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Welcome to Palma Shopping
Mallorca / Majorca is famous for its shopping especially around Palma - the islands capital. In Palma you can find everything from your top designer shops to your normal fashion houses. With the atmosphere you get round the little squares and streets shopping in Palma couldn't be more fun and enjoyable. There is a very relaxed shopping atmosphere around Palma, Mallorca / Majorca. In Palma you will also find a the usual electrical goods, Jewellery shops and of course plenty of the usual tourist merchandise shops.
In Palma you will find everything from top designer shops to small boutiques to your general basic clothes, in the main shopping areas such as Avinguda Jaume III and the Passeig des Born which are perfect for up-market boutiques and the pedestrian streets around Placa Major for small specialist shops. There is also a modern shopping mall and hypermarket complex, the Centro Comercial Porto Pi, that is 2km from the centre. Palma has a great advantage for the shopper as it is relatively a small size. Avinguda Jaume III, as well as being the best-known street in the city, is also the newest. Only 30 years ago the street didn't exist and today it is one of Palma's most elegant avenues, which is hard to believe as it is lined with sophisticated shops offering men's and women's fashions as well as jewellery and gifts. Galerias Preciados, one of Spain's most popular department store chains, is also present. For a thorough shopping spree you shouldn't forget the side streets of Bonaire, Sta. Maria del Sepulcro, Sant Marty etc.
Most shops are open from around 10am to 1:30pm and 5pm to 8pm Monday to Friday, and on Saturday mornings. The exceptions are souvenir shops in the large resorts, which stay open every day, El Corte Ingles (leading department store in Spain), Pryca, and the Gigante chain of supermarkets, open throughout the day Monday to Saturday.
If you, like me like the markets for a good haggle and great bargain there are plenty across the island of Mallorca....Make sure you try to barter as it makes that bargain even more satisfying!!!
There is a flea market every Saturday morning in Palma at the start of the "Avenidas" (streets) and in Campos.
The Llotja del Peix is an early morning fish market that takes place Monday to Saturday throughout the year at Es Moll de Pescadors. You'll need to get there early as the night's catch of mullet, prawns, sardines and sea bass goes on sale at 6am. For more information telephone +34 971 721 182.
The Mercat Artesanal is a lively craft market which takes place on the Placa Major throughout the year. During the summer months it is open Monday to Saturday from 10am to about 2pm, and during the winter on Fridays and Saturdays. Certainly during the summer months there is always a friendly atmosphere as it attracts a number of buskers and other street entertainers, whilst others just prefer to sit and watch the world go by from the open-air cafes.
The Mercat Olivar is Palma's main produce market, and is held Monday to Saturday 7am to 2pm in a hall in the Plaza Olivar, near to the Placa d'Espanya. The market is spread over two floors of the hall with fresh produce on the ground floor, plus meat and cheese upstairs.
The Pere Garau livestock market is held Monday to Saturday 7am to 2pm in the Placa Pere Garau, east of the city centre. Contact details for more information telephone +34 971 273 283.
As with its larger namesake in Barcelona, the Rambla is a flower market that takes place Monday to Friday 8am to 2pm, and again in the evening from 5pm to 8pm in the Passieg de la Rambla.
The Rastro is a flea market that over recent years become something of a Palma institution, expanding to the point where now it takes over part of the Avinguda Gabriel Alomar i Villalonga ring road every Saturday morning!
In Santa Catalina the fruit and vegetable market is held in the Placa Navegacio, just to the west of the city centre, every Monday to Saturday from 7am to 2pm.
Other Markets that take place weekly in Mallorca / Majorca:
Monday: - Caimari, Calvia, Lloret, Manacor, Montuiri, Soller.
Tuesday: - Alcudia, Arenal, Artá, Campanet, Llubi, Pina, Porreres, Sta. Margalida, Soller, Can Pastilla
Wednesday: - Arenal, Andratx, Capdepera, Colonia St. Jordi, Lluchmayor, Petra, Puerto Pollensa, Santanyi, Selva, Sencelles, Sineu, Soller, Villafranca.
Thursday: - Arenal, Ariany, Can Pastilla, Campos, Ciutadella, Consell, Inca, Portol, Ses Salines, San Joan, San Lloret, Soller
Friday: - Alarò, Algaida, Binissalem, Can Picafort, Lluchmayor, Maria de Salud, Es Pont Inca, Son Carrio, Soller, Son Servera, Palma am Plaza Mayor
Saturday: - Burger, Bunyola, Cala Ratjada, Costix, Esporles, Lloseta, Santa Eugenia, Sta. Margalida, Santanyi, Soller, Palma am Plaza Mayor
Sunday: - Alcudia, Binissalem, Felanitx, Lluchmayor, Muro, Sa Pobla, Santa Maria, Valldemossa, Pollensa, Porto Cristo
Then you can't forget that the Balearic islands are great for electrical goods, such as Cameras and little gadgets, as the tax is so much cheaper you can often find a great deal here! You will find these shops all over the island mainly in Tourist resorts.
Whatever your looking for and however you like to shop then you will find everything your looking for here in Palma, Mallorca / Majorca - enjoy!!!
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