During a trip, in France or abroad, many visitors like to discover local shops and producers. These small stores that showcase everything that makes the area special. Many people like to take the time to stroll through the streets and alleys on vacation and take a few moments to shop, to relax, to learn more about the region or simply to please themselves. Here's how to spot the best stores and everything you can find that makes each trip so unique.
How to find the local shops?
Once you have arrived at the place where you are going to stay, it is important to locate the different places you want to discover. It can be monuments, museums, structures which propose sports activities, beaches, but also local stores! The stores are often the reflection of what we want to put forward in the area, of what we propose and of what the shopkeepers want to make discover to the visitors. When you stay in a big city or near a city, you can spot the shopping area(s) and go for a few moments of shopping in due time. One will then more often linger on a beautiful window or on the name of a store and the logo that some will have carefully put forward. Some stores, in town as well as in more rural areas, will invest in an advertising banner, in a tarpaulin, a flag or a Roll-Up in order to signal their presence and attract the visitor's attention. Another way to show that you are there and that you deserve the detour. These supports are customizable and each store can put what suits it, according to its advertising strategy and what it wishes to put forward. For isolated shops located in the middle of nowhere, the interest is obvious, to show that we exist and that we deserve to stop there. In shopping areas where there are several signs, it allows not to be drowned in the middle of several stores and to take the risk of not being noticed. If the interest is obvious for the signs, there is also an interest for the travelers. Indeed, the latter will more easily locate by the words and the chosen visuals the sectors which interest them.
Stores to go to during a trip
Going shopping when you travel is a good opportunity to better immerse yourself in the local culture. Each region, in France and around the world, has specific products and this is what usually attracts visitors. It is therefore pleasant to take a few moments to stroll through the stores that offer crafts. It's a way to see what's being done locally and to leave with a piece such as a vase, a piece of jewelry, or a piece of clothing that you're unlikely to find in a store near you. Stores are also a great way to get into the local gastronomy. Everywhere, concept stores with a culinary vocation are flourishing and offer the best specialties. Savory products, sweet products, wines, condiments, it's another way to discover the gastronomy, in addition to the time spent in restaurants. And then there are the unavoidable souvenir stores where we like to pass by to bring back something for our loved ones. These places may seem a bit kitsch for some, but a key ring, a mug, a bracelet, an ashtray, a t-shirt, a magnet and even a snow globe are always a pleasure and have a symbolic value, for those who receive it, as well as for the visitor who sometimes just wants to treat himself and keep a concrete souvenir of his trip.
