The Golden Triangle in the city center is the best place to shop in Paphos.
The first stop on the shopping trail is the popular local stores of Freedom and Orphanides. The cozy boutiques located on the main streets offer handmade souvenirs, clothing, leather goods, and home appliances.
Second, pay attention to the resort area stores lining Lidas Street. A shopping tour of Paphos includes the Pink Woman gallery, which has a huge range of youthful items, and the Paphos Aquarium shopping center on Artemidos, which offers informal paraphernalia and street-style clothing.
Outlets Mark&Spencer, Max Mara, Louis Vuitton, Fabula Boutique, Zara, Calzedonia, where you can buy products at discounts of up to 80% off, and Italian chain Ovs are also attractions in this area of Paphos. The sale seasons in Cyprus are in August and February.
The largest shopping centers in Paphos are CityShop and Kings Avenue Mall. Debenhams is an alternative to the outlet malls near Paphos, offering Guess, Mexx, and Calvin Klein for a third of the price.
The Paphos Covered Market is the souvenir Mecca of the resort area. Here you can buy dried starfish, seashells, table and bed linens, leather and jewelry, including diamonds, wall panels, and alabaster figurines of Aphrodite for 2 EUR or less.
The Cypriot goods worth buying include hand-woven lace, woven curtains and tablecloths, silk, wicker baskets, leather goods, and silver. For example, silver spoons and forks are a symbol of Cypriot hospitality. Local wines and brandies are also a great buy.
Aromatic pastries (cakes - from 10 EUR, baklava - from 1.5 EUR), cases of drinking water (from 0.19 EUR for 0.5 liters), famous wine St. John Commandaria (from 11 EUR from the producer KEO), beer LEON (from 1.5 EUR for 0.63 liters), and many other products tourists and locals prefer to buy in budget supermarkets Papantoniou, Carrefour in Kings Avenue Mall. There's a huge selection of goods and constant 1+1 promotions.
The stores and shopping centers of Paphos are open daily from 8:00 to 19:00-20:00, except Sundays. The midday siesta usually lasts from 13:00 to 16:00, and during the 'low' tourist season (October to April), most outlets are finished by 17:00.
Prices are fixed, and haggling is not common even in open markets. The only exceptions are small fur stores, where you can get up to 15% off the initial price.
