Subtleties of shopping in Rimini: we plan a shopping tour
Rimini Italians call the "Russian" resort in Italy. It is there that a chance to meet Russian tourists on the street is 99%. Tourists choose Rimini for good beaches, sea and the opportunity to make an inexpensive shopping. Rimini is located next to San Marino, so we will talk about shopping, referring to these two cities.
Worth or not to go for shopping in Rimini
Who should go to Rimini for shopping:
- Those who are looking for cheap things from the Italian mass market segment
- For those who are not very important fashion trends
- For those who want to buy in bulk many things at the most favorable cost
- Those who want to buy a full wardrobe for 500 euros
- Those who want to buy an inexpensive coat (within 700-1500 euros)
- Those who want to buy high-quality Italian footwear of the middle and higher-middle segments
Wholesale purchases of clothes, shoes and accessories. • It is profitable for us!
In a free day you can visit the best shopping centers in Italy to buy things for yourself and your loved ones.
We know the best places! .
Who should not go to Rimini for shopping:
- Those who are interested in fashion and things from the latest fashion collections
- For those who are interested in luxury designer things
- Those who wear the most-most luxury brands (Dior, Prada, Gucci)
- Those who want to buy a very fashionable designer coat
- Those who are used to walking on luxury boutiques and expensive shops.
Do not take risks: this region is great for those who want economy shopping, so if you're used to wearing Armani and Prada, choose Milan.
The best time to travel to Rimini is
- Year-round: buying new collections in boutiques, buying things in outletlets with discounts of 30-70%, buying things at wholesale prices.
- The period of sales in Italy (January-February, July-August): there are additional discounts of 30-50%.
How much money to take with you for purchases?
If you go shopping outside of seasonal sales (prices correspond to autumn 2010):
- To buy a full wardrobe will be enough about 2-3 thousand EUR.
- Shoes in outletlets are on average worth: leather shoes from 45 EUR, shoes - about 60 EUR.
- Bags from 30 EUR.
- Fur coats from 600-700 EUR.
- Good underwear (La Perla, Armani) from 20 EUR.
Also, keep in mind that at the border you will receive a tax of about 12% from your purchases. During seasonal sales, your shopping costs will be reduced by 30-50%.
The shopping program in Rimini: we plan the days
Arriving for shopping in Rimini, it is better to allocate 3 full days shopping trips. Day 1: visiting outlets in the suburbs of Rimini and San Marino. Day 2: visit to the wholesale center of Italian inexpensive brands, shoe rations in Rimini and fur factories. Day 3: Visit to shoe factories in the Marche region.
1 day: outlet in Rimini
Outlets are shopping centers where the things of past designer collections are presented with discounts of 30-70%.
In Rimini, the outlets are usually large shopping areas, where items of various brands are represented. Among Russian, the outlet in San Marino is very popular. In the suburbs and in San Marino there are about 8-10 different outlets with clothes, leather, fur coats. However, they have very few shoes and accessories. Therefore, for shoes it is worth to go to stores from factories.
Day 2: wholesale centers, shoe shops and fur factories
The wholesale clothing and footwear center in Rimini (Gross Rimini) is one of the most popular places where the owners of stores from Russia purchase their assortment. There are some of the cheapest things in Italy. It consists of various lines of showrooms and shops. In each small shop there are things of different brands. If you set a goal to visit everywhere, you can spend at least 2 days.
After visiting Rimini, you should definitely go to shoe stores (shops from factories) in the suburbs, where you can find shoes Baldinini, Vicini, Pollini, Sergio Rossi at prices from the factory. There you can see shoes for both women and men of various sizes and designs. The last and new collection. The prices are really nice. Boots Sergio Rossi, which Moscow store will cost at least 13 thousand rubles, there you can buy only 4, 5 thousand rubles.
The most famous fur factories in this region are UniFur and Braschi. Fur coats are very stylish, made of good fur.
Factory prices:
- from 1000 EUR for a short coat and fur cap
- 1500-2500 EUR for a knee-length coat
- 2500-4000 EUR for a long coat.
Day 3: shoe factories in the Marke region
In the Marche region are almost all shoe factories in Italy, who sew real Italian shoes. The road to the factories by car from Rimini will take 1, 5 hours, from Ancona - 1 hour.
Here you can find well-known Russian brands Loriblu, Marino, Fabiani, Tods, and also less known in the Russian market - Gian, Ros, Ikam, Italia, Zintla. The quality of the shoes in the patches is excellent: Italian leather and beautiful design.
The price at the factory differs from the price in Italian boutiques by about 2 times, and in Russia footwear costs 3-4 times more expensive (for example: shoes at the factory - 50 EUR, in the boutique in the city - 100 EUR, in Russia in the store - 200 euros ). Shoes of Italian brands of the middle segment can be bought for 45-50 EUR, boots about 60 EUR, boots about 85-150 EUR.
If you own a shoe size that is used for samples (37 size for women and 41 for men), then in almost all the patches you can always buy these samples with discounts up to 70-80%.
© Ekaterina Kulakova
According to the agency Style Hunters - shopping with a stylist in Italy.
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