3 Best Shopping in Crete, Greece

This enticing store just off the harbor sells the work of contemporary jewelers and other craftspeople from Crete and throughout Greece, as well as the work of owner Carmela Iatropoulou and her artist husband.

An appealing array of beads, quartz and silver jewelry, woven tablecloths and scarves, carved bowls, and other handicrafts fills Chez Sonia.

Many of these antique blankets and rugs were made for dowries from homespun wool and natural dyes and they make beautiful souvenirs.