Benidorm Shopping

What to buy: you can buy most British and other European food here - so don´t worry about packing anything like that in your case.

Bring toiletries with you - especially if you like a particular brand name.

Carrefour and Mercadona are good for own brand products - so forget the little supermarkets on the beach if you need suncream lotion, shampoo etc. Buy it in Mercadona.

What to pay: In Euro or with your bank card. Remember that in Spain it´s not chip and pin they have. You need to show PHOTOGRAPHIC I.D.

This can be your Photo Driving Licence or a passport (something official)

The market is Sunday (maybe saturday)and either Tuesdays or Wednesday. The weekend market is when mostly the Spanish go to it so it will be busier. However if you are looking for a real bargain go to the market at the weekend as the market during the week is more expensive as this is the day that the tourist go to market.

What to buy: There are many different souveniers to be bought here including dolls and other toys for children, clothes etc.

In almost all big and medium size cities in Spain,you will find one or more Carrefours-This is a french chain of Hipermarkets and right now they are in almost all Europe.
Here you will find everything you need.,...Food,Clothes,Electronics,Hardware Store,Shoes,everything! also in the entrance there are a few more small shops ,hairdresser's,and also a huge car garage or repair shop.Also it has a very reasonable prices in food and clothes and sometimes they give some very good offers or three items for price of two.

all over benidorm there are hundreds places for you to buy almosy anything. on the side of levante beach lies the old town. amazing narrow and full of light streets. people running against eachother trying to get the ultimate recuerdo, before the end of the vacation. if you are not tired, and just arrived, a couple of hours at this site and you 'll find a regallito to a friend a member of your family,etc. but well, you all are fancy travellers. you know what i mean.

MERCADILLO, is the spanish word for "Street Market".We have to street markets in Benidorm,on wednesdays.One is located on Levante Beach area of the city,behind Pueblo Hotel,that one is open also on sundays.

The other and largest one,is located at Colonia Madrid quarter,very close to Benidorm's train station.Here you can buy anything:clothes,shoes,gifts,Music,Toys, Local Craft. And also on this fleamarket you have a large section for Vegetables and Fruits,if you buy here your veggies you'll save lots of money!!!.

Picture Street Market at Colonia Madrid-Benidorm.

Walking by Benidorm' streets you'll find thousands of shops in some commercial streets in the old town,the one in the picture is Avenida Jaime I,close to Poniente Beach.In here you'll find lot of clothes and souvenir shops at a very reasonable price.Right now we are having lot of shops runned for chinese people,and the prices are really low!!!,specially on clothes and souvenirs.

Also just outside of the city centre we got a new Shopping Center,is called "Centro Comercial La Marina".Here a part of lot of nice and a few of them expensive shops,there are also some restaurants and a multicinema,is a good place to spend a full morning or afternoon.Also there are a few cafeterias and fast food restaurants.Take a look to its website for more information.

It is located on the road to Finestrat.

Picture commercial street in Benidorm.

I always liked Caprabo which is a large supermarket chain. As well as food stuffs they also sell housewares etc and are always at a very reasonable price. I always pick up a selection of Spanish cheeses and speciality meat such as the Bodega or Serrano ham which is basically a cured pigs leg!

Benidorm has many discount stores mainly selling clothes but there is also the possibility to pick up some fake designer products such as sunglasse etc.

What to buy: There are some clothing bargains to be had mainly cheap summerware.