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Shopping in Valencia is a truly fantastic experience with all the international Spanish stores such as Mango and Zara lining the streets.
There are popular shops such as Bijou Brigitte which sells affordable jewellery (earrings, necklaces, bracelets) and accessories (belts, gemstones). Very similar to 'Accessorize' in the UK.
If you want traditional shops and markets then try Old Town in the Old Quarter of Valencia.
Shopping in Valencia
Calle Colón is very trendy and one of the most popular places for shopping in Valencia. If you're hunting for the latest fashion you'll definitely find everything here.
The major department store in Spain is the El Corte Inglés and in Calle Colón there are three huge stores. Most have a supermarket and café and some have a restaurant.
There are also many cafés, tapas bars and restaurants so plenty of places to recharge your batteries - click on the links at the end of the page for more information.
Tip! - If you get a little homesick there's a Marks & Spencer in the upmarket shopping area of Calle Colón.
Shopping in Valencia - MARKETS
Mercat/Mercado Colón
Jorge Juan, 19
Valencia has a fabulous selection of markets and the newly refurbished Mercado Colón is well worth a visit. Set in a beautiful modernist building it's quite up-market and very trendy and a popular place to come.
Relax and unwind at one of the restaurants or cafès, enjoy a bite to eat and watch the world go buy.
Plaça/Plaza Redonda
(Off Plaça/Plaza Santa Catalina)
If you're around this area on a Sunday morning don't forget to visit Plaza Redonda. It's a very unusual market locally know as 'el clot' ('the hole'). 
There's a circular fountain in the middle of Plaza Redonda and the market is full of shops selling ceramics, linen, haberdashery and so on. There are a few tapas bars inside and many places where you can eat in the surrounding area.
There's also an entrance to the Plaza Redonda from Calle San Vicente Martir (near the Iglesia de San Martín). Although it's open most days, the best time to visit is on a Sunday morning.
Colores del Mundo
Calle Sombrereria, 7
A lovely little shop tucked away in a side street very close to Plaza Redonda. You'll find unusual and very colorful hand-made skirts, wraps, dresses and bags at excellent prices.
Mercat/Mercado Central
Plaça del Mercat/Plaza del Mercado
Shopping in Valencia is at its best when you visit Mercado Central. The building is a masterpiece of modernist architecture and definitely one of our favorite places to go.
There are over a 1,000 stalls stacked with anything from whole legs of ham to the freshes seafoods, fish, poultry, cheeses, vegetables and fruit you have ever seen!
The market is incredibly large and very grand and covered with ceramics and glass and topped with a parrot!
Centro Comercial El Saler
Autopista de El Saler, 16
Buses: 35 and 95
This very large and extremely modern shopping center is right opposite the City of Arts and Sciences.
The Carrefour Supermarket is at the center of this complex and is surrounded (on three floors) by approximately 160 shops. There's also a good selection of cafes, restaurants, tapas bars and an ABC cine-complex on the third floor.
Centro Nuevo (New Centre)
Avenida Pio X11, 4-6
Tube: Turia
Area: Marxalenes
Times: Mon-Sat: 10.00am-9.00pm
This shopping center is just a ten minute walk from Barrio del Carmen and easy to find as it's around the corner from the Expo Hotel.
It's very convenient for shopping and there are many bars and restaurants and there's an El Corte Inglés which has a huge supermarket in the basement. There are around 250 shops with car parking available underneath the shops. During the summer months and Christmas there's a very small fair which is great fun for very small children.
Shopping in Valencia - BEACH MARKETS
When you're shopping in Valencia Spain don't forget the street market by the beach in Cabanyal which is held every Thursday.
There's also an excellent mini version of Mercado Central in Cabanyal and a huge supermarket called Mercadona where you'll find a wide selection of delicious food. If all this shopping has made you hungry, check out our page on Places to Eat
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