There are endless possibilities for food, fashion, jewellery, footwear shopping in Puglia.
All the local towns are best explored on foot to find the local shopping gems which are are tucked away down narrow streets - most close in the afternoon, opening again around four in the afternoon.
MARKETS - for fresh produce visit the local markets which can be found in local towns:
Monday - St Vito dei Normanni / Leece / Cisternino
Tuesday - Monopoli
Wednesday - Mesagne / Martina Franca
Thursday - Brindisi / Alberobello
Friday - Latina / Locorotondo
Saturday - Ostuni / Castellana Grotte
SUPERMARKETS:
St Vito Dei Normanni - GS Supermarket on the Carovigno Road, good local supermarket - open until 8pm Monday to Saturday.
Messagne - Auchan Hypermarket & Shopping Mall
Brindisi - Carrefour Hypermarket & Shopping Mall (on Taranto Road out of Brindisi)
Everything you need will be found at the Hypermarkets and this is where we do our regular shops with top up shopping at the GS or the smaller shops in the local towns.
Spechiolla - The Village shops are handy for fresh bread and quick shops and are within easy reach.
SPORTS EQUIPMENT - You will find a Decathlon store which caters for most sports on the Taranto road out of Brindisi.
MOLFETTA SHOPPING MALL - for serious retail therapy, visit the Molfetta Shopping Mall which is just over an hours drive - past Bari on the SS16. An American style shopping mall featuring a range of Italian stores.
