Corfu shopping splits three ways: the Venetian kantounia packed with olive-wood turners and jewellers, the kumquat liqueur trade unique to this island, and the mainland-style retail belt on the Ethniki Palaiokastritsas. This guide buys from all three.
The island's working produce and fish market below the New Fortress walls, open roughly 07:00–14:00 Mon–Sat. Stalls sell Corfiot barrel feta, wild greens, noumboulo cured pork and salt from Lefkimmi at €3–8 per portion. Cash preferred.
Family workshop turning bowls, boards and mortars from local Lianolia olive trees — Corfu has roughly 3.5 million of them, planted under Venetian subsidy. Small spoons from €5, salad bowls €35–90, huge burl platters over €200. Lathe often running in-store.
Kumquat has been grown commercially on Corfu since British administration introduced it in the 1860s, and it is sold nowhere else in Greece at this scale. Tasting counter pours liqueur, spoon sweets and marmalade free; 200ml bottles €6–9, gift sets €15–25.
The narrow Venetian lanes behind the Saint Spyridon bell tower hold silversmiths, icon painters and candle sellers serving pilgrims. Hand-painted wooden icons run €20–150, silver votive tamata €10–40, beeswax candles by weight at around €12 per kilo.
The Old Town's main commercial spine, running from the Liston to the Spilia district, lined with Greek labels, linen resortwear, leather sandal makers and eyewear. Linen shirts €45–90, made-to-order leather sandals €40–75 with same-day fitting.
The straightest, widest street in the Old Town — cut by the French — now Corfu's most contemporary retail strip: ceramics studios, Greek natural cosmetics, concept homeware and independent perfumers between the Town Hall and Spilia.
Guilford, named for the founder of the Ionian Academy, concentrates goldsmiths and silver workshops selling Byzantine-style crosses, Corfiot filigree and Ionian pearl settings. Silver pieces €30–150, hallmarked gold from €200 upward.
Independent bookseller and neighbouring antiquarians dealing in old Ionian maps, Venetian engravings, British-protectorate coins and vintage Corfu postcards. Reproduction charts from €15, genuine 19th-century engravings €80–300.
Hill village 15km north-west of town with a long craft tradition and working potters and sculptors. Hand-thrown plates €12–35, larger glazed pieces €50–120, and studios will crate items for shipping. Combine with the village's two brass bands' rehearsal rooms.
Award-winning Corfiot producer working the local Lianolia variety with high-phenolic pressing. Estate tasting and shop sells 500ml tins from around €18, the flagship high-phenolic label €25–40, plus olive-leaf tea and cosmetics.
Production site rather than tourist counter: bottling line, kumquat museum room and the full range at factory prices, roughly 20% below Old Town shops. Free tasting of liqueurs, ouzo, tsipouro and spoon sweets; 700ml bottles from €10.
Where Corfiots actually shop: San Rocco (Plateia Georgiou Theotoki) for Greek high-street chains and pharmacies, then the out-of-town avenue with supermarkets, electronics and the island's largest hypermarket for cheap bulk olive oil and herbs.