Tenerife shopping Puerto Cruz has it all like insider shops as well as cheap shopping.
Tenerife shopping Puerto Cruz is like shopping in a shoppers' paradise with an abundance of shopping variety. The hub with its often tree lined narrow streets or palm tree avenues is bursting with tiny shops. Shop facades are often more than 200 years old. Accessories of South American origin like Peru, Bolivia and Mexico are no rarity in the small boutiques in Puerto Cruz. They are mainly for clothes but, include ornaments for the home, too. Here in the photo, even a little shopping bag for a small girl isn't missing. I would label this shop with "Cotton is Cool", in fact magic... Tenerife shopping Puerto Cruz is for clothes of strong vibrants colors, also. Leather ware shops are mainly found on and off Avenida Generalisimo, in Calle Quintana and behind Iglesia Peña de Francia right up to Hospital Tamaragua or off Plaza del Charco.
One of Puerto Cruz typical examples for Tenerife shopping Puerto Cruz with South American influence is Casa de Regalo (House of gifts).Find it at about no.60 Calle Hoya (opposite Dr.Theiss a page with map) almost by Avenida Generalisimo. This is a good place for Tenerife shopping Puerto Cruz. You find off-white quality clothes of natural fiber, which are often beautifully embroidered. South American gifts are also sold at very affordable prices, usually below €10. All people I know who shopped there are very pleased. I purchased an original Panama sun hat, for example, as well as some cheap, wooden jewelery.
There is no point giving you all street names because In Puerto Cruz with all its culture you can shop while you feel like being taken back by centuries. Hardly no vehicles except wheelchairs are allowed within the hub. This gives you a Tenerife shopping Puerto Cruz holiday thrill. Even locals, who come from other towns, get this sensation. When you surf through the Tenerife holiday insider.com homepage, you discover many photos of the Puerto de la Cruz shop hub.
Tenerife shopping Puerto Cruz is truly heart warming because of so many welcoming local owners of small shops. They are all the more cordial, when you speak a little Spanish. The photo shows Calle Ingram near the bus station, where shopping in such friendly circumstances makes you happy. Read more about this typical shopping attendance in good customer service... There, in Calle Ingram Corner C/Perez Zamora low prices, such as € 4,50 for a half chicken with chips is a yummy temptation while on a Tenerife Puerto Cruz shopping trip.
Plaza del Charco shopping Puerto Cruz:Tenerife shopping around Plaza del Charco is for people with a little more in their pockets. You find La Coste on one corner of the town square, designer ware on another such as at Columbus Center. This building has 3 levels where I saw local designer jersey knitwear, beautiful Italian fashion clothes and pure cotton dresses from Germany. 2 shoe shops at 2 sides at Plaza del Charco Puerto Cruz sell good quality selected, elegant shoes. Perfumes and cosmetics you buy at this center court called Plaza Charco are also of superior brands. This is just one of the many locations where a feeling of culture enhances your Tenerife shopping Puerto Cruz. Shop for your health and well being: You can shop for new reading and other glasses at the Columbus Center, at an optician shop (octomotry). It gives you best professional service, where you can also have your eyes tested for glaucoma or other common diseases. I payed € 10 for one of such tests in 2007.However, Tenerife shopping Puerto Cruz means climbing steps very often in the oldest Tenerife resort. You need doing this also to get to Columbus eye glasses. The address is: Tenerife shopping Puerto Cruz from street vendors:A friend gave me a watch made in Japan in August 2008, which was bought at Plaza Charco from street vendors for negotiating fun for € 20. He also wanted to see how long it would last.I can't even read what make the wrist watch is supposed to be. It looks nice and it's still working 4 months later. I wouldn't trust it to be waterproof, although, written on its back as well. Tenerife shopping from street vendors brings surprises.The other day, friends of mine, vet students from Germany who did a course at Loro Park, were delighted with colorful magnetic jewelery sold by street vendors. They thought they would make such nice gifts. Magnetic wrist bands and necklaces are said to have healing qualities. 4 for € 20, a give away if I recollect well... Of course, they bargained for those prices, while I was with them at Plaza del Charco, at night.
