Shopping in Spain

Shopping in Spain is more of a personal experience than an impersonal experience. While one will venture out for Shopping in Spain he will be able to notice the small run shops selling out the products. Presently many supermarkets as well as hypermarkets have started coming up in Spain thus letting the people in Spain to get a new and unique experience to shop here. The hypermarkets are located in the rapidly expanding suburbs of Spain. The shoppers would be able to find good quality goods for low prices in the cities along with the small towns of Spain. The Rastro Market in Spain is the most popular since it has got a unique character of its own. Half of the market is spread out in open air and the other half of it spread out in the permanent galleries. The leather goods of Spain are very popular throughout the world. One would also be able to purchase the high fashioned original products of Spain in rational prices. Other than these the wooden furniture, toys, shoes, fine rugs and carpets are the products that is available in Spain. The excellent Sherries, wines and spirits can be an excellent item of souvenir for gifting people.

The indoor markets in Spain are known as Mercados. Other than this there are other type of markets in Spain such as the permanent market streets and the traveling open air market. The traveling open air market is the one that moves from one area to the other. The kind of items that are sold in here are food, flowers, clothes, shoes, crockery, , cookware, linen, ceramics, cassettes and CDs, arts and crafts, household wares, carpets, jewelry, etc.

The Shopping hours in Spain varies from place to place be it a region, city or a town. But then in general the shopping hours in Spain is:

Monday to Saturday - 09.30-13.30 and 1630-2000.
On the other hand the commercial malls and stores in Spain remain open from 10.00-21.00/22.00 hours.