Where to Shop in Cesky Krumlov

There are  two forms of shopping when having a self-catering holiday in the Czech  Republic - for food and essentials and for gifts etc. to take home.

Let us get the boring bit out of the way first, before going on to the gift buying. The easiest way to shop for essentials is to go the supermarkets on the road to Ceske Budejovice. There you will find Tesco, Lidl and Terno. If you are without a car, you can shop quite easily in Cesky Krumlov town centre. There is a small supermarket opposite the  entrance into the Castle and another on the ringroad on the way to the  bus station, there is a drogerie on Latran (the main street coming down from the Castle) this sells cosmetics, soap, shampoo and household stuff, there is a pharmacist is near to Lidl. Also on Latran close to the entrance to the Castle is a butchers.

There are gift shops all over Cesky Krumlov town centre.

What to Buy in Cesky Krumlov

Now for presents: as usual this is down to personal taste, and in this site you get ours.

Typical gifts from the Czech Republic are wooden toys - these will be found in  abundance in the many gift shops in Cesky Krumlov. You will also find in these shops various examples of Czech ceramics, traditional gingerbread moulded in to all sorts of figures from little devils to chickens, and  painted blown Easter eggs. The Czechs are famous for their puppets, as  evidenced by the two puppet museums in Cesky Krumlov, and you can buy a  puppet or two to take home.

Bohemian glass has a well-earned reputation - there are various shops selling  it, but our favourites are the shop on the Castle steps selling  reproduction antique glasswear - incredibly good value and the Favor  shop just off the town square, which sells modern handcrafted glass.  Another traditional present is jewelry, in particular local garnets,  again there are several jewelers in the town. Our teenage nieces came  back with some good contemporary jewelry.

All around Cesky Krumlov are graphite mines, so it isn't exactly a surprise that art materials especially pencils make a good present. Check out  the Koh-i-Noor shop on Kajovska for high quality good value art  materials. We regularly come back with supplies for our artist friends.

Just along from the Koh-i-Noor Shop is Botannicus - this sells soaps,  shampoos, essential oils. The prices are dear by Czech standards, they  are comparable to British prices and the goods are just lovely.

As for food - well we'll cover that in the food page.

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