reason, duty at airports is not so cheap. They write correctly, everything that can be packed in luggage is better to buy in stores and pharmacies. For example, Korres cosmetics in pharmacies and Hondos stores can often be found with 2 promotions for the price of 1. But I have never seen such a promotion in the Korres company store at the airport. Once there was a lot of free time, I went to the pharmacy on the lower floor of the airport, there are cheap Korres kits, and went up to their store - they are not there (((
Coffee in small packs packed in luggage passes control without problems. Packs of 0.5 kg are slightly opened by the guards. A friend of mine always asks for canned octopus. In supermarkets approx. 2 euros. And really tasty.
Coffee in small packs packed in luggage passes control without problems. Packs of 0.5 kg are slightly opened by the guards. A friend of mine always asks for canned octopus. In supermarkets approx. 2 euros. And really tasty.
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answered 10 years ago
If for loved ones (who do not mind and make a more expensive gift), then I highly recommend handmade slippers made of goat skin. You just need to find a shop-workshop where they are made on the spot. Because in tourist shops you can run into ordinary Chinese fakes. Good ones cost 20-25 euros for women and 30-38 for men. In them, the legs do not sweat, do not slip. Yes, they have good shoes. Brands Elite, Petridis, Softis, etc.
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answered 10 years ago