Almost every shop in Corsica will sell dried meats you'll smell them before you see them and also offer an amazing variety of honey, olive oil, spices and herbs from the bushes that litter the mountains, called maquis. For those of you who are a little more adventurous, it may be worth buying some chestnut flour farine de châtaignes, which is a local speciality used in crêpes, cakes, etc.If you want to be a little more touristy, on the Rue Artisanat you will find everything from hats I'm not kidding; check out the Chapellerie, nearer the citadel, for every kind of hat you have ever imagined to Watches there is a shop selling everything from Breitling to Swatch opposite the Eglise Santa Maria, or the Big Pink Church and T-Shirts Bianc' & Neru sell some fantastic shirts, all of the best quality, great classy gifts for family etc and of course knives, of which there is a rather disturbing prevalence here Opinel knives are sold in the tabac opposite the Grand Hotel on Boulevard Wilson, fantastic quality and super cheap--great for campers.
