Get our best ideas for planning your holidays in Spain!

Before starting with all our top ideas, remember why you need holidays:

Here are a few ideas to help you organise your stay in Spain:

• Summer Edition: Our Top 5 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Spain
• Summer Edition: Top Golf Courses in Spain
• Summer Edition: Our selection of the Top parks for children in Spain
• Summer Edition: Where will you find the top Beaches in Spain?
• The best Spanish shopping experience you will find in Alicante, Barcelona, Madrid and Malaga!

Check our city trip ePostcards we wrote on Alicante, Malaga, Barcelone and Madrid:

Check all our infographics (with pdf downloadable version) on the Spanish Costas with all the top activities for your holidays

Here is one of the Costa del Sol as an example:

Find everything on the Costa del Sol: its Airports, its AVE stations, its Cities and villages, its shopping places: Traditional & Flea markets, Outlets and shopping malls. What should you visit? The Unesco sites, the parks for kids, the green parks, the golf courses, the universities and last but not least the top beaches. Check our infographic.

We have created those infographics for all the Spanish costas: Costa Brava, Costa Barcelona, Costa Daurada, Costa de Azahar, Costa de Valencia, Costa Blanca, Costa Calida, Costa de Almería, Costa Tropical, Costa del Sol, Costa de la Luz, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands.

A few other papers that could be of interest:

• What are the most favourite tourist destinations in Europe?
• Where are the tourists coming from to visit Spain?
• The most loved Spanish regions for the foreigners’ properties: British, French, German,…
• Who are the foreigners buying properties in Spain? Our detailed analysis
• What are the hottest tourists destinations in Spain – Winter months?
• Who are the foreigners living in Spain?
• Are you buying real estate in Spain?… Join our 36.000 readers … from 169 countries in the world!!!
• The top 10 Spanish cities where foreigners love to buy properties!
• What are the nationalities of the passengers flying to/from Spanish airports ?
• Which are the most active airline companies in Spain?
• What are the biggest airports in Spain?
• Give us your country of origin… we will tell you how much you love Spain!

Finally, if you want to know more about any top Spanish Cities (not only about the real estate market) find all our City papers here:

Everything you ever wanted to know about the top 20 Spanish Cities real estate markets

Of course, check our weather infographics with the monthly statistics of the top 20 cities in Spain.

Monthly Weather Statistics on top Spanish Cities

Looking for an expert in Spain? Ask us directly!

Stéphane

Senior analyst and strategist at HTBIS

Check the full HTBIS team here

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The best Spanish shopping experience: Alicante, Barcelona, Madrid, Malaga

In our earlier news, we told you that the cost of life in Spain is about 10% cheaper than in the rest of Europe. Read our article to know which sectors you’ll make the most of your money!

Before your holidays, we wrote this quick guide for your shopping experiences in Alicante, Barcelona, Madrid and Malaga. For every city, we found the best places for shopping, the traditional markets, the shopping malls, the flea markets and the different outlets.

Enjoy your shopping experience!

Madrid shopping experience:

• Shopping: Plaza puerta del Sol, Gran Vía, Calle Alcalá, Calle Montera, Calle Preciados, Calle Princesa, Calle Serrano
• Traditional markets: Mercado San Miguel, Mercado San Anton, Mercado San Fernando, Mercado De La Paz
• Shopping malls: El Corte Ingles 10% rebate with the card, ABC Serrano, Primark, Principe Pio Mall
• Flea markets: The Rastro
• Outlets: Las Rozas

If you want to read more on Madrid, check the article we wrote on the city: Real estate foreign investors are discovering Madrid

Barcelona shopping experience:

• Shopping: Passeig de Gracia, Plaza Catalunya, Avenida Diagonal, Born district
• Traditional markets: La Boqueria
• Shopping malls: El Corte Ingles 10% rebate with the card, Diagonal Mar, Gran Via 2/Hospitalet de Llobregat, Pedralbes Center, Maremagnum
• Flea markets: Els Encants
• Outlets: La Roca

If you want to read more on Madrid, check the article we wrote on the city: Barcelona real estate market is rising

Malaga shopping experience:

• Shopping: La Calle Larios, Plaza Mayor
• Traditional markets: Mercado Central de Atarazanas
• Shopping malls: Muelle Uno, Larios Centro, Vialia Centro Comercial
• Flea markets: Mercado Central de Atarazanas
• Outlets: Factory Outlet Malaga

If you want to read more on Madrid, check the article we wrote on the city: Malaga is always a place for your dream house

Alicante shopping experience:

• Shopping: Rambla de Méndez Núñez
• Traditional markets: Mercardo Central
• Shopping malls: El Corte Ingles 10% rebate with the card, Centro Comercial Plaza Mar 2, Centro Comercial Panoramis, Centro Comercial Gran Via, Centro Comercial Puerta de Alicante
• Flea markets: Mercardo Central
• Outlets: The Outlet Stores Alicante

If you want to read more on Madrid, check the article we wrote on the city: Alicante: the Spanish pearl

Many very well-known international brands are Spanish! Buy those even cheaper in Spain.

• Zara
• Zara Home
• El Corte Ingles
• Camper
• Pull & Bear
• Massimo Dutti
• Springfield
• Sfera
• Stradivarius
• Desigual

Our tip: Don’t forget to ask for a refund of VAT if you are coming from outside Europe and buying for more than 100€.

Our tip: Don’t forget to ask for your 10% rebate on your next purchase at El Corte Ingles if you are an international traveller. You have El Corte Ingles shops in Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Alicante and Marbella.

Discover other shopping and holidays tips on all the Spanish Costas in our useful infographic:

Know everything on the Spanish Costas: Airports, AVE stations, Cities and villages, shopping places: Traditional & Flea markets, Outlets and shopping malls. What should you visit? The Unesco sites, the parks for kids, the green parks, the golf courses, the universities and last but not least the top beaches. Check our infographics.

If you are booking a city trip in Spain, don’t forget our nice ePostcards we wrote on Madrid, Barcelona, Alicante and Malaga:

Here are other interesting sources for shopping in Spain:

• Find the shopping addresses in the Spanish cities published by the official Tourist office in Spain
• Find the shopping addresses from Lonely Planet, the famous travel guides
• Allways check to tourist office of any of the city you will visit. If you search on our site (top right column of this paper) for any city, you will find the article we wrote on it and most of the time at the bottom of the article you have a link towards the tourist office of the city.

Looking for a property expert in Spain? Architect, Lawyer, Property hunter? Ask us directly!

Stéphane

Senior analyst and strategist at HTBIS

Check the full HTBIS team here

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