(7 Piazza San Placido, tel: 095 715 1844) I Dolci di Nonna Vincenza is an amazing pastry shop that keeps conserving and reproducing the traditional Sicilian delicacies. Here you can buy every kind of sweet, cakes, dry biscuits and homemade liqueurs. www.dolcinonnavincenza.it

Enoteca Cinque Stelle is a wine and liquor shop with a large and varied selection - the perfect opportunity to take home a taste of the Sicilian traditional wine industry (46 Via Giuffrida Vincenzo, tel: 095 507 849).

Erboristeria Floranthea is an herbal shop with a long-standing, prestigious history. Here you can buy almost any kind of healthy herbs, oils and minerals, as well as locally made products (12 Via San Euplio, tel: 095 715 2376).

Maninterra (16 Via San Vito, tel: 338 971 1873) is an amazingly colourful shop selling homemade Sicilian ceramics made by creative local artists and artisans. Handicrafts in lava stone and wood also available.