Sevilla Shopping

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We were riding a taxi back to the Cathedral area when we spotted a three windows shop displaing all kind of our favourite objects: cooking ware!!!
We could not help outself to ask the driver to stop! we were arrived!
We got lost wondering around the shelves in this crowded shop, every inch is packed with all kind of cooking tools, really everything you would think. The store have been there for over 100 years, ans it is really amazing.
We were limited by our cabin baggage so we had to make a choice... oh that was hard!!
We ended up buying a paella pan, and even that was hard to choose, they had maybe 4 different kind, every kind had several size. We bought a stainless stell one, not the traditional iron, it would have been to hard to take care of. For a 3 person pan we spent 23 euros but ahhhh we would have bought the all store!

We used it twice already and paella is a bit long but easy to make, so it was really a great souvenir.

What to buy: Paella pans and all kind of cooking ware

What to pay: For a 3 person paella pan in stainless stell we payed 23 euros.

They also sell online.

The major pedestrianized shopping streets are Calle Sierpes and just a block to the west, Calle Velazquez which turns into Calle Tetuan. Sierpes starts at the Plaza de San Francisco and runs north to Calle Campana. Velazquez/Tetuan starts at the Plaza Nueva and runs north to Calle O'Donnell, just south of the Plaza del Duque de Victoria and El Corte Ingles, the major department store in Spain.

Since they are basically the equivalent of shopping malls in the U.S., you can find shops with goods of all kinds. Not too many tourist stores but every day need stores such as shops with shoes, the latest fashions, flamenco wear, fans, ceramica, etc. It's a great atmosphere but dead during siesta (1-4pm) as the stores all close. That is when you sit down to eat lunch. Everyone is out in the early evening for a stroll before dinner.

What to buy: We bought things made in spain, hats, jewelry and the prices are good for what you buy.

What to pay: Less than you would expect, for what you get.

While walking through the narrow streets of Sevilla there was plenty of opportunities to buy some great gifts.

Personally for me in Sevilla I bought a ceramic Sangria jug that I got back to Canada in one peic and still use from time to time in the summer with my new favorite meal of Paella!

Sangria as you may now is a famous drink in Spain made from Red Wine and a variety of other fruit juices.

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Several perfume shops throughout the city. Available in some other cities as well.

What to buy: Agua de Sevilla, a locally designed fragrance, its most predominant note is Orange Blossom, or Azahar, in Spanish.  Difficult to find anyplace but Sevilla, and pretty hard to find there, as well, but there is a perfume shop (no idea what the name of it is) in the Plaza Nueva that carries it.  If you put the Ayuntamiento (Town Hall) on your right, and stand just about halfway between the Ayuntamiento and the statue of the king (Francisco III? If memory serves?) you'll be pretty much looking right at it.  However, if you go to the left, at the end of the block, there is a little boutique which also carries the line, and has tiny bottles (great for gift giving!) that are ordinarily put in gift bags for conferences at the big hotels.

What to pay: The little bottles were 3€ in 2008.

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In many of the shops in Seville you will see beautiful ceramic plates in all sizes and patterns and rimmed in gold. You can’t help but want to take one home with you. Some of the best ceramics can be found in the Triana area at Ceramica Santa Ana. Another small store is Ceramica Santa Isabel.

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Most shops are open from around 9.30 in the morning to around 2.00 in the afternoon, then its Siesta time. They open again around 4.30/5.00pm and stay open until around 8.00pm. The larger stores such as El Corte Ingles or some supermarkets will stay open throughout the day.

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In 1990 the old Cordoba train station was turned into the Plaza de Armas shopping mall as well as an entertainment centre with cinemas. Open from 10.00am to 9.00pm there is a range of shops from sporting goods, clothing and jewellery to café’s and restaurants. On the lower floor is a supermarket.

AGUA DE SEVILLE: is a parfume which is produced for sevilla . I bought it for 32 euros last week from a local parfumeria .

DO NOT BUY FROM EL CORTE DE INGLES: everything is much more expensive in el Corte de Ingles...it was 44 euros over there!!!!...try to buy all the products from local stores:)

What to pay: instead of paying 44 euros you pay 32 euros by buying from a local parfumeria...