Pula Shopping
What to buy in Pula, from olive oil to handmade ceramics
Shopping in Pula covers Istrian olive oil estates and tasting rooms, distillery liqueurs, sourdough bakeries, and handmade ceramics and designer gifts.
The things worth taking home are grown and made close by. Vodnjan, the inland olive town north of the city, and Galižana are surrounded by olive groves whose farms and estates sell their oils from tasting rooms, and in the old town a family distillery's shop by the Arch of the Sergii sells Istrian brandies, gins and Teranino liqueur. Near the Arena, the olive oil museum's shop adds fresh truffles and truffle spreads to its Istrian oils, and the wine museum and an enoteca on the Forum sell bottles to take away.
Small makers fill the gaps: a designer's gift shop on Istarska sells hand-knitted toys, silk dresses and paintings through the summer season, and a ceramics studio in Premantura sells hand-painted cups and runs classes. For everyday shopping, a Valdebek bakery bakes natural-leaven bread and seasonal Istrian cakes, and a chain bakery near the market sells burek and pastries.