Shopping
Marbella is a shopper's paradise and has numerous major shopping areas:
Puerto Banús which is upper end and houses most of the major designers; downtown Marbella - along its main street, Ricardo Soriano (and its continuation Avda. Ramón y Cajál) as well as in the Old Town, you can find High Street shop prices, designers, and fine jewellery. The shopping mall, la Cañada (located along the Ojén exit) has over 200 shops to choose from. The Marbella Club is home to a dozen upper end shops that sell very trendy items.
Puerto Banús
ADOLFO DOMINGUEZ
Centro Comercial Marina Banús
Tel: 952 906 020
ARMAND BASI
next to Centro Comercial Marina Banús
Tel: 952 812 048
BOUTIQUE 007
Muelle Ribera 4 (in front of the boats)
Tel: 952 811 395
CHRISTIAN DIOR
C/ Ribera 15B, Casa F (second line)
Tel: 952 906 525
D & G
Muelle de Ribera (in front of the boats)
Tel: 952 810 508
DOLCE & GABBANA
Muelle de Ribera, Casa N, Local 3-4, (at the end of the port, after the boats)
Tel: 952 907 366
EL CORTE INGLÉS
Big department superstore at the entrance to Puerto Banús has an enormous range of items under one roof; even a post office and a supermarket.
Tel: 952 909 990
ELITE
Edif. Benabola 8, (in the main entrance to the port)
Tel: 952 812 621
EMPORIO ARMANI
Muelle de Ribera, Casa K, Local 18, (in front of the boats)
Tel: 952 810 932
HERMES PARIS
C/ Ribera, Casa E (second line)
Tel: 952 817 125
LOUIS VUITTON
Muelle Ribera, Casa N, (at the end of the port, after the boats)
Tel: 952 908 190
MASSIMO DUTTI
Centro Comercial Marina Banús, upper level
Tel: 952 816 176
VERSACE COUTURE
(at the entrance to Puerto Banús, next to Elite)
Tel: 952 810 296
VOGUE
Muelle Ribera, Casa M, Local 32 (2nd line)
Tel: 952 819 059
Marbella Centre / Old Town
BOUTIQUE K2
This exclusive boutique is the old town, in Plaza de los Naranjos. National and international brands including Roberto Cavalli, Love Sex Money, Corleone, Philipp Plain, Alta Moda, Divina, Gaultier Soleil.
C/ Estación 1 (Plaza Naranjos)
Tel: 952 858 469
BULGARI
Famous for its jewellery.
Avda. Ramón y Cajál 7
Tel: 952 903 094
CENDRA
Jewellery store with an emphasis on the unusual. Good gift ideas. Stocked with trinkets, earring, rings, pillboxes, antiques and a good selection of porcelain and amber pieces.
Avda. Arias Maldonada 5 (near Constitution Park)
Tel: 952 820 443
CHARLES JOURDAN
High quality, elegant clothes and accessories. Big range of shoes and leather goods along with umbrellas, bags, jewellery and of course sun glasses.
Avda. Ramón y Cajál 3
Tel: 952 770 003
GÓMEZ Y MOLINO
Exclusive jewellery for gem connoisseurs. This luxurious establishment is an authentic jewellery boutique. Handcrafted solid gold watches with authentic crocodile skin bands (also in Puerto Banús)
Avda. Ramón y Cajál 1
Tel: 952 765 554
DOVER
Shoe store par excellance that stocks matching bags and shoes : Ursula Mascaro, Pedro Garcia, Martinelli, Looky, Camper, Hispanitas, Lottusse, Fluxa, etc.
C/ Fortaleza 2 (next to Plaza de África)
Tel: 952 773 942
EL CABALLO
This is an outlet for leather goods.
C/ Huertas Chicas 14, (next to la Pesquera)
Tel: 952 771 026
M. BERDAGUER
Specialised in men's contemporary fashion.