More best shopping tips:Tenerife shopping Puerto Cruz at Visanta caters for this. Walk from Lido up by sea shore before reaching Rancho Grande Restaurant where you see 2 San Telmo inns at the end of the passage San Telmo built into cliffs by the ocean. Visanta is in a little passage with umbrellas, tables and chairs outside. The shop sells Visanta calls itself the most reliable store for its merchandise. Looking for an IPhone? Sorry, only people in UK can win one. Shopping at Visanta is good. Only brands with guaranties are sold. My family bought a Nikon lens and a Thomson TV remote control and other small camera accessories at Visanta. Staff is very helpful and multilingual. Visanta stocks mainly the most modern merchandise. So much to Tenerife shopping Puerto Cruz Visanta. You can look up more of their shops in their shopping homepage visanta.com at Tenerife online. where Visanta Playa Las Americas, Torviscas and Santa Cruz are listed, as well.
Shopping for electronics at small places:Don't buy bargains at little Puerto Cruz shops without asking for guaranties. When something goes wrong later, you get problems. Purchasing at small shops does not mean, they all sell bad merchandise. On occasion you find inferior brands on special. Just be careful, then...
High standard international shoes off Plaza del Charco Puerto Cruz:
Tenerife Shopping Puerto Cruz is exciting at the following shoe shop: Looking at the photo you turn right by the harbor at Calle Santo Domingo and go up the motorway, turn right again and find Estiloshoes. by about the 4th house on your right. Their homepage is also found in Tenerife online. Estiloshoes has brands Tenerife shopping Puerto Cruz has been done at this shoe shop for more than a quarter of a century. Special sizes are no problem. Around Easter time 2008 I had a look around there with a friend. She was offered red sandals by 'ecco' which had been reduced from € 85 to € 60 for being last model left. My friend liked the make of these super elegant sports sandals but didn't want the color in the end. Her husband tried to talk her into buying them. Hard to believe but, true... Just figure how rewarding Tenerife shopping Puerto Cruz may be for shoes alone.. It's possible that you will have a problem locating this place, now. Shop name changes can make your Tenerife shopping Puerto Cruz experience confusing. The recession is to blame for this.Never lose your good shopping mood... Next door you will discover similar articles at a new vendor with a surf school called Escuela Surf La Marea, opposite Playa Martianez. low prices and adjustments made for you Herreros will be at your best service for Tenerife shopping Puerto Cruz. You feel the quality by touching and you also see that there merchandise is well made. I have been to both Herreros shops in La Orotava as well as in Puerto de la Cruz. A friend of mine bought a smart black suite for himself at the La Orotava Herreros branch. The suite which I have seen is good, was made in Paris and cost him € 80 only. They adjusted the length of slacks for him within 2 days to his best satisfaction. Herreros La Orotava is much bigger and you find it just 30-50 meters before reaching the town hall on your right. This is in street La Carretera, 13. That is the road distinguished by ropes between poles which you can see from la Orotava bridge going up. As you can see, La Orotava is there to help out when Tenerife shopping Puerto Cruz has not all sizes for clothes. Mind you, the two towns should be one, as far as I am concerned, as they have almost grown into each other.
Tiendas99 shops :Tenerife shopping Puerto Cruz for clothing, bedding and similar items that are very popular with locals for good quality and reasonable prices is recommendable at all shops called Tiendas 99. There is one up the road from Plaza del Charco in Calle de Nieves Ravelo after crossing Calle Dr.Ingram. You can't miss its sign displayed outside while walking about 100 meters uphill. I did Tenerife shopping Puerto Cruz at Tienda 99 for a classic winter coat for about € 25 in 2003. I still have it. This shows that this area of Tenerife is well geared for winter clothes as well. You even get furs in Calle Quintana. Shopping for denims and trousers is not bad at all at shop99 and they have good cuts, generally. They don't sell brands like Levis, though.
