Shopping in Italy: the features of buying clothes in Milan
Milan - the main city of the Italian provinceLombardy, for many years gained an unprecedented worldwide fame as one of the most significant fashion cities. And this, of course, is not an accident: many famous Italian designers have created and presented here their exquisite models of clothing and footwear, cosmetics and perfumes.
ATOtherwise, we turn to the main topic of this article andFirst of all we will answer the question: why Milan, like some other Italian cities, is so attractive for tourists coming to it mainly for shopping?
If you drop the answers with the most beautiful sights and the famous football club of Milan, then a number of interesting facts will come to light:
1. Perhaps the most important reason for shopping in Milan - the price of goods, in particular, clothing and footwear. If you compare the prices of clothes in Milan's shops and elite boutiques in Russia, undoubtedly, in the latter things will cost much higher than in the Italian "fashionable capital". And this is only a matter of ordinary days, that is, without a season of sales.
2. Resale! Clothing in this season will cost indecently cheap. High-quality expensive brand products go for half the price.
3. Huge selection of fashionable and stylish clothes. As a rule, in the shops of Milan, the whole collection of this or that designer brand is offered, which is impossible to say with accuracy about Moscow boutiques
. 4. Choosing things in Italy, you can be sure that the seller will not let go of the goods of Chinese or substandard production. In Russia, unfortunately, you can often find the opposite.
5. Large range of new collections of clothing and footwear. Often in Russia, a seller can issue outdated models for new ones, which is already grieving. Buying in Milan, the risk of being deceived is minimal.
Opening hours of Milan's shops
Unlike other Italian cities, in Milanshopping is most convenient because of the lack of strict restrictions on the work of boutiques and shops. On average, shops are open from 9am and work until one o'clock in the afternoon, and then in the afternoon take from 15-16 pm to 8 pm. It is not superfluous to know that in Italy every owner of his own store decides how much to open or close the institution.
Special attention - shopping centers and supermarkets locatedin Milan: Standa, La Rinascente, Upim. In these centers, trade is conducted from morning till evening, without a break for lunch. Supermarkets work even on weekends. If the shop-tourist plans to spend on purchases the whole day, it is recommended to visit the so-called "square of fashion", otherwise called Montenapo. Between the shops of the "square" you can have a good snack in the pizzeria.
Important: on Monday, shops in Italy and in particular inMilan work from 3-4 days. It's time to get a good sleep on Monday after a stormy weekend or ... to go to the outskirts of Milan in the morning to the stores that are located right outside the factories that produce clothes! Here, the tourist has every chance to "run into" good discounts and buy things actually "off the assembly line." Also very popular are outlets - huge building-centers of trade, where they sell last year's collection at low prices.
Sunday shopping in Italy
On a Sunday, a very good idea will beVisit the flea market in Milan. However, in general, the weekend in this beautiful Italian city is not so interesting for shopping, so on Sunday you can safely go to Venice and make purchases of various kinds of goods there.
The language barrier. How to cope while shopping
Do not be afraid to run into a language barrierwhile traveling and shopping things in Italy. Firstly, with minimal knowledge of the English language you can already feel confident. Secondly, Russian-speaking sellers in Milan are often found. Successful shopping for you!
Author: Katerina Sergeenko
