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 Barcelona
- Shopping
"Els Encants" is an open-air
market specialising in objects both of little value as well
as collectors items and antiques. It is held in the Plaça
de les Glories on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays
from sunrise to sunset. Near her, in dos de Maig street, there
is an area given over to the buying and selling of new and
second hand furniture. On Sundays mornings there is a stamp
and coin market in the Plaça Reial. Also on Sunday mornings
there is a little market selling books, video tapes, cassettes
and other second hand objects located near the Sant Antoni
market in the Ronda de Sant Antoni.
There are modern department stores in the Plaça de
Catalunya, Portal de l´Angel and the new part of the
Diagonal, while the most typical are found in Pelai street,
the Ronda Universitat and the Rondes de Sant Antoni Sant Pau.
This whole area, between Old and New Barcelona, is full of
clothes shops, furniture shops and those specialising in household
goods and textiles.
Barcelona has many food markets. Perhaps the most central
and most popular are La Boqueria (La Rambla), Concepcio (Arago
street), Ninot (Mallorca street) and Santa Caterina (Avinguda
de la Catedral). All these markets sell fish, meat, eggs and
vegetables.
Other typical aspects of Barcelona are "los colmados" (grocer's
shops). These are usually found in El Ensanche and sell anything
from wine, sausage-type meats, cheese, fruit, eggs, tinned
foods, biscuits and the like. There are bakeries in every district,
and in the area of Born there are a great many shops selling
dried fruits and nuts, vegetables, cereals, salted cod, biscuits, "torrons" and
cheese. Good herbalists can be found in the streets of Mercaders,
Vidre, Xucla, Princesa, Travessera de Gracia and many more.
In the plaça Nova a "Gothic" market selling
antiques is held every Thursday, and there are also good antique
shops in El Call street and in the area around the Cathedral,
a large part of El Ensanche and the new part of the city. Rosa
boulevard (Rambla Catalunya) is yet another important area.
For those who want to buy gifts and souvenirs, the main areas
are La Rambla, Ferran and Princesa streets, and around the
Cathedral. Pottery, glassware and imitation jewellery can be
found near the food markets, in the "Poble Espanyol",
in the Santa Maria district, around the Plaça de El
Pi and the lower part of La Rambla and the area of the Sant
Antoni Market. Other general shopping areas apart from Old
Barcelona, are the Passeig de Gracia and El Ensanche, Aribau
and Muntaner streets, the Diagonal and all the main thoroughfares
in the city.
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