Cagliari has excellent shopping opportunities mainly concentrated in the Marina district, and especially in the arcade Via Roma, where you will find the main department store, La Rinascente. Other malls are Upim in Piazza Della Repubblica and Standa, a few kilometres from the city centre.
If you are shopping for souvenirs, or local handicrafts such as baskets and gold filigree jewellery, there are several shops catering to these needs in the port area. For regional specialities, try the indoor food market of San Benedetto. Sunday is a good day for markets, with the flea markets near St. Remy Bastion and in Piazza Trento. Furthermore, antiquities markets take place on the first Sunday of the month in Piazza del Carmine and in Piazza Carlo Alberto on the second and fourth Sundays of each month. But if bargains on used items don’t appeal to you, try the large market at St Elia Stadium, also on Sundays, where new goods at bargain prices can be found.
