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 Spain
offers today the best prices on many articles with some special
discounts for tourists. Madrid and Barcelona are, of course, the
major cities for shopping. Travelers to Madrid should spend time
at the Rastro Market, where you can bargain hard and experience
the full flavor of Spain's shopping fever. In Madrid you can find
artistic products of rich and varied Spanish handicraft, rugs,
tapestries, shoes, luggage, bags, coats, dresses, gloves, fans,
cloaks, porcelain, ceramic ware, cast iron wooden statues.
Spain has a long tradition in making leather
goods, clothing , embroidery and lace, gold and silver jewelry,
ivory objects, blown glass, pottery and antiques. Some of the
antique galleries in Madrid, Barcelona and Seville are among the
best in Europe. Interior-decorating items like Lladro porcelains,
irongrille designs, silver and other metal objects such as candelabra,
trays, bowls, toys and musical Instruments including the best
spanish guitars in the world.
Spain is also famous for producing high quality
footwear from Alicante and the Balearics. For fine rugs and carpets
you should make a visit to Cáceres, Granada or Murcia where
these are widely made. Bargains are everywhere.
Fajalauza in Granada has some of the loveliest
varieties of pottery in Spain. The pottery is made with primitive
techniques and forms and its blue, green and purple glazes are
of Moorish origin.
The excellent sherries, wines and spirits produced
in Spain make excellent gifts. |
