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Shopping

For retail therapy hit Scotland's bigger cities for a mixture of both high street favorites and independent boutiques. Glasgow's Princes' Square is ideal for shoppers as it is easy to visit both the indoor shopping center and outdoor high street. There are also cafés and vendors selling food for the dedicated shopper in need of stamina. The less trodden high streets of country villages will have handmade items for sale in small shops. Examples of traditional Scottish crafts are everywhere, including woven tartans, tweed, wool sweaters, jewelry and paintings. Jams, meat pies and whiskeys are also local specialties.