Le Erbe della Salute, Sansepolcro

It's such a treat to enter this shop, if you're a fan of herbal remedies - the name translates as 'Herbs for Health'. You'll be spoilt for choice and can spend ages browsing through the tantalising skin care, essential oils, home and personal fragrance sprays and oils, herbal tinctures and supplements. An unusual item I came away with, at a decent price, is the exotically-floral tuberose perfume extract, normally very hard to find and prohibitively expensive.

The helpful owner is on hand, if you need any advice, and to offer tastes of the delicious throat-soothing propolis drops that are available in several varieties (with different flavourings or without sugar, for example). As a bonus, many of the items come from local producers.