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Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain. Combinations of historical monuments, parks and beaches have been a key element in attracting the tourists to visit Barcelona. Tourists visiting Barcelona will have a great time shopping as the city has about 35,000 shops offering an assortment of items and products. The shopping area is spread over 5 km radius and the traffic is less in this area. Barcelona has one of the biggest open-air shopping centers in Europe. The famous shopping street is Las Ramblas that start from Placa Catalunya and ends at the Barcelona harbor. Tourists can enjoy shopping watching the street performers, painters and cages with birds on sale. There are many other shopping areas also in Barcelona.
The shops in Las Ramblas are open through out the week. The timings of the shops are from 10 am to 8.30 pm. The winter sale starts from the month of January and lasts till February, while the summer sales start from July and ends in August. Discounts up to 70% are offered that attract many tourists. Barcelona has a special bus service that ferries people to all the shopping areas. These air-conditioned buses are very comfortable.
Wide range of clothing, accessories and household items are the major attractions here and they are comparatively cheaper than other shopping areas of Barcelona. Designer clothes and leather goods are also very famous here.
There are shops which sells branded items like
Giorgio
Armani
Burberry
Bally
Cartier
Calvin Klein
The main shopping avenues are Portaferissa, Portal de Angel and Boqueriarre. High quality Spanish designer shops have sprung up in the recent years that present a wide range of clothes, shoes, jewelry and accessories of latest fashion. Books, video tapes and second hand objects are available in the little market that opens on Sundays which is in Ronda de Santa Antony. Poble Espanyol is the place where pottery, glassware and imitation jewelry are found. Other main areas for shopping are Passeig de Gracia and El Ensanche
There are many departmental shops/Malls, which are very popular in Barcelona. Some of them are
Mare Magnum Mall which is situated near the Moll de Fusta Harbour.There are many shops and restaurants located here.
Popular Mango is a famous Mall among the tourists and locals. Wide range of Tops, pants, skirts, heavy jackets and all the latest fashionable designer clothes are available here.
L’illa shopping Mall is diagonal in shape and is very famous for its modern style of construction with lots of glass and metal. There are many shops for sports accessories.
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