19 Best Places to Shop in Nice and the Eastern Cote d'Azur, The French Riviera

Everything here is 100% made in France. The selection of timeless, practical, and beautifully crafted items from artisans across the country includes clothing, homeware, toys, cosmetics, and fragrances.

This tiny shop sells olive oil by the gallon (and other quantities), packaged in containers featuring its famous, old-fashioned, blue-and-yellow labels.

Roberto works with the finest Italian leather to make bags, belts, shoes, bracelets, and accessories. International delivery is available if you can't quite squeeze everything in your luggage. 

Forgot to pack a holiday read? Fear not. This charming bookshop has an English section toward the back (you'll know it by the bookcase masquerading as a red London phone box). A little café springs into life for regular author events.

If circular fashion is your bag, this is the place for you. Where better to shop preloved pieces than Cannes? Sustainability never looked so stylish. 

Open every day except Christmas, this shop is a good source for candied fruit (a Nice specialty). It's on the west side of the port, near the Marché aux Puces.

This "cabinet of wonders" showcases luxurious jewelry by Aurélie Bidermann and Gigi Clozeau among others along with books, candles, fragrances, luxury stationery, and beauty products from the organic Corsican brand, Casanera. Adjacent are two boutiques with a curated selection of home decor, furniture, and lighting.

Remember the joy and wonder upon entering that toy store from your childhood? Recapture it here with playthings of yesterday and today. You'll find wooden educational toys and games, music boxes, kaleidoscopes, and gifts for newborns. 

France's third-largest regroupment of antiques collectors forms a triangle from Place Garibaldi to the port (Quai Papacino) and along Rue Catherine Ségruane at the bottom of the château. Shops along Rue Antoine Gautier and Rue Emmanuel Philibert are worth exploring, as are Le Village Ségurane and Marché aux Puces on Quai Lunel. In addition, Place Garibaldi hosts a morning antiques market on the third Saturday of the month.

Come to this authentic Provençal wickerwork store, in business for over a century, to shop for woven baskets and bags.

This playful boutique is a haven for adorable children’s items, colorful home decor, and charming gifts. From quirky stationery to unique accessories, every item is thoughtfully curated to spark joy.

This is a great place for discovering contemporary and stylish pieces. Look for high-end, fashionable clothing and accessories for women from French and Italian designers—something golden and glitzy by Paco Rabanne, perhaps, for that special soirée or an oh-so-chic chapeau from Maison Michel Paris (part of Chanel's Métiers d'Arts division).

You have to hand it to the French: they even do secondhand fashion right. Steps away from the Hôtel Negresco, Mademoiselle is a must-stop shop in Nice. Chanel, Dior, Louis Vuitton, Hermès—you name it, the gang's all here, at least in vintage terms. In addition to luxury-brand clothes, there are shoes, bags, and belts—all of it excellently priced and gorgeously displayed by owner Sephora Louis.

The venerable house of Henri Auer has been selling chocolate and candied fruit since 1820.

This independent shop sells reasonably priced clothes, quirky accessories, and jewelry, as well as candles, cushions, and other gift items. In addition to this branch in the antiques district by the port, there's a branch at  32 Rue Bonaparte. 

The exhaustive list of decorative treasures here includes candles, artisanal ceramics from French and international designers, photo albums, and gifts. The owner curates each piece, and if your eyes are bigger than your suitcase, international shipping is available. 

Come here for the best selection of Provençal olive oils in town. Oliviera is run by the passionate Nadim Beyrouti, who also serves Mediterranean dishes made with the finest local ingredients.

For the jet-set pet, Star Dog and Cat Boutique has luxe leashes, blingy collars, and even Oh My Dog! cologne to get Fido's tail wagging.

For an olfactory reminder of the south of France head to this perfumier dedicated to rare and high-end fragrances. Brands range from Maison Francis Kurkdjian to Le Labo, the cult-favorite dreamed up in nearby Grasse.