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Tenerife shopping Puerto Cruz has it all like insider shops as well as cheap shopping.Tenerife shopping in Puerto de la Cruz is like in a shoppers' paradise. The hub with its often tree lined narrow streets or palm tree avenues is bursting with tiny shops with facades often more than 200 years old. In Puerto Cruz with all its culture you can do Tenerife shopping feeling like taken back by centuries. Hardly no vehicles except wheelchairs being allowed within the hub even give holiday feel for the many locals. Many hub streets for buying all kinds of goods can be seen in apartments Puerto Cruz.
When walking right and straight ahead from bus station you already pass shops. Look down intersecting streets lined with businesses for more shopping you will see the hub's town square with center park. The only suburb with exceptional shops not in the hub is in La Paz. There, Canary Center La Paz is almost a small luxury Colonial shopping village . But, even that could be reached quickly by car 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 designer jewelery to souvenirs. Day trips to leather factory 'Modas Diolae' Santa Ursula in Carretera Vieja no.12: Tenerife electronics for sound and vision:
Tenerife shopping 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. The shop 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 and comes also recommended by all major tourism organisations. For more Visanta shops in Playa Las Americas and Torviscas, please, consult Visanta homepage. Little electronic shops:People who bought bargains at little Puerto Cruz shops can't blame shops when the items disappoint later. Being small doesn't mean to sell rubbish. When not getting a guaranty while doing Tenerife shopping one is taking chances. Little Puerto shops have sometimes inferior brands on special but, don't force you to buy them.
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 designer jersey knitwear, and anything from Italy to pure cotton, you name it. 2 shoe shops at 2 sides at the Plaza sell good quality selected, elegant shoes. Perfumes and cosmetics you buy at the Plaza will also not disappoint you. Don't buy from street vendors who seldom hold a sales license and where nothing comes with guaranty unless you like cheap gifts which look great. A friend bought a Seiko imitation watch whose glass came off after 2 weeks.
High standard international shoes off Plaza del Charco Puerto Cruz:
A very popular shoe shop is just off Plaza del Charco . Looking at the photo you turn right by the harbor at Calle Santo Domingo and go up the motorway road where you have Estiloshoes. by about the 7th house on your right. Every British, German, French and Scandinavian insider hiker and walker in El Puerto knows this shop. Estiloshoes has brands This Puerto Cruz shoe shop has existed over a quarter of a century.
Tenerife shopping at Estiloshoes lets you find not only great foot sports ware but, also elegant shoes with all together more than 3000 models. 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 EU 85 to EU 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... Surf shop for surf boards, clothes and more:Walking or driving up the road along Avenida Generalisimo from Playa Martianez in Puerto Cruz with surf waves for beginners and the more advanced you find a shop for surfers on the left side.Name: Santasurf Avda.Generalisimo, 35 Tel: + 34 92237 34 10. A surfing school is run nearby by the shop owners. Casa de regalo (House of gifts) for lady and children clothes:Casa de Regalo at about no.60 Calle Hoya (opposite Dr.Theiss a page with map) is a shop for quality natural fiber off white clothes which are often beautifully embroidered while matching South American gifts are also sold at very affordable prices. People I've known and bought also dresses there are very happy. I bought an original Panama sun hat, for example, as well as some cheap wooden jewelery.
Tiendas99 shops :Tenerife shopping for clothing, bedding and similar items that are very popular with locals for good quality and reasonable prices is good 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 bought a classic winter coat at Tienda99 for about Euros 25 in 2003 which I still have, like and use when going out on a rare cool night. I initially bought it for northern Europe trips. Even denims and trousers are not bad at all at shop99 and have generally good cuts.
'Todo 150 pesetas shops' and cheap Tenerife shopping:You will also pass many of the formerly called 'Todo 150 Pesetas shops'. In 2001 that name disappeared from Tenerife shopping. Todo shops with their tightly packed shelves and narrow lanes used to be a hit in the past and are still popular like flee markets in town. Low mark up lets you get cosmetic products from 90 cents upwards such as nail polish to household goods of all sorts including sometimes cheap tools and interesting articles with little faults. For example, I bought Ikea design crockery with little blemishes for next to nothing at a Todo in Icod de los Vinos. Todo shops are all over the island.
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 shopping malls such as La Villa 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 0,45 because, one packet when bought in a carton works out euros 0,45.
A little Tenerife shop well stocked with all cigarette brands and good prices is off Calle Iriarte in Calle San Juan about opposite of Museum Calle Iriarte. A carton of Marlborough with 10 packets costs about EU 18,00...Lesser known brands are sold for about EU 7,--. Hand rolled cigars are said to be available in some of the little Indian cigarette shops in Puerto de la Cruz. I hope to update on this.
Liquor is cheaper also in Puerto Cruz and is found in many small shops around Plaza del Charco. Look out for banana liquor which is made in Tenerife as well as for Tenerife red wine... Tourists may check up on duty free regulations in the official site Spanish airport guide for shopping to avoid later tax.
Tenerife ground floor shops Puerto Cruz.It's so nice to find Tenerife shopping Puerto Cruz in tiny businesses on ground floors where shop owners often still have the time for a little chat. 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. 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 Tenerife shopping for groceries are given for tourists who live in Taoro Park just above Puerto de la Cruz. Strangely, enough, there is no Zara clothes shop in Puerto de la Cruz. Carrefour Hypermarket would get no business licence in Puerto Cruz. Ikea Tenerife is also a megastore and much too big for a highly touristic place like Puerto Cruz. Tenerife online gives insider information on shopping on the island via Internet.
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