Puerto de la Cruz
An enchanting small boutique selling beautifully crafted jewellery, designer-look women’s fashion and casual chic accessories, including sequined belts…
Must-see shopping in Canary Islands
La Gomera
Locally based artisans sell handcrafted jewellery, original cards, tye-dye clothes and fabrics brought from India at Valle Gran Rey's small Sunday market,…
Los Cristianos, Playa de las Américas & Costa Adeje
This luxurious shopping centre has around 60 shops, including designer boutiques and a kids' zone, arranged within a circular building ringed by a…
Lanzarote
Artisan stalls flaunting locally made jewellery, pottery, handbags and other trinkets fill harbourside Plaza de las Carpas for this twice-weekly market.
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
This small stall tucked into a corner of the Mercado de Nuestra Señora de África sells medicinal herbs for every imaginable ailment.
Librería del Cabildo Insular de Gran Canaria
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Stocks lots of titles about the Canary Islands. Most books are in Spanish but there are a few shelves of English-language guides too.
Morro Jable
Most stalls are run by Moroccans and Africans; you’ll be lucky to find anything that smacks particularly of the Canaries.
El Hierro
Fuelled by locally sourced produce, Valverde's weekly market sets up shop opposite the hospital at the north end of town.
Puerto del Carmen
With a couple of branches across the island, this is a handy English-language bookshop stocking Lanzarote hiking guides.
El Hierro
Tigaday's small craft and food market, stocked with local produce, takes over Plaza Vieja each Sunday.
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Two branches of this mammoth department store face each other across Avenida Mesa y López.
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
This old-fashioned bookshop covers four floors, with titles mainly in Spanish.
San Sebastián de la Gomera
For La Gomera literature, including multilingual hiking guides and maps.
