subject: Shopping In Madrid, Spain [print this page] Madrid is the best city in Spain to go shopping, of all the major cities in Spain, none boasts the shopping opportunities that Madrid offers to both locals and visitors alike. If the primary focus of your vacation to Madrid is shopping, you are headed for the right place.The following content will provide you with information on the best shopping districts and malls in Madrid.
Gran Via & Sol
The biggest brands have their biggest stores in this area. Most prominent are the Inditex chains owned by Amancio Ortega Gaona, such as Zara, Pull & Bear and Stradivarius. This behemoth of the Spanish clothing industry is now expanding into other parts of Europe, but their mother ships can be found on or near Gran Via.This is also where you will find Madrid biggest cinemas.
El Rastro
Every Sunday morning the streets of Barrio La Latina are taken over by thousands of people as the whole area is transformed into Europes biggest outdoor market. El rastro is where small businesses, market stalls and anyone with a table or suitcase come to sell just about anything!.Clothes, souvenirs, electrical goods, football jerseys, paintings and even medieval chastity belts are among the offerings.
Fuencarral & Hortaleza
Though many of the trendier stores are being pushed out by the big brands, you can still get some funky and quite individual clothing in the Fuencarral market. Don't be put off if the first thing you see is exorbitantly expensive, there are bargains to be had. Cheap shoes in particular can be found on Hortaleza.
Fuencarral Market
Fuencarral market, created as an alternative to the traditional and typical department stores. The market accommodates craftsmen and women, designers and small traders from all over Spain, with such original products that you are not allowed to take photos. shoppers buy here the latest and most glamorous fashion. Jewels, belts, feather gowns, shoes and boots with unimaginable heels, everything delights the most eccentric clientele.
El Corte Ingles
Spain's omnipotent and omnipresent chain of department stores, they're so big they count as districts of their own. If you can't get it in one of their many branches, you're unlikely to find it anywhere. Many try to avoid the chain in an attempt to keep alive the smaller stores, but it is often difficult to do so. Nothing beats El Corte Ingles for convenience, no matter how begrudgingly you go.
