Shopping in Emilia Romagna in outlets and local street markets

It is easy to do the shopping in Emilia Romagna. There are 80 outlets and factory shops of the most famous brands and more than 320 local street markets scattered over the entire region. This is the best holiday for a wild but cheap shopping if you love fashion trends. Don’t forget to stop off in Riccione, Rimini and Milano Marittima. There are more than 80 outlets and 320 local street markets from Cattolica to Piacenza. These are the shopping megastores with low cost brands.

They sell designer clothes at a discount, samples of the latest collections and lots of accessories. This is a good opportunity to enjoy little vanity pleasures without spending too much money.

At the outskirts of Cattolica there are Gilmar’s factory shops with the collection of Iceberg; the shops of Gruppo Gerani, (a textile factory) and the shops of Max Mara (with an office even in Boretto in Reggio Emilia). On the hills of Riccione Massimo Rebecchi’ shop stands out. Not so far from Rimini, in the direction of San Marino, there is the factory shop of Gruppo GFT/Revedi. In the countryside you can find shop with this fashion brands: Mariella Burani, Gay Mattiolo, Mila Schon e Baldinini.

At New Factory Outlet in San Marino there is a wide range of famous brands like Massimo Rebecchi, Les Copains, Gruppo Marzotto, Gruppo Gerani, Baldinini, Samsonite, Gruppo La Perla, Elena Mirò, and so on.

Famous companies that sell footwear have their own factory shops in the province of Forlì-Cesena: Baldinini in San Mauro Pascoli; Pollini in Gatteo; Sergio Rossi and Vicini in Savignano sul Rubicone.

Gina Lebole, company for Zegna, Botto, Barbera, Piacenza, has got five factory shops ditacted by Modi&Moda in Emilia Romagna: in Cesena, in Savignano sul Rubicone (FC), in Toscanella di Dozza (Bo), in Modena and in Fidenza (Pr). Not so far from Ravenna, there is A.N.G.E.L.O. in Lugo.

Vintage Palace is the Kingdom of vintage style and it even sells clothes designed by Gucci, Pucci, Chanel, Dior, Balenciaga and it fits out a local market in a covered courtyard. In Fusignano you will find Gregory, a discount dialer of leatherwear and other textiles of many brands. If you look for some hosiery and underwear, you will find Cristina Intimo in Granarolo Faentino; for those who love cycling and playing football there is Sportsplanet in Ravenna,a store that sells items of clothing, accessories and sportswear for men and women. This is the place where sporty people prefer go shopping.

In Longastrino, a village in the province of Ferrara, there is a wide factory shop called " Global Store" with clothing and knitwear in cachemire and wool of Andrea Fenzi and Avon Celli’s latest collections.

There is also Castel Guelfo Outlet" 25 km far from Bologna, in an easterly direction. It boasts more than 50 shops with famous fashion,sport,beauty and lifestyle brands with a 50% discount all year round. Always at the outskirts of Bologna, in San Giovanni in Persiceto, there is Freeport where you can buy Ralph Lauren, Husky and Timberland’s designer clothing. In Casalecchio di Reno there is a big stock house called Sotto Sotto that chooses the main fashion brands of clothing and footwear of Camper, Sergio Rossi, Casadei. For those who look for some underwear and bathing costumes of Argentovivo, Julipet, Bacirubati, Allen Cox, Jamas, Amarena, Arte e Sogni e Bugie there is Il Negozio in Bologna.

There are also Pancaldi and Paris Texas Italy. All young people come to do the shopping in this stock because they can find Dolce&Gabbana,Versace,Genny,Byblos,Gay Mattiolo’s designer clothing. In Carpi there is Migor Camiceria di Rocco Barocco e Philo Vance; in Appalto di Soliera, between Modena and Carpi, there is Marchese with the biggest names of G.B. Pedrini and Marchese Coccapani.

TRS Evolution in Cognento sells lots of pairs of jeans and offers a wide range of sportswear with brands likeTrussardi. Ma.Co. Factory Shop in Soragna (Parma) sells tailoring clothes.

Don’t forget to go to the " Fidenza Village outlet shopping" in Fidenza, where you can find more than 50 big names and fashion brands of the italian style. Women’s wear, menswear, children’s wear,sportswear, foowear, fancy goods for your house, accessories, and beauty products are just some of the items that you can find here. Everybody likes doing the shopping in Emilia Romagna because you can have a nice holiday while having fun. You can take your pick on the Riviera of Romagna,from the most innovative multistore to the luxury shops. From Cattolica to Milano Marittima,high-quality shopping is the key word.

Along the coast there are many avenues full of famous shopping centres and arcades. It is just like walking in an European metropolis.Cattolica is the Kingdom of Alberta Ferretti’s family. Here you can having a great time doing the shopping in via Bovio and in via Mancini. If you are in Riccione, you have to spend some hours to the shops in viale Ceccarini and viale Dante. These are two famous roads of fashion where you can go window-shopping. You can buy designer clothing, CDs and books in shopping centres.

Rimini boasts a beautiful old town, where you can go shopping along corso d'Augusto, via Mentana, via Gambalunga, via Garibaldi and piazza Ferrari. In viale Vespucci you can make good deals.

In Bellaria-Igea Marina there is no need to give up the pleasure of going for a walk in Isola dei Platani, a road with its pedestrian precint.

Finally, here we are in Milano Marittima, a little town full of high-level boutiques and luxury shops of young fashion designers.For those who want to buy with no stress having a good time, there are the local street markets scattered over the places of the Riviera.

If you are interested in antiques, handycrafts, clothing, health-food shops or food-and-wine connoisseurship this is the best place for you. For example, you can go shopping along the local street markets twice a week (on Wednesday and on Saturday morning) in Piazza Malatesta and in Piazza Cavour in Rimini. There are more than 450 stalls to suit al tastes.