Every major tourist hub has an assortment of souvenirs you can bring home as memorabilia, and in Greece they range from the practical to the mythical. You can buy olives and authentic Greek extra virgin olive oil. The Greeks have been cultivating olives since ancient times, and to this day Greek olive oil is renowned for its quality. Another famous Greek product is honey, which is said to be richer and denser compared to honey produced in other countries. Wild thyme honey, light in colour and produced by bees feeding on the nectar of wild thyme flowers, is rarer and therefore more expensive. You can also buy handmade leather sandals and painted ceramic, as well as amber kompoloi (worry beads), used as a stress reliever in Greek culture, and the mati (eye), a blue charm to protect you from the “evil eye”.