Stores, Malls or Markets in Andorra

Right when you get in from Barcelona border it is the first stop... or the last depending if you want to buy when you get in to the country or when you get out....
Punt de Trobada is like a department store, it has everything for a good price.
For hard drinker this is the place, but remember police might stop you when you get out... ask in the stores.
For cheese lovers too.

This unique store located in El-Serrat Canillo should be a must-visit during your stay in Andorra. It's a lot of fun. Here you can sample many delicious flavored whiskeys which are distilled specially by the store. Delicious slices of hams and salchichon (salamis) are generously offered as you sample the liquours. The store stocks many other gourmet items--which can also be sampled-- including Spanish sweets such as Turron--a kind of nougat made from nuts and honey. Upstairs you can browse kitchen and other housewares.

What to buy: Crema Catalana and Ermita--two distinct liquours of Catalan Andorra. The first is an eggnog-like potion and the second a honey-whiskey which is served up warm. Yummy! Most of the bodega's liquours have these rock-candy-like formations in each bottle, making them very attractive item to give as gifts.

It used to be a place to go for shoping as everything used to have a great price, actually electronics were so cheap. Today prices are very similar everywhere I mean between Spain and Andorra, may be if you come from other countries you find Andorra cheaper.
When I go there I buy beers and food as I find stuff it is so hard to find in Spain.
Be carfull when you buy alcohol and cigarrets, you should declare in the border, otherwise......

This is a large shop that specializes in cheese. The picture shows one large tub of many, which features Spanish cheeses (tellingly in Catalan). Other tubs have Dutch, Catalan, French, and Italian cheeses as well as a miscellaneous section.

You can buy local Andorran cheeses, most of which seem to be made from goat's milk (think "capra" if you're having language issues and you very well might) because of the mountains. The Andorran cheeses i tried were quite smoothe, very flavorful, and a real treat.

What to buy: I liked a lot of the cheeses but we only bought a few. Some of the local Andorran cheeses came home with us as gifts

What to pay: Premium price

You spent a full day browsing a shop after the other, with a woman with a program, and two children with the opposite one, none of them matching yours. Hell!

The shops close, and the family gets back to harmony, returning to nature and the peace of vacation.

Shopping is good, because it has to end.

What makes it special are it's prices.

On repeated visits to Andorra over years for skiing I have consistently found this place to be the cheapest place in town for booze, fags, electical and just about anything else this place sells form umbrellas to snowboards.

If it was a menagarie it would sell everything from Aardvarks to Zygotes.

What to buy: Spirits (especially whiskey) is the obvious choice.

Perfumes are also good value - see other tips.

What to pay: Whiskey can be as low as 3 Euros a bottle - but it's Spanish and on the rough side.

you can definetly get a reasonable bottle for under 10 Euros

This chain seems to be everywhere in Andorra. They actually have about 30 outlets.

Prices are very similar or the same in each store but what differs is the "freebies" they give away. Last time, in february, I received a BOSS suit holder just for one purchase of aftershave.

What to buy: Prices here are better than duty free - so buy up perfume / beauty sets for yourself and for gifts.

What to pay: Save about 40% compared to UK high-street prices

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What to buy: When buying Whisky in Andorra be very careful to see where it is made.

Sometimes bottle can look very "Scottish" with the logo and typeface used but the stuff inside has never been near Scotland in it's life.

The Same applies to other drinks like Gin , but, the the quality is usually not quite so distinguishable from the real stuff.

What to pay: very variable - don't buy too cheap !