122 Best Places to Shop in 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.

After extensive renovations that saw the building closed for several years, Mercado do Bolhão reopened in 2023, adding modern sidewalk bars to its historic charm. The market still offers a vibrant atmosphere with stalls full of fresh fruits, vegetables, meats, and local specialties. Many vendors provide samples of their homemade products, and visitors can find unique culinary souvenirs in the central area. As Porto's culinary star continues to rise, the market is once again a must-visit destination for food lovers in the city.

An eye-catching record store in the heart of Coimbra's historic downtown, Lucky Lux is a must-see for music lovers in the city. Whether you're on the hunt for rare fado vinyl or just fancy browsing the shelves, it's well worth a visit.

One of the Algarve's best food markets, the Mercado dos Pescadores is held in the riverfront buildings in the town gardens. Feast your eyes on the shellfish for which Olhão is renowned; mussels, in particular, are a local specialty. Visit on Saturday morning to see the market at its most lively.

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.

This famous shop has specialized in traditional Madeiran embroidery since 1962. It produces beautifully handcrafted pillowcases, tablecloths, and other items, almost all produced on the island.

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.

Part wine store, part delicatessen, and part cultural center, A Camponeza is open until midnight daily. The deceptively compact building hosts an incredible array of Port and table wines, which can be enjoyed on-site or bought to take home, and a flight of creaking wooden stairs leads to an art gallery and performance space upstairs.

Housed in a beautiful 19th-century palace, Casa da Guia combines shopping, art, and gastronomy in grand style. It's poised on a cliff edge west of Cascais, beyond Boca do Inferno, and it's worth the trip out of town for the contemporary art gallery, high-end boutiques, interesting restaurants, and bars with outdoor terraces.

Upmarket Porto brand Castelbel is renowned for its beautifully packaged soaps, scented candles, and body lotions, all of which smell every bit as divine as they look. The products are hard to find overseas, so it's well worth calling into their retro chic flagship store at the Palácio das Artes to pick up some of their lovely gift sets.

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.

One of the more intriguing venues on Rua Miguel Bombarda, the epicenter of the city's art scene, this shopping center is filled with one-of-a-kind galleries and interesting shops run by local entrepreneurs. There are several tempting bar-restaurants to help fuel your shopping spree.

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).

Two marine biologists who run a sustainable tour company on Faial branched out into this charming shop that sells products made by small producers in the Azores, with an emphasis on eco-friendly items and recycled materials. Highlights include their own label of cotton shirts with colorful designs made from recycled African textile scraps and whimsical handmade dog collars.

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 ultramodern boutique specializes in shoes, clothes, and accessories for men, women, and kids. Independent Portuguese brands get top billing, and there's a nice terrace where you can enjoy a coffee to fuel your shopping spree.

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.

Nautical fashions are curated with flair at this inviting menswear store in the heart of the Ribeira. Although founders José Miguel de Abreu and André Bastos Teixeira now sell their Atlantic-inspired pieces across Portugal and as far afield as Korea and Japan, they can sometimes still be found here at their flagship store with its beautiful river views.

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.

This charming store features all local handicrafts, from necklaces created from seaweed to handwoven straw bags to fish sculptures made out of debris found on Porto Santo's beaches.

For the best selection of Madeira wine, check out the shop at Blandy's Wine Lodge, which sells an exhaustive selection of the local tipple, covering virtually every vintage of Blandy's produced on the island since around the mid-'70s.