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Maia Gifts

An independent gift shop on Bath Street, its pink sign promising gifts and lovely things, with some 2,500 hand-picked products.

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Maia is an independent gift shop on Bath Street in the city centre, a few steps from Buchanan Street, and its pink sign says it all: gifts and lovely things.

Visited and photographed by Simon Hird

The windows are crowded with them, and inside the shelves and tables are packed with more than two and a half thousand hand-picked products, chosen by a small team who care about helping people find a present that says the right thing.

There are cuddly Jellycat soft toys, delicate Joma jewellery, the playful homeware of Sass & Belle and stylish accessories from POM, alongside cards, candles, mugs and notebooks. A lovingly chosen range of Scottish gifts celebrates heritage with humour, from tartan scarves and Highland cow toys to Scottish homeware and keepsakes with a Glasgow joke on them. At Christmas the shop fills with decorations. Maia also sells online, with a quick gift finder for anyone stuck for ideas. It opens every day, from ten until seven, and from eleven until six on Sunday.

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Before you go

Maia opens Monday to Saturday from 10am to 7pm and Sunday from 11am to 6pm.

Hours
Mon to Sat 10:00 to 19:00; Sun 11:00 to 18:00.
Where
21 Bath Street, G2 1HW.

Opening hours

Their website
Monday
10am–7pm
Tuesday
10am–7pm
Wednesday
10am–7pm
Thursday
10am–7pm
Friday
10am–7pm
Saturday
10am–7pm
Sunday
11am–6pm

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A shop window Christmas tree strung with fairy lights is decorated with novelty baubles, cards and a soft toy Highland cow beside a stuffed monkey.
Did you know

Two and a half thousand gifts.

Maia stocks more than 2,500 hand-picked products.

A gift shop display holds mugs printed 'Glasgow Burd' and 'Jesus Mary and Joseph' beside a tartan-scarved Highland cow ornament and a Christmas dachshund card.
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A little piece of Scotland.

Its Scottish range runs from tartan scarves to homeware and keepsakes full of heart, humour and local charm.

A pink shopfront awning reads 'maia, gifts & lovely things' above a crowded window display of Christmas ornaments and gift stockings.
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A gift finder online.

Stuck for ideas? Maia's website asks a couple of quick questions and suggests a present.

A pink shopfront awning reads 'maia, gifts & lovely things' above a window display of Christmas ornaments and gift stockings.
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Jellycat to Joma.

The brands on the shelves include Jellycat soft toys, Joma jewellery, Sass & Belle and POM.

A pink shopfront awning reads 'maia, gifts & lovely things' above a window display of Christmas gifts, stairs leading down beside the entrance.
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A small, independent team.

Maia is an independent business, run by a small team.

A shop window Christmas tree strung with fairy lights is decorated with novelty baubles, cards and a soft toy Highland cow beside a stuffed monkey.
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21 Bath Street, by Buchanan Street.

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