Tenerife shopping Puerto Cruz for perishables:
The best place for fruit and vegetables in Puerto de la Cruz is not always the Market at Mercado Municipal called Mercadillo Puerto Cruz on the first floor, as it's only open by the latest until 2 p.m. By the way, I am sure, I was looking for the Mercadillo on a morning during the week and found it closed.I will keep you posted, if it's closed on one day only. Some little fruit shops or convenience shops often have cheaper offers for excellent quality. However, they seldom survive on low prices and close down eventually. Lately, I discovered two such shops which closed down before carnival in February. However, I doubt that any shop can beat the price of Tenerife shopping Puerto Cruz for fresh quality bananas at the Mercadillo. There they only cost € 0,45 a kg. I payed that last week middle of March 2009 at the Mercadillo. Find it, just up the palm Allee beside the gorge which leads to the cactus section Playa Jardin... This reminds me that Tenerife shopping Puerto Cruz is like in most towns on the island. You need to walk up fairly steep roads often.
'Todo 150 pesetas shops' and cheap Puerto Cruz shopping:It's amazing how often you come across the Todo tiendas while doing Tenerife shopping Puerto Cruz. Their tightly packed shelves and narrow lanes used to be a hit in the past and are still popular like flee markets in town. I found several cheap, handy household gadgets in Todo shops Puerto Cruz for our holiday home in Tenerife. Low mark up lets you get Todo cosmetic products from € 0,90 upwards such as nail polish to household goods of all sorts including sometimes cheap tools and interesting articles with little faults. Generally, there is little, you don't encounter during Tenerife shopping Puerto Cruz excursions. Only on one occasion I had to go For example, I had to branch out to Ikea once, to get special crockery. On principle, Tenerife shopping Puerto Cruz Todo shops came very handy for cheap household gadgets for our holiday home in Tenerife. Every shop hides different cheap treasures which however don't always work out that cheap taking into consideration quality, once, you compare to the big Tenerife Spain shopping malls such as La Villa Alcampo Mall or to Mercadona Supermarkets. The oldest Tenerife resort Puerto Cruz also has a very attractive scene of Tenerife art shopping. Cheapest Cigarettes in Puerto Cruz:The cheapest cigarettes are called 0,49 because, one packet when bought in a carton works out € 0,49.You can get them at the Mercado ( market) Altesa shop in Puerto de la Cruz Avenida de Plas Perez Gonzalez to be found on this pdf Puerto Cruz map made to enlarge. Single packets of the same cigarettes cost now € 0,75 at a shop where I live. Prices are rising.You also get cigarette bargains in Calle San Juan opposite a cinema by Museum Iriarte. Buy Elixyr which is very similar to Marlborough at San Telmo Arcadia on passage San Telmo... Generally, Tenerife shopping Puerto Cruz has excellent or best offers for cigarettes. Not only cheap cigarettes but, all cigarettes in Spain have written on the packets by law 'fumar puede matar' which means to smoke can kill. A carton of Marlborough with 10 packets costs only about € 18,00...Lesser known brands are sold for about € 7,--. Hand rolled cigars are said to be available in some of the little Indian cigarette shops in Puerto de la Cruz. Mall Piramides Martianez has 2 shops one of which is La Licoreria which sells them. Claude who gives advice on retirement buys cigars at a bar in Longuera Los Realejos for € 0,30/piece. Buy sweets and gifts at Shop La Licoreria at Piramides Martianez Puerto Cruz some of which are light and small. Locate souvenirs Tenerife Masca at one of quaintest mountain villages which has items suitable as gifts as well. Find address and pictures of shop for best hand rolled Tenerife cigars in Garachico...
Tenerife liquorsOriginal island liquors sold in Puerto Cruz besides its Tenerife wines are Ron de Miel a rum of 20% or more alcohol with honey and, Banana Liquor. They are cheaper on the island than in mainland Spain and, very often Northern Europe because of hardly no luxury tax. Beware of surprises...Tourists may check up on duty free regulations in the official site Spanish airport guide for shopping to avoid later tax.
Canary Center La Paz:The only suburb with exceptional shops not in the hub is in Puerto de la Cruz La Paz. There, Canary Center La Paz is almost a small luxury Colonial shopping village facing Calle Marquéz Villanueva del Prado which you reach by Carretera Botanico. Canary Center with selected high class fashion shops, a German book shop, an excellent butcher for meat loaf in Puerto Cruz, a pharmacy and best juice bar in Tenerife North. Supermercado 2000 Spar a truly, special mainly grocery shop which is almost beside the Canary center is not expensive for everything. However, I do most of my shopping at Mercadona Supermarket which I like for its prices and variety. The one at Piramides shopping mall is even open on Holidays. A somewhat smaller convenience shop than Mercadona will be the first Supercor Puerto Cruz which may be expected to be inaugurated, soon..
