Caramba

Newtown institution Caramba is Sydney’s home of the Panama hat. Exuberant owner Julio will greet you in a mixture of Spanish and English, proudly demonstrating his skill as a salesman by measuring your hat size just by looking at you. Julio will quickly convince you that his hats are the best on the market. (We went home with a handcrafted, chocolate brown Ecuadorean-style chapeau).