Shopping in Spain
Fashion and design
You're in the perfect place to update your wardrobe and find your favourite accessories.
Where to shop
MADRID
Spain’s capital city is modern and welcoming with so many alternatives. Without leaving the city centre there are different shopping districts, each with its own personality. Take a stroll along the Gran Vía, the city’s most lively thoroughfare, with impressive buildings, may of which have become fashion and jewellery stores.
The attraction of the Salamanca neighbourhood is its exclusive shopping: the Golden Mile, in the area around the Calle Serrano, is a showcase of luxury for fashion, shoes and jewellery in really exclusive stores.
BARCELONA
You’ll be amazed by the variety: municipal markets, art galleries, great fashion houses and craft workshops. There are around five kilometres of pedestrian streets in the area around Las Ramblas, and so many tempting shop windows looking out onto broad pavements. Then there are the shops that have been there for over a hundred years and located in historical buildings: shops selling gloves, cutlery, chandlery, hats… These are the real treasures of the city’s commercial heritage which will take you back in time.
VALENCIA
Take advantage of the wonderful climate in this Mediterranean city to stroll around the shops. Take note especially of the footwear designed and manufactured in this region. In the El Carmen neighbourhood, in the heart of the historical old town, you should visit the Calle de la Bolsería, the Plaza del Tossal and the Calle Quart where you’ll find seductive urban fashion, traditional Valencian textiles and superb silverware.
The small shops and stalls in the Plaza Redonda are renowned for handicrafts, lace and embroidery. Luxury articles, by exclusive firms from Loewe to Lladró, await you in the area around the Palace of El Marqués de Dos Aguas.
MÁLAGA
You can enjoy all the magic of the Costa del Sol whilst you do a little shopping. As you stroll through the pedestrian streets in this bright city you’ll be able to enjoy the delightful shop windows in the renowned Calle Larios. You should explore Muelle Uno in the port area, with shops, restaurants and cultural activities.
In the heart of the city there are large shopping centres like the Larios Centre, with more than 150 retail outlets, and Málaga Plaza, very near El Corte Inglés. The picturesque Plaza Mayor is very near the airport: look for your favourite shop as you stroll along in the open air in tree-lined streets with fountains.
BILBAO
While you’re shopping you can also make a gastronomic tour of the taverns in this Basque metropolis. The largest and most exclusive shops are in the Ensanche area, between the Gran Vía, the Calle Marqués del Puerto and the Calle Rodríguez Arias, Bilbao’s shopping area par excellence.
The pedestrian streets in the Casco Viejo or Old Town, are full of historic buildings, excellent tapas bars and exquisite pastry shops: there is an extraordinary blend of the old and traditional with the innovative.
