Like any large city, Astrakhan invites you to make purchases, sit in a cafe and have fun in one of its shopping centers. Currently, there are four of them in the city (VASTORG, Three Cats, Grand River, Fair), two more will soon open. Each of the acting offers its visitors a gallery of shops, mostly popular democratic brands, a grocery hypermarket, a restaurant patio and an entertainment complex. Last usually includes game room for kids, a movie theater, restaurants extras.

shopping centers under construction will offer, in addition, also the business area, suitable for meetings and seminars, equipped with means of communication and presentation tools.
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Astrakhan Markets

It's impossible to imagine Astrakhan without markets. They are not just a place to buy food, but a part of the city and its history. More recently, the town market had nothing to do with civilized trade, but a lot has changed over the past few years: in line with the comprehensive development program of historical markets, the reconstruction of urban markets

One of the oldest - Tatar-bazaar - turned out pretty. launched and littered into a modern market, where all the riches of the region are represented: fruits, vegetables, fish.

The real tourist site is the fish market of Selenskiye Isady on Maksakova street. It is here that you can find the largest selection of local fish, both fresh and cooked in many ways. The prices are different, they depend on the type and size of the fish, but the spectacle is quite picturesque. And nowhere, perhaps, in the world can not find such a variety of tarani - small Volga cured fish, which is so good for beer. Sometimes on the counter can be found and the inhabitants of the "Red Book".

Souvenirs of Astrakhan Standard tourist souvenirs kit can be found in the shops around the Astrakhan Kremlin, and in the central streets of the city . magnets, plates, key rings, printed products with the city themes presented quite widely, and made most likely in China - globalization ... Therefore, wishing to bring the present Astrakhan souvenir is better to go to the market and to look there Astrakhan watermelon (from the time of tsar Alexei Mikhailovich driven them out of Asters ani all over Russia) or Astrakhan fish, which is also famous for its unsurpassed qualities . In extreme cases, you can be satisfied with the purchase of an image of these two wonderful symbols of the city of Astrakhan .