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Top 20 shops in Spain

20 shops worth a visit in Spain, from grand department stores and markets to historic specialists and local makers.

20 shops

  1. 1
    Market

    Mercat de la Boqueria

    Barcelona

    Barcelona's celebrated food market off La Rambla, under an iron roof and trading since the 13th century.

  2. 2
    Market

    Mercado Central de Valencia

    Valencia

    Modernista market hall of 1928 with a glass dome, one of Europe's largest fresh food markets.

  3. 3
    Antiques & vintage

    El Rastro

    Madrid

    Madrid's huge Sunday open-air flea market, filling the streets of La Latina around Ribera de Curtidores.

  4. 4
    Department store

    El Corte Inglés Castellana

    Madrid

    Flagship of Spain's leading department store chain on Madrid's Paseo de la Castellana.

  5. 5
    Food & drink

    Mercado de San Miguel

    Madrid

    Restored iron-framed market hall of 1916 beside Plaza Mayor, now a gourmet tapas market.

  6. 6
    Shopping street & arcade

    Passeig de Gràcia

    Barcelona

    Barcelona's grand shopping boulevard lined with luxury boutiques and Gaudí's Casa Batlló and La Pedrera.

  7. 7
    Market

    Mercado de Abastos de Santiago

    Santiago de Compostela

    Granite market halls in Santiago's old town selling Galician seafood, cheeses and produce.

  8. 8
    Market

    Mercado de la Ribera

    Bilbao

    Art Deco riverside market on the Nervión, among Europe's largest covered markets.

  9. 9
    Food & drink

    Casa Mira

    Madrid

    Confectioner on Carrera de San Jerónimo making turrón and marzipan in Madrid since 1855.

  10. 10
    Historic shop

    Capas Seseña

    Madrid

    Family tailor founded in 1901 making traditional Spanish capes worn by Picasso and Hemingway.

  11. 11
    Historic shop

    Casa de Diego

    Madrid

    Puerta del Sol shop founded in 1858, known for handmade fans, umbrellas and walking sticks.

  12. 12
    Market

    Mercado Central de Atarazanas

    Málaga

    Málaga's main market in a former Nasrid shipyard, entered through an original Moorish gateway.

  13. 13
    Fashion & design

    Loewe Gran Vía

    Madrid

    Madrid flagship of the luxury leather house founded in the city in 1846.

  14. 14
    Food & drink

    Casa Gispert

    Barcelona

    Barcelona grocer of 1851 in El Born, still roasting nuts and coffee in its original wood-fired oven.

  15. 15
    Food & drink

    Escribà

    Barcelona

    Famed pastry maker with a Modernista shopfront on La Rambla, run by the Escribà family since 1906.

  16. 16
    Market

    Mercat de l'Olivar

    Palma, Mallorca

    Palma's main covered market, selling Mallorcan sobrassada, cheeses, fish and produce.

  17. 17
    Market

    Mercado de Nuestra Señora de África

    Santa Cruz de Tenerife

    Colonial-style market of 1943 with arcaded courtyards selling Canarian produce, fish and flowers.

  18. 18
    Market

    Mercado de Triana

    Seville

    Market built over the ruins of the Castle of San Jorge, with tiled stalls and ceramics workshops nearby.

  19. 19
    Crafts & makers

    Sargadelos

    Cervo, Lugo

    Galician ceramics maker known for distinctive blue-and-white porcelain rooted in an 18th-century factory.

  20. 20
    Crafts & makers

    Gordiola

    Algaida, Mallorca

    Family glassworks founded in 1719, where visitors watch Mallorcan glass being hand-blown.

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