67 Best Places to Shop in Lisbon, Portugal

The so-called "thieves" market (it used to be said that stolen items invariably ended up here) is now the most famous flea market in Portugal. You'll need a few hours to browse all the stalls selling everything from vintage clothes to antique furnishings, with plenty of colorful treasures in between. The market attracts serious collectors as well as casual browsers, so arrive early for the best deals. It officially runs from 9 am to 6 pm, but vendors often begin packing up by around 2 pm on Tuesday, and a little later into the afternoon on Saturday.

Lisbon’s smallest shop is one of its most charming, selling nothing but custom-made, finely crafted gloves since 1925. It’s the last place in Portugal where you can get these exclusive gloves, and it's recognized as one of the best stores of its kind in Europe. The well-preserved neoclassical interior fits two customers at a time, who go through the process of trying on the different sizes and colors by placing their elbows on a small cushion and letting the fitter make the perfect adjustments.

This cute arts-and-crafts store sells traditional and contemporary Portuguese products like handcrafted ceramics and colorful homewares, beautifully presented in a vintage-chic setting.

Inside this chic former department store are 50 national and international stores—including a branch of the Fnac chain, stocking a large range of books, music, and computers—offering everything you could need to look and feel fabulous, and there are 15 restaurants in the smart food court on the top floor, with views of Chiado. The building itself is worth a visit, having been painstakingly restored after a fire consumed much of the centuries-old building in 1988.

Lisbon's oldest hat shop also boasts one of its most elaborate vintage interiors—all wood paneling and painted-glass signs. Whether it's a Panama, a traditional golfing hat, or the wide-brimmed Portuguese style worn by modernist poet Fernando Pessoa, you can find it here; they also stock many elegant walking sticks and umbrellas.

This artisanal company uses traditional methods to paint and glaze each tile sold in the shop. Many of the designs for sale originated in the 16th to the 19th centuries. You can even paint your own tile—just call ahead to organize a workshop.

Founded in 1732, this is the world’s oldest operating bookstore—a certificate near the door from Guinness World Records attests to that—and nowadays the flagship of a nationwide chain. Here, current bestsellers welcome you to the first room, before you continue into the vaulted interior to find different sections divided by theme, finishing with a small café that is also accessible from Rua Serpa Pinto. In particular, the store has a small English-language selection of works by the major Portuguese authors and Lisbon-related books. You can also buy international newspapers and magazines.

The mountains of Serra da Estrela in central Portugal are in the one of the country’s coldest regions, so locals have a centuries-old tradition of using sheep’s fleece in a variety of ways. This store has taken that regional product and given it even more uses by creating modern design items, such as handbags, backpacks, blankets, and even chairs. The colorful products are mostly by young Portuguese designers, but all are recognized for their innovation, sustainability, and functionality. Next-door, a separate store stocks rolls of the fabric in a wide range of colors and patterns for you to make up at home, as well as ready-made cushions.

Fans of artisanal candles will be charmed by this historic place (founded in the year of the French Revolution and George Washington's election as U.S. president), with its selection of traditional and updated designs in a dazzling range of shapes and colors—every one unique and all made by hand. You can choose from purely decorative or aromatic, ecological, and rustic lines; they also specialize in baptismal and other religious candles.

There's a feast for the eyes at this shop, whose walls are lined with colorful tins of sardines and other seafood combos like octopus stew or mackerel with curry.

The Portuguese love affair with azulejo tiles is enduring, but buying one as a memento has implications, as many of those for sale have been stolen from historic buildings. For a more ethical option, Cortiço & Netos sells distinctive and beautiful discontinued tiles from the 1950s onward. You can buy just one tile or by the square meter.

Shopping doesn't get any more stylish than at this grand 18th-century mansion, which has been transformed into a gallery showcasing some of the best of Portuguese design and even a few international brands. The restaurant-bar in the inner Moorish-style courtyard is an attractive place for a meal or a gin drink. Head here on Sunday evenings when the gallery hosts alternative fado concerts hosted by Real Fado ( www.realfadoconcerts.com).

This is the downtown showroom for a company established in 1741 that continues to use centuries-old techniques in its Ajuda workshop (uphill from Belém), including painting and glazing entirely by hand, to create contemporary designs and reproductions of antique azulejo tiles.

