Souvenirs

Amintiri

Str. Gabroveni 20
10:00-18:00
except:
Fri: 10:00-18:00
Sat: 09:00-14:00
Sun: Closed

Good place if you're stuck for ideas for presents. Plenty of ceramic articles and folk costumes.
 

Athenaeum Shop

Str. Episcopiei 1-3 (inside the Hilton)
Tel: 303 37 77
11:00-20:00

Wide selection of good quality souvenirs to take home, all a little more expensive than elsewhere, but you do get a little more quality thrown in. Our tip would be to go for the official (and rare) Romanian version of Monopoly.
 

Cadouri Artizana

Calea Victoriei 14
10:00-18:00
except:
Fri: 10:00-18:00
Sat: Closed
Sun: Closed

Wooden figures and some other ethnic clobber.
 

Carpet

Str. Selari 24
09:00-18:30
except:
Fri: 09:00-18:30
Sat: 09:00-14:00
Sun: Closed

No carpets when we visited, but plenty of glasses, vases and lamps.
 

Hippie Hippie Shake

Str. Eremia Grigorescu 24
Tel: 210 48 28
10:00-20:00
except:
Fri: 10:00-20:00
Sat: 10:00-18:00
Sun: Closed

Lots of bric-a-brac (mostly new) and ethnic gift ideas. Clothes for grumpy teenagers as well. Open 10:00 - 20:00, Sat 10:00 - 18:00. Closed Sun. Also on Calea Victoriei 122.
 

Lida

Calea Dorobantilor 100
09:00-20:00
except:
Fri: 09:00-20:00
Sat: 09:00-17:00
Sun: Closed

If it's wicker you want, then it's wicker they have. Open 09:00 - 20:00, Sat 09:00 - 17:00. Closed Sun. Also on B-dul Regina Elisabeta 15-19 and in Hanul lui Manuc.
 

Marama

Str. Gabroveni 22
08:00-18:00
except:
Fri: 08:00-18:00
Sat: Closed
Sun: Closed

The same old folk costumes, pottery and traditional dolls that your granny would pretend to like.
 

Obart

B-dul Magheru 20
Tel: 659 75 80
10:00-19:00
except:
Fri: 10:00-19:00
Sat: 10:00-14:00
Sun: Closed

Vases, glassware and contemporary icons.
 

Orient Design

Str. Blãnari 14
10:30-18:30
except:
Fri: 10:30-18:30
Sat: 10:30-14:30
Sun: Closed

Pretty apt for the atmosphere in the old town, this shop has gifts from the east including intricately decorated Iranian boxes, sandalwood boxes from Morocco and those colourful bags young female art students love so much.
 

Romartizana

B-dul Expozitiei 2 (World Trade Centre)
Tel: 224 19 28
10:00-19:00
except:
Fri: 10:00-19:00
Sun: Closed

Good place to buy some traditional souvenirs at slightly exorbitant prices.
 

Sticerom

Str. Selari 9-11
Tel: 315 75 04
Fax: 314 67 65
09:30-18:00
except:
Fri: 09:30-18:00
Sat: 09:30-15:00
Sun: Closed

Glass blowers in the courtyard of Curtea Sticlarilor, a courtyard dating back to 1857. A number of shops sell Gallé type glassware, porcelain, ceramics and chrystal objects.
 

Stirex Lux

Str. Selari 9-11
Tel: 314 05 78
09:30-18:00
except:
Fri: 09:30-18:00
Sat: 09:30-14:00
Sun: Closed

Glasses, vases and lamp shades.
 

Tamara

Calea Dorobantilor 172 (Mario Plaza)
Tel: 231 77 31
10:00-21:00
except:
Fri: 10:00-21:00
Sun: 11:00-18:00

Handmade jewels and accessories.
 

Totem

Piata Unirii 1 (Unirea Shopping Centre)
Tel: 0721 84 83 57
Website
09:00-22:00
except:
Sun: 09:00-15:00

Lovely gift ideas from around the world.
 
 
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