Must-see shopping in Tenerife

  • Pisaverde

    La Laguna

    The shoes at Pisaverde are quite a sight, with each pair uniquely fashioned and handcrafted with bold and brightly coloured leather and all manner of…

  • MAIT

    North Coast Tenerife

    Housed in a former 17th-century convent, this museum shop sells a superb range of Ibero-American art and crafts, mainly from Central and South America…

  • Canarias Concept

    North Coast Tenerife

    As the name implies, Canarias Concept sells solely Canarian-made crafts and products. It has a large showroom packed with jewellery, ceramics, artwork,…

  • La Casa de las Imágenes

    Candelaria

    Get into the soul-stirring mood in Candelaria by checking out the religious statues, shrink-wrapped Santa Ritas, photos, plaques, candles, and holograms…

  • Casa de la Aduana

    Puerto de la Cruz

    You'll find the most comprehensive selection of quality crafts in town here. It's not cheap but there's no souvenir tat; expect to discover classy locally…

  • Dédalo

    Santa Cruz de Tenerife

    It may look like just another small accessory shop, but step inside to discover a galaxy of well-displayed, dazzling and exquisite jewellery, created by…

  • Atlantida Artesania

    La Laguna

    Jam-packed with preserves, pickles, gofio (ground, roasted grain), mojo (spicy Canarian sauce), cheeses, honey, local wines, Scotch whisky, cigars and…

  • El Rincon Extremeño

    La Laguna

    A good place to buy jamón ibérico de bellota (from acorn-fed black pigs) priced at around €40 a kilo. Other less expensive hams are also available –…

  • Depatanegra Ibericos

    North Coast Tenerife

    Carries a superb range of Spanish hams, including the highly desired jamón iberico de bellota, made from acorn-fed black pigs. Expect to pay around €16.50…

  • Casa Torrehermosa

    North Coast Tenerife

    Tenerife’s excellent art-and-crafts chain Artenerife has its local outlet in this magnificent 17th-mansion. Casa Torrehermosa provides a fitting setting…

  • Kish Vintage Apparel

    Santa Cruz de Tenerife

    At first glance this shop resembles more of a jumble sale than anything else, but take the time to browse and you will discover all kinds of gems,…

  • Museo de Malvasía

    North Coast Tenerife

    This absorbing place is not really a museum but more of a shop dedicated to local viticulture and various types of Canarian wines, including Malvasía, as…

  • Canary Wine

    Santa Cruz de Tenerife

    The charming and helpful owner of this shop will guide you through the local wines here, including eco-wines and the famous banana wine with the peeled…

  • Jamón y Mojo

    Los Cristianos, Playa de las Américas & Costa Adeje

    Run by an enthusiastic young couple, this deli has a vast range of carefully sourced gourmet products, with an emphasis on Spanish delights such as great…

  • La Cabaña del Té

    Los Cristianos, Playa de las Américas & Costa Adeje

    If you’re a tea drinker, stop by this temple to the tea leaf, with its shelves stuffed to bursting point with traditional metal tins of every imaginable…

  • Dolores Promesas

    Santa Cruz de Tenerife

    This Spanish designer apparently became inspired as a child by the bolts of material, buttons and bows at her grandfather’s modest haberdashery shop near…

  • Aristocrazy

    Santa Cruz de Tenerife

    Don’t be intimidated by the exclusive-looking showroom with its mock fireplace and exquisitely groomed sales staff, this Spanish jewellers has a…

  • Jamónes Riviera

    Puerto de la Cruz

    This market-style stall is a daily institution, and where locals come to stock up on all those deli goodies, including cheese, chorizo and the famous…

  • Jumping Man

    La Laguna

    Owned by music buff Fernando, Jumping Man has a petite space stuffed with jazz, soul, funk, R&B, hip-hop, pop and rock vinyl and CDs, much of it classic…

  • Rip Curl

    Los Cristianos, Playa de las Américas & Costa Adeje

    Surf clothing and watches, wetsuits and shades: all your water-sport requirements are provided for in a neat and good-looking selection here. The shop is…