La Cupola shopping mall opposite the Botanic Gardens on the same road has a very large supermarket 'Trebol', small furniture shops, real estate agencies, a language school for adults, 2 IT service shops and other service providers of all sorts. Shopping in Puerto Cruz La Paz is reached quickly by car on above said roads or by the steps leading up on the right of Pyramides Martianez shopping mall which has an amazing infra structure, facilities and beauty. The most stunning pools of Lido Martianez are also in its very close vicinity where you find San Telmo beach front with one shop after the other selling 'all-sorts' from expensive or cheap clothes, beach ware, designer jewelery, Tenerife Island liquors and tobacco articles, handicrafts to cheap souvenirs.
Day trips to leather factory 'Modas Diolae' Santa Ursula in Carretera Vieja no.12: A free bus to factory leaves every 30 min.in Avenida Venezuela Puerto Cruz 2 minutes from Piramides de Martianez commercial center as part of a service for Tenerife shopping. Lift secrets on special Tenerife shopping Puerto Cruz and surrounding Tenerife shops to get cheaper organic produce, 200 different organic teas, best English meat loaf to take away and eat and so much more.
Learn about Puerto Cruz La Paz which has some of the finest shops for Tenerife shopping in a page describing a Tenerife astro-physics event which set La Paz firmly onto the elite tourist map. Please, go from Tenerife shopping Puerto Cruz to town Puerto de la Cruz where you find many pictures including a photo of a genuine old chemist shop interior used now in a café where cakes and drinks are sold. Art galleries are also listed. More about Tenerife shopping near and further from Puerto Cruz:Shopping in Santa Cruz capital with general tips for more Tenerife shopping. Kind of a Tenerife shopping adventure can be found in special little Garachico town with shops like El Limonero for beautiful gifts as well as art shops. Special indications for shopping on biggest of all Canary Islands for groceries are given for tourists who live in Taoro Park which belongs to Puerto de la Cruz. Strangely, enough, there is no Zara clothes shop in Puerto de la Cruz but at Centro Comercial La Villa La Orotava where so many of Puerto's residents shop because, it's also very close on TF5 Freeway. Carrefour Hypermarket would get no business license in Puerto Cruz. Ikea Tenerife is also a mega store and much too big for a highly touristic place like Puerto Cruz. There is no Corte Ingles mall department store for elite shopping for all sorts in Puerto de la Cruz but, only in Santa Cruz. Tenerife online gives insider information on shopping on the island via Internet for Spanish fashion and more. No big furniture with appliances shop Puerto Cruz but,15 minutes by bus 354 Icod de los Vinos or 353 La Orotava you find: Best Tenerife beds and bedding for shopping Puerto Cruz since 1987.Bettenhaus Hammereralso elegant beds in cupboards La Longuera (opposite petrol station Shell) Tozcal, 7 Los Realejos Bajo (Lower Los Realejos) Buses: 354, 353 and 381 Closed on Sundays Leroy Merlin:Best Buy shop Tenerife Leroy Merlin La Orotava hyper store for handy man tools and other things, you will have a hard time, to find somewhere else...Use TF5 Exit 36 to get there! You can also drive to Leroy Merlin via las Arenas, if you know the way, which is 3 minutes from Taoro Park or the English Yeoward School... At Taoro Park you find explanation on how to get to La Vera Mercadona for shopping and from there to Leroy Merlin which is a mere 1 or 2 minutes by car. As you may see, the huge tool and handy man shop at Alcampo La Villa is almost in Puerto de la Cruz... Want to sleep over for your Puerto shopping?Look at best choice for hotels while exploring Puerto de la Cruz shops. The biggest and best selection of Tenerife hotels all Yours to inspect.Advertise online for shopping anywhere in Spain and, of course, Tenerife and much more...
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