In the shopping area of Milos, there are a lot of shops with folk art articles and wood-carved or pottery souvenirs. Also for sale are pure local products of fine quality, such as the famous local cheese. But what makes the island particularly famous is its excellent pastries. At the pastry shops of Hora, Adamas and Trivassalos, delicious oriental pastries, cookies, "kourabiedes"(an oriental paste of butter, flour and sugar), pastes, wrapped pastries as well as the famous stewed pastry made of honey and pumpkin are sold.