  • Artesenciás

    Santa Cruz de Tenerife

    Using 100% natural vegetable oils, as well as scents, this aromatically enticing ecofriendly perfumería purveys beautifully packaged massage oils, body…

  • ADC Diseño del Siglo

    La Laguna

    You may not want to stuff a 1950s lampshade or a 1960s injection-moulded swivel armchair into your luggage, but the funktastic 20th-century vintage pieces…

  • La Ranilla

    Puerto de la Cruz

    Look for a tiny former fisherman’s cottage painted brilliant turquoise; it's now the happy home to this crafts shop specialising in innovative local…

  • La Alpizpa

    Los Cristianos, Playa de las Américas & Costa Adeje

    Right on the seafront, this shop standing all by itself sells an eye-catching range of high-quality and diverse arts and crafts created by people with…

  • Dicky Morgan

    La Laguna

    Look for the blue-on-blue exterior of this fabulous vintage shop. Dicky Morgan's edgy take on fashion, furniture and art is coupled with a big-city…

  • Artenerife

    Los Cristianos, Playa de las Américas & Costa Adeje

    Part of an Tenerife-wide chain where quality control is very much in evidence, Artenerife carries a superb range of quality handicrafts originating in the…

  • Pampling

    Santa Cruz de Tenerife

    Pampling sells appealing, bright, colourful, fun and tongue-in-cheek T-shirts with superb, eye-catching designs for kids and kid-dults. Fork out for a…

  • Mi Mundo Gourmet

    Santa Cruz de Tenerife

    Pick up your gourmet deli items at this bustling store. Look for traditional products such as jars of chilli-spiked mojo salsa, cactus marmalade, local…

  • La Cabaña del Té

    Santa Cruz de Tenerife

    This emporium dedicated to the tea leaf has a heady array of infusions from all over the world, packed into bright containers that are neatly arrayed on…

  • Librería Barbara

    Los Cristianos, Playa de las Américas & Costa Adeje

    A literary fixture, this bookshop was founded in 1984 and supplies avid readers with new and second-hand books in a medley of languages, plus magazines…

  • Atelier & Co

    La Laguna

    Stuffed with browse-worthy goodies, this shop has an excellent range of vintage clothing, as well as jewellery, wine, collectables, bric-a-brac and odds…

  • Centro Comercial El Mirador

    Los Cristianos, Playa de las Américas & Costa Adeje

    Near the main sweep of beach on the Costa Adeje is this bijou shopping centre with boutiques set around prettily tiled patios and fountains with palms,…

  • Joyeria Toky

    Santa Cruz de Tenerife

    Founded in the 1960s and still with its original dark-wood shop fittings, this corner shop specialises in religious artefacts, jewellery and literature…

  • La Tienda de Aloe Vera

    Santa Cruz de Tenerife

    Aloe vera grows prolifically throughout the Canary Islands (it was discovered in nearby North Africa) and, has been recognised for its healing properties…

  • Encuentro

    La Laguna

    It's fitting that Encuentro is located along the top shopping street in town as it's without doubt the top Canary Island's women's fashion chain. It was…

  • Art Shop

    Garachico

    This ceramic and art shop would look happily at home in any urban-chic big city. Run by German artist Alice Gauer and her Spanish partner Julian Betemps,…

  • Rastro

    Santa Cruz de Tenerife

    This vast rambling flea market is held every Sunday along two parallel streets starting from Mercado de Nuestra Señora de África and running along José…

  • Bounty

    Los Cristianos, Playa de las Américas & Costa Adeje

    Not the kind of place you want to enter with sand between your toes, this exclusive boutique sells quality traditional and contemporary fashions for men…

  • Pesquera y Navales Tenerife

    Los Cristianos, Playa de las Américas & Costa Adeje

    If you fancy dropping a line and sinker, or investing in some thigh-high wellies (in secret or otherwise), or if you just want to browse through the piled…

  • Blazers

    Los Cristianos, Playa de las Américas & Costa Adeje

    A refreshing change from the humdrum fashions aimed at souvenir-hoarding tourists (like slogan-blazoned T-shirts and overpriced swimwear), this eye…