Location: Galway
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The 10 Best Shopping in Galway, Western Ireland
For visitors, the best thing about Galway is that you can walk everywhere. As soon as you arrive, enjoy a walk through the city streets. There, you'll find lively pubs, independent shops and winding cobblestone streets packed with students, artists, writers and craftspeople. You may even hear Gaelic spoken. For a day trip, take a ferry to the island of Inis Mor. You'll return refreshed by the ocean air and Inis Mor's breathtaking scenery. Oh, and be sure to wear sunscreen on the island, no matter how chilly it is. (Just trust us, okay?)
Restaurants in Galway
1. Charlie Byrne's Bookshop
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 96 reviews
Brimming with books on every imaginable subject, Charlie Byrne’s is Ireland’s best-loved independent bookshop in the heart of Galway City, stocking over 100,000 new, bargain and secondhand books!
Reviewed By T921COsamantham - Belfast, United Kingdom
Exactly what a book shop should be - forget the kindle this is what we need in all the best quirky places on earth
2. McCarthy's Jewellery Shop
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 10 reviews
3. An Tuirne Island Handknits and Crafts
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 8 reviews
4. Vanda Art Gallery
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 4 reviews
5. Blacoe Jewellers
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
6. My Shop... Granny Likes It
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5.0 based on 15 reviews
My Shop...granny likes it is a small shop based in Galway, in the west of Ireland. We nurture, support and promote contemporary Irish design, craft and art.
7. Bell Book and Candle
8. Amber
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 7 reviews
A unique hidden gem with definitely something different. We have a wide range of gifts from Himalayan salt lamps, candles, crystals from all around the world, gemstones, soaps, sterling silver jewellery, quirky gifts, and more! We have different Holistic Therapies and Workshops: weekly meditations, day courses, healings and readers!
9. Galway Woolen Market
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5.0 based on 6 reviews
Reviewed By 619jeffry - Essendon, Australia
Galway is on the sea; is famous for its woolen goods. The woollens are both handcrafted and machine made. The handcrafted sweaters are known as "gansey," this is a contraction of "guernsey." Some of the best come frorm the Isles of Arrran. Each gansey has a unique pattern, the knitter makes it for her family. In the old days, each fishermen wore his special gansey when the went to sea, to allow for identification if he was lost overboard.
10. Tiny Traders Village
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 25 reviews
Tiny Traders Village is a vibrant and colourful local community marketplace where visitors can enjoy a huge array of local Foods, Art, Crafts, Cosmetics, Beverages, Live Music and more in a one of Galway's most storied buildings in a chilled out atmosphere.
