What are the best & most unique souvenir items you can get in Rome, Florence & Venice, Italy?

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Answer 1

There are very many good souvenirs in Rome.  But my friends have always gotten a kick out of all of the Pope souvenirs.

Answer 2

In Florence you can buy hand made toilettries in the Santa Maria Novella area. You could also take some unique food items back as souvenirs. There are also many shops that sell good quality art prints.

In Rome, if you have a friend or family member who is religious you can buy beautiful rosary beads from the Vatican museums.

In Venice you can buy wonderful stationary items but beware they are quite expensive.

Answer 3

Personal opinion...chicken pitchers.  Each region has their own design and colors they paint the pitchers.  There is a story behind them, ask someone there, its very interesting!!!!

Answer 4

Florence, as a centre for high fashion and quality antiques, is quiet expensive but hard to beat. Florence specialty are leather goods and shoes, and for a food lovers wide variety of wines, olive oils and preserves.

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Answer 5

they have the giant wooden pinochio's, at the markets you can buy cheap leather, and Italy is also known for it's hand blown glass.. You will love it there, but if you are going in winter, be prepared for the cold..cuz it gets really cold and wet during the winter. I went in November one year, and I froze my *** off.

Answer 6

In Rome, there were a lot of vendors selling small replicas of famous sites (Coliseum etc.).  In Florence, the most unique souvenir was a postcard with pictures of different statues p***s (in honor of Michelangelo's David) also there were a lot of Pinocchio's.  In Venice, there was a lot of expensive glass and masks.

While in Rome, go to the Vatican and anything you buy in the Vatican store will be blessed by the Pope and you will get a book mark to that effect.

Answer 7

wine bottles, figurines, ceframics, jewelery, murano glass , clothing(suits and style dresses), etc. the list goes on.

Answer 8

rome -- art work from a street vendor or a scarf made by hand. IMO anything that is native to the country or hand crafted by someone in the country is priceless.  what i get for myself is a picture frame. in rome i found one of blown glass that a gentleman was making in his shop.  in poland i found one carved of native wood.

Answer 9

I've been to rome twice, and while i'm not much of a souvenir collector, we did bring home some original artwork of the beautiful buildings in rome.  Not expensive, you'll find people all over selling original water colors.  Come home, frame them and have them forever to remind you of the time you spent there, or just give them as gifts...Enjoy! Italy is amazing