This respected wine merchant has been in business for almost a century, and the knowledgeable English-speaking staff will let you know everything about the vintage you've selected. It's known for its selection of Portuguese spirits and fortified wines, as well as foreign whiskies. Bottles are stacked from floor to ceiling and are packed in glass vitrines like museum displays.

Sourdough loaves made by talented and passionate young baker Diogo Amorim attract carb-craving Lisboetas from across the city. Amorim learned his trade in some of the world's top kitchens, and here he perfects the art, using flour prepared in an on-site stone mill. There are now several outposts of Gleba in and around Lisbon, but this is where it all began.

Founded in Porto more than two centuries ago, this shop moved to Lisbon after it was appointed jewellers to the Portuguese Crown in 1887. Its atelier in Bairro Alto (where it also has another, smaller store, at  Travessa da Espera 8–14) turns out traditional and contemporary pieces in silver, gold, and platinum, employing up-to-date design and manufacturing techniques along with traditional production processes. At this, its main showroom, you'll find everything from engagement rings to art deco cutlery, table centerpieces, and religious figures; they also do bespoke and customized items.

With tiled floors and vintage fittings, this beautifully designed grocery store and wine bar is run by the team behind the acclaimed Prado restaurant. Its shelves are stocked with seasonal, often organic, locally sourced products including cheeses, tinned fish, bread, fruits and vegetables, and dry goods. The adjoining bistro serves delicious small plates and a range of Portuguese natural and organic wines.

For some fairy-tale shopping, browse the racks here filled with fantastical frocks, capes, and more. Madonna is whispered to be among the celeb customers to have done so.

Large, airy, and exquisitely styled, this emporium stocks finely packaged traditional Portuguese goods—soaps, glassware, ceramics, textiles, notebooks, food, olive oil—at every price point. There are several branches, but this is the one to visit.

One of the city's oldest goldsmiths first opened its doors in 1870 and remains famous for its characteristic Portuguese gold and silver filigree work.

This made-in-Portugal shop celebrates life between the city and the sea. The boutique offers a selection of colorful, unisex post-surf and streetwear basics in high-quality cotton T-shirts and sweatshirts, sometimes printed with laid-back slogans, and cozy fleece pullovers.

You won't find knitwear in Lisbon of a better quality than at Achega, one of the city's best-loved retailers. The family-owned company—founded in 1957—still designs its own classic lambswool and Merino pieces. There's another branch nearby at  Rua dos Fanqueiros 190.

This gallery and arts store at the Centro Cultural de Belém is a good source of contemporary art, particularly by emerging young talent.

Stepping into this store is traveling back in time, to when colorful patterns and pleated skirts were the latest styles. Ás de Espadas is a treasure chest filled with vintage wear that looks good in the new millennium and encourages shoppers to show off their individuality. There’s everything to complete an outfit, from accessories to shoes, purses, hats, and jewelry.

Atelier Arteria is a free-spirited, inclusive, and ever-changing creative coworking space. Drop by to shop for one-of-a-kind bags and pillows made from textile waste and Portuguese linen, locally made jewelry, original artwork, and more.

At this Bairro Alto favorite, you can sample wines and fine foods from around Portugal before buying. The knowledgeable staff will recommend the right bottle for you.

This shop, which occupies a permanent space adjacent to the Feira da Ladra market, specializes in ceramics from various Portuguese factories and artisans’ workshops. Crockery, tableware, and decorative pieces take the form of pumpkins, cabbages, swallows, roosters, frogs, lizards, sardines, and hanging codfish. Prices are more than fair.

This stylish store stocks chic, limited-edition, Portuguese-made swimsuits, bikinis, and comfy but stylish clothing and accessories for women, men, and kids.

Just down the street from Convento do Carmo, this store offers sweets that originated in convents all over Portugal. Nuns used to make a living by selling their confections, invariably using lots of sugar and egg yolks (since the nuns used the whites to starch their collars and wimples). This store is named after the extra-sweet "soft eggs" in wafer-thin pastry from the city of Aveiro, but you can buy many other specialties from around the country.