C/ Ramiro Campos Turmo 10
Tel: 952 829 152
MARBELLA CLUB
Located on the Avda. Príncipe Alfonso von Höhenlohe. Many fine shops are situated in this deluxe hotel, including Boutique N 1, Boutique Malo, Brioni, Escada, Espace Beauté, Frette Furnishings, Joyería Flawless, Joyería PB, Joyería Marbella Time Club, Ida Ayu and SB Interiores.
Shopping Centres
Shopping centres are everywhere! here is a sample listing:
CENTRO COMERCIAL RINCÓN DE LA VICTORIA
Located along the motorway between La Cala del Moral and Rincón de la Victoria.
CENTRO COMERCIAL RINCÓN LARIOS CENTRO
Home to 60 shops located in the centre of Málaga on Avda. Aurora 25
CARREFOUR ROSALEDA
Avda. Simón Bolívar in Málaga
CARREFOUR ALAMEDA
25 shops in Portada Alta across from the main police station on the Cártama road in Málaga
MÁLAGA PLAZA
Has 40 stores and is across from the Corte Inglés in Málaga on C/ Armengual de la Mota 12
MÁLAGA NOSTRUM
Is the first local outlet commercial centre, located near the airport off of Avda. Velázquez near Polígono Guadalhorce. Although difficult to find, many rave about the great shopping potential!
CARREFOUR LOS PATIOS
50 shops. Ctra. N-340, Km 241
PLAZA MAYOR
Visible from the coast road driving towards Marbella, near Málaga, 2 km from the airport.
PUERTO MARINA SHOPPING
Benalmádena Costa
MIRAMAR
Over 50 stores and a cinema that always has an English language film. Coming from Marbella, Miramar is on your left just after the new seafront Beatrix Hotel; coming from Torremolinos it is the next right after you see Dunnes Store.
CENTRO IDEA DANIELA
25 Shops. Ctra. de Mijas, Km 3,6 in Mijas Costa.
Food Shopping Along The Costa Del Sol
Grocery shopping can become a lifestyle here in Andalucia. Some may prefer to shop in their local village tiendas; they may pay more, but it is convenient and builds good will locally. You may still have cravings for imported yummies which aren't always available at the local shop such as PG tips, Patak & Loyd Grossman sauces, lime pickle, Yorkshire puddings, chicken pies, oven chips and fresh milk may only be available at your local English store, please refer to Supermarkets in our yellow classified section for information on stores which carry the above lines.
El Corte Inglés specialty markets basically carry everything; the quality is high. The seafood selection is rather amazing. You can buy online at www.elcorteingles.es and arrange delivery; the webpage is very Spanish intensive. The chain stores, Eroski, Hipercor and Carrefour offer far more than just food.
Al Campo in la Cañada delivers and the perk is that you can leave small children in their Rik Rok play area. There are many German bakeries along the Coast that carry seedy and robust breads. There is one directly in front of al Campo.
Supersol has a nice assortment of edibles and carries certain UK products, e.g. muesli, curry paste, icing sugar, baked beans, nice sliced bread and Chinese noodles.
Dia is good for cheap basics; animal food, condiments, light bulbs, crisps and some biscuits.
Lidl is also good basics such as cleaning products, drink and their advertised special sale items such as waffle irons and wetsuits. It can be hilarious to watch the stampede at 10:00 on Mondays and Thursdays when there is an especially good deal.
Generally speaking the quality is higher if you purchase meat at the butchers, seafood at the fish shop, bread at the bakery and vegetables/fruit in a specialised shop. Fantastic fruit and vegetables are on offer at the weekly markets, but the best quality/price comes from the produce wholesalers. In Coín, on the Málaga road there are a few distributors that sell to the public. You can buy as little or as much as you wish and they will special order produce for you, such as mangoes, papaya, mint, fresh coriander, ginger, huge pumpkins, etc.
For those who do not want to make food shopping a way of life, Mercadona has a webpage and you can order online: www.mercadona.es. Price/quality is reasonable and for a nominal fee, they will deliver it to your home. Most of the supermarkets and discounters in Spain offer free home delivery for purchases over 60€.