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This is where the Spaniards do their shopping. In July there are sales at almost every department
What to buy: Anything, clothes , things for the household , nice foodstore in the basement and cafeteria at the top ( 9th floor )
What to pay: If you are NOT coming in July , when the big sale is on, try the 8th floor .....there is always promotions there ( good ones , really ) sometimes 30-70 % reduction on almost everything
Updated Jul 14, 2004
Address: Placa Catalunya
Website: http://www.elcorteingles.es
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I spent three hours one night just wandering around. One of the upper floors 6-8 - I'm not sure - is the bargain floor! Lots of neat stuff. I wish I had gone back. Probably the best part is the supermarket downstairs below the main level. It's a great place to shop for local goodies and to find lots of yummy things to bring home to friends and family. I bought coffee, chocolate, cookies and more. It was fun to just wander around. I felt very safe in Placa Catalunya even at 10 p.m. After all, that's just when dinnertime starts!
What to buy: El Corte Ingles also has a nice tourist shop. A bit pricier than shopping at the tourist shops on Las Ramblas but some nice things.
What to pay: Coffee, chocolate and cookies were very reasonable.
Written Mar 11, 2004
Address: Placa Catalunya
Website: http://www.elcorteingles.es
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Who doesn't know El Corte Ingles?Something very special about the El Corte Ingles in Barcelona is the view that you have from the top floor of this store.You can have a drink,a snack or a complete meal in the restaurant on the top floor and anjoy a great view of this city.
What to buy: Here you can buy almost everything.
What to pay: Depends on what you buy take your creditcard with you
Written Dec 6, 2003
Address: Placa Catalunya
Website: http://www.elcorteingles.es
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El Corte Ingles is usually quite big but the one on Plaza Catalunya is just enormous. You can find anything you like here but it might not be the cheapest choice. Even buying groceries is more expensive here than in other shops.
Updated Sep 22, 2003
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You will find El Corte Ingles in all of the bigger Cities in Spain. In Barcelona alone there are 4 locations. I visited the location at Pl. de Catalunya at the head of Las Rambles.
The grocery section of all El Corte Ingles stores can be found in the basement. This is a great place to go if you're looking to pick up some groceries for a picnic, need to grab a quick bottle of water or soda or just want to have a look around to see what they eat in Spain. You'll find everything that you need at reasonable prices here.
Head upstairs to the ground floor and in most The grocery section of all El Corte Ingles stores you will find gifts, souvenirs, jewelry, perfume and sometimes toiletries.
On to the first floor (second floor for those in the US) and above you will find clothes for men and women, sporting goods, luggage, a travel agent, etc... This place has everything and is very convenient.
What to buy: You can buy just about anything that you need at El Corte Ingles from groceries to clothing, from luggage to airplane tickets and from Antonio Bandaras cologne to a snow globe with a bull in it.
What to pay: Prices at El Corte Ingles are very reasonable. I prefer to go here to stock up on water for the day as the prices are much less expensive. For example, you might pay up to 1 Euro for a small bottle of water in a random shop in a tourist area. At El Corte Ingles you can pick up a large bottle for about .40 Euro.
Written Jul 26, 2003
Address: Placa Catalunya
Website: http://www.elcorteingles.es
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Bacelona has about 6 or 7 or maybe even more of these big department stores, El Corte Ingles. The biggest mumma of all is in Plaza Catalunya, the center of the city, and it actuallyonly has half the shop in as the other half is in a different (big) builing about 100 meters away (Portal de´l Angel) What's good about them? ot much. But they have got it - whatever it is. And I had a nice picture of the odd looking building so....
What to buy: In Catalunya they make Cava - Spanish Champagne. That is worth buying.
Written Apr 18, 2003
Address: Placa Catalunya
Website: www.elcorteingles.es
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El Corte Inglés is a very big chain of department stores in Spain. Throughout the city of Barcelona you can find a lot of them. The biggest one you can find on Plaça Catalunya. I found another one somewhere in the business district near the Intercontinental hotel, which had great x-mas lights.
Updated Jan 5, 2003
Website: http://www.elcorteingles.es/
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What to buy: All kind of things you will find here.
Written Aug 23, 2010
Address: Placa Catalunya
Website: http://www.elcorteingles.es
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A very nice building.
The Harrods of Barcelona
What to buy: You can find here everything you want
What to pay: You can spend as much as you have, if you have the mood for it
Written May 10, 2007
Address: Placa Catalunya
Website: http://www.elcorteingles.es
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This department store has pretty much everything you need. Look in the basement for the grocery store which has a nice deli to take things back to your room if you want.
Written Jan 11, 2007
Address: Placa Catalunya
Website: http://www.elcorteingles.es
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