15 Best Shopping in The French Riviera, France

This tiny shop sells olive oil by the gallon (and other quantities), packaged in containers featuring its famous, old-fashioned, blue-and-yellow labels.

Dutch fashion designer and artist Caroline Dechamby hand-paints the rings and leather purses for sale at the space she shares with Carousel Fine Art. The pop artist also works with Swiss watchmakers for her limited-edition art series—in case you can't squeeze one of the paintings that are also for sale into your suitcase.

Open every day except Christmas, this shop is a good source for candied fruit (a Nice specialty). It's on the west side of the port, near the Marché aux Puces.

Every morning, this picturesque little fish market opens for business in Place aux Herbes, just past the tourist office.

At this shop next to the Bastide de Moustiers, second-generation potter Franck Scherer custom-makes plates for Alain Ducasse's auberges. You can visit the workshop and buy pieces with tiny flaws at a reduced price.

France's third-largest regroupment of antiques collectors forms a triangle from Place Garibaldi to the port (Quai Papacino) and along Rue Catherine Ségruane at the bottom of the château. Shops along Rue Antoine Gautier and Rue Emmanuel Philibert are worth exploring, as is Marché aux Puces de Nice, an emporium with 30 stalls under one roof in Quai Lunel. In addition, Place Garibaldi hosts a morning antiques market on the third Saturday of the month.

Unless you have a very large suitcase, you'll probably do more looking than buying at this intriguing antiques shop that specializes in navigational tools, ship lanterns, and other nautical accoutrements of yesteryear.

This consignment store specializes in gently used clothing and accessories from the likes of Chanel, Prada, Hermès, Vuitton, and Gucci.

Stock up here on local olive oils, local food specialties, and cork crafts.

You have to hand it to the French: they even do secondhand fashion right. Steps away from the Hôtel Negresco, Mademoiselle is a must-stop shop in Nice. Chanel, Dior, Louis Vuitton, Hermès—you name it, the gang's all here, at least in vintage terms. In addition to luxury-brand clothes, there are shoes, bags, and belts—all of it excellently priced and gorgeously displayed by owner Sephora Louis.

The venerable house of Henri Auer has been selling chocolate and candied fruit since 1820.

Come here for the best selection of Provençal olive oils in town. Oliviera is run by the passionate Nadim Beyrouti, who also serves Mediterranean dishes made with the finest local ingredients.

The aorta of the village, connecting with Rue Gambetta and Rue Allard, this square overflows with regional produce and foods, as well as clothing and brocantes (secondhand items), every Tuesday and Saturday morning.

You wear those strappy sandals back home, but are they the real sandales Tropeziennes? Here's your chance to pick up the genuine, handmade article at Rodini, St-Tropez's original cobbler, established in 1927.

For the jet-set pet, Star Dog Boutique has iPawds (a plush toy with FaceBark, DogTube, and Bark Street Journal apps), Doggle sunglasses, and Oh My Dog! cologne to get Fido's tail wagging.