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Handbags, Avinguda Diagonal
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Shop front, Passeig de Gràcia
Best Shopping Areas
!
Passeig de Gràcia
arts shops.
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Bulevard Rosa: Pg
de Gràcia 53 • Map E2 • Open 10:30am-
9pm Mon-Sat
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Bulevard dels Antiquaris:
Pg de Gràcia 55-57 • Map E2 • Open
10am-8:30pm Mon-Sat
Barcelona's grand avenue
of lavish
Modernista
buildings
is fittingly home to the city's
premier fashion and design
stores. From the international big
league (Chanel, Gucci, Swatch)
to Spain's heavy hitters (Loewe,
Camper, Zara, Mango;
see p139)
,
it's all here. And topping the inte-
rior design list is the perennially
popular Vinçon
(see p106)
. Side
streets reveal more sublime
shopping, notably Carrer Consell
de Cent, which is dotted with art
galleries, and carrers Mallorca,
València and Roselló.
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Map E3
@
Bulevard Rosa & Bulevard
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Plaça de Catalunya
& Carrer Pelai
The city's booming centrepiece
is also its commercial crossroads,
flanked by the department store
El Corte Inglés and the shopping
mall El Triangle, which includes
FNAC (books, CDs, videos) and
Séphora (perfumes and cosme-
tics). Lined with shoe and clothing
shops, the nearby Carrer Pelai is
said to have more pedestrian
traffic than any other shopping
street in Spain.
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El Corte Inglés: Pl
de Catalunya 14 • Map M1 • Open 10am-
10pm Mon-Sat
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El Triangle: C/Pelai 39
• Map L1 • Open 10am-10pm Mon-Sat
dels Antiquaris
Opened in 1978, Barcelona's first
fashion mall, Bulevard Rosa, is
still one of its classiest, with
over 100 shops showcasing
clothes, shoes and accessories
by Spanish and international
designers. The adjoining Bulevard
dels Antiquaris is a spacious
mall, with over 60 antiques and
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Portal de l'Àngel
Once a Roman thoroughfare
leading into the walled city of
Barcino, today the pedestrian
street of Portal de l'Àngel is
traversed by hordes
of shoppers toting
bulging bags. The
street is chock-full
of shoe, clothing,
jewellery and acces-
sory shops.
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Map M2
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Rambla de
Catalunya
The genteel,
classier extension
of La Rambla, this
well-maintained
Shopping crowds, Portal de l'Àngel
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