Just wondering if we will have a difficult time locating a harware store in Venice, Florence and Rome. Thought this may be a great place to purchase a corkscrew and combination utility knife once we arrive.
Posted by
Tresana, Highlands Ranch, CO, USA
23262 posts
I don't remember seeing a lot of "hardward stores" per se but department stores are plentiful as are wines stores which will carry those items.
Posted by
Bay Area
3551 posts
Often times grocery stores will have them or borrow from your hotel.
Posted by
In the Mountains, USA
689 posts
The super markets will carry everything you need. I've never seen a "hardware store"... But then, I wasn't looking either!!!
Posted by
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
705 posts
A supermarket will probably have what you want. You may not be able to get an all in one but I'm sure you would find a cheap knife and corkscrew. I have never seen an actual hardware shop - the closest was a man with a couple of tables set out in a little square in the middle of the old part of Genoa. It was like a Sunday market.
Posted by
bergamo
401 posts
A hardware store in Italy is called a ferramenta, and they would carry a corkscrew. Ask at your hotel where is the closest one to you, in the center of town there are always at least two or three.
Posted by
Calitri, Avellino, Italy (& US - where I live the majority of the time)
223 posts
not hard to find at all...but...I wouldn't bother really...even our grocery stores in the south have those items :-) as would a Tabacchi...or a housewares shop - I have also seen them in some delis/little convenience stores in Venice as well.
Posted by
Centennial, CO, USA
1883 posts
There are "hardware" stores in most towns. We needed a screw driver for a repair on our bike in Perugia, and there was one right on the main road.
you'll have to ask, or walk around to find them, but Italians need to purchase this stuff too - so there are stores.
Ask as your hotel, they'll know where one is, or find someone who can help you find one...or ask on the street.
Posted by
Toronto
13 posts
We saw a few hardware stores in all or walking of Venice. There are lots of "catch all stores" the carry everything and I don't think you will have any problem finding a corkscrew.
Happy travels!
Posted by
Dayton, OH, US
8 posts
they are called 'ferramenta' ~ as others have said, most large grocery stores will carry the items you're asking about. Buon viaggio!
Posted by
Fair Oaks, California
51 posts
There is a hardware store on Via Celimontana, very near to the Colliseum. It's pretty small, but so is the street it's on so you shouldn't have much trouble finding it.
Posted by
Henson, Florida, USA
466 posts
If you put your own corkscrew in your CHECKED luggage, you won't have to buy one in Italy. Corkscrews are corkscrews so the one you buy in Italy will look just like the one you brought from the USA.