40 Best Places to Shop in Spain

At the corner of Carrer de la Palla and Banys Nous, this café and shop sells wine and foodstuffs such as honey, biscuits, chocolates, and preserves made in convents and monasteries all over Spain. You can pop in to pick up an exquisitely packaged pot of jam, or linger over divine pastries and coffee in the tearoom.

Just up the street from Santa Maria del Mar, this coffee emporium is famous for its sacks of coffee beans from all over the globe and is said to serve the best cup of coffee in Barcelona, also available to go. El Magnífico's coffee is also available from Brunells bakery.

This shop is one of the most aromatic and picturesque in Barcelona, bursting with teas, coffees, spices, saffron, chocolates, and nuts. The star is an almond-roasting stove in the back of the store—purportedly the oldest in Europe, dating from 1851 like the store itself, so make sure to pick up a bag of freshly roasted nuts to take with you.

This century-old purveyor that supplies top restaurants in the area is a great place to stock up on premium conservas (preserved and canned foods) and sacks of mottled alubias de Álava (Álava pinto beans). Tinned vegetables are Victofer's forte with piquillo peppers and white asparagus being particularly exceptional.

A food-lover's paradise, this pristine, well-lit store carries all the Castilian delicacies you can imagine, from Burgos-style morcilla and cheese to roasted oil-packed peppers and top-quality dried beans and pulses.

Donézar is a beloved confitería (candy shop) and cerería (chandlery) that rang in its 171st anniversary last year. Behind its timeworn wooden countertops, the store stocks some of the finest artisanal jams in Spain as well as peanut guirlache (brittle), turrón (nougat), yemas (eggy bonbons), and polvorones (sugar-dusted almond cookies). The top-quality candles are made by hand and come in various sizes and neutral tones.  

On the same square as the church, this shop has its own line of gourmet products ranging from locally produced pâté de foie gras and cheese to small-batch Val d'Aran cassis, marmalades, and honey.

This is a one-stop shop for local wines, olive oil, Manchego cheese, and—most notably—ibérico pork products (ham, chorizo, dry-cured sausages) made from pigs raised on the family farm. Stick around for charcuterie boards and generously poured glasses of wine.

At Salamanca's oldest market with more than 50 stalls, you can stock up on local gourmet specialties—such as farinato sausages, jamón ibérico, and sheep's cheeses—and round out your shopping spree with a glass of wine at any of the traditional tapas counters.

For the best margaritas in town (no, not those—these are crunchy-edged madeleines made with almonds), head to what is one of the oldest commercial establishments in Catalonia, founded in 1806.

This sleek cheese shop with on-site "caves" for aging is a cheese lover's paradise. Seek out rare treasures like Torrejón, a raw ashed-rind sheep’s cheese from Castile, and snap up a bottle of organic Spanish wine while you're at it. There's a second location in La Latina on Carrera de San Francisco 14.

Some of Lanzarote's top artisanal cheeses (and a wide selection of mainland European ones) are sold at this charming city-center shop.

Satisfy your jamón cravings at this gourmet shop specializing in acorn-fed pork products. There are usually baskets of terrific La Dalia pimentón on sale as well; grab one or two tins here as they're hard to find outside Extremadura.

The hamlet of Uga is the improbable home of what's arguably Spain's finest smoked salmon producer (open 10 am–2 pm). The prized fish is cured with salt culled from nearby Janubio beach, then smoked over La Geria grapevines. The tiny shop sells more than 200 pounds of smoked salmon daily.

Choose from the vast selection of Catalan and Spanish wines at this high-ceilinged bodega, which also sells fancy cheeses, pâté, Iberian ham, and other gourmet fare to go. It’s also a wine and tapas bar, so you can sample a bit of everything before you buy.

This legendary sausage and cheese store also sells local favorites like pâtés, homemade jams, and vermouth. 

Committed to sustainability and the welfare of animals, Casa Carot sources fresh cheese from local farms in the Catalunya region. Small but well styled, it’s the perfect pit-stop on your way to a picnic in Ciutadella Park. 

Here you can buy La Cafetera toffee, a local café con leche–flavored sweet. The shop also sells Navarran wine and other delicacies.

For cooks on the hunt for hard-to-find Spanish ingredients, Casa Ruiz is an obligatory stop. The bulk purveyor specializes in dry ingredients, from beans to pulses to spices to chocolate, and they carry only the best. Seek out Manchegan saffron, judiones de La Granja (extra-large white runner beans), and Asturian fabes to make real-deal fabada (bean stew) in your home kitchen.

This is a beautiful little shop for the artisanal food specialties of Mallorca: sobrassada of black pork, cured sausages called "fuet," cheeses, jams, honey, and preserves.

Toledo has various gourmet food stores, but this one takes the cake. Artisan cheeses, marzipan, and charcuterie are some of the mainstays, but also check out their regional olive oils and canned partridge and patés, which are easy to pack in your suitcase. 

Come here to buy delicacies from across Navarra, including wines, sweets, cured meats, and cheeses, as well as a variety of bull-themed T-shirts and paraphernalia.

This artisanal cheese factory and agriturismo is a great place to buy the tangy, Parmesan-like Mahón cheese. On weekdays, you can watch the cheese being made, and guided tours (by reservation  [email protected]  €8) are available at least once daily. In addition to a shop (which is open only during tours), the beautiful grounds boast a small vineyard; a sculpture garden; a botanical garden; and the island's only cheese-focused museum, featuring aging chambers and all manner of implements.

This busy emporium next to the church of Santa Maria del Mar stocks excellent cheeses, hams, pâtés, and homemade sobrassadas (pork pâté with paprika). Catalan botifarra sausage is the main item here, with a wide range of varieties, including egg sausage for meatless Lent and sausage stuffed with spinach, asparagus, cider, cinnamon, and Cabrales cheese.

As you can guess from the name, which is decorated with cod-fishing memorabilia, this shop specializes in bacalao—salted and dried salt cod, which is used in a wide range of Catalan recipes (such as esqueixada, in which shredded strips of raw salt cod are served in a marinade of oil and vinegar). Slabs of bacalao can be vacuum-packed for portability, and there are lots of recipe books if you're looking for inspiration.

Stock up here on local charcuterie, sausages, jamón ibérico, cheeses, Extremeño wines, and cherry liqueur. There are many branches across Extremadura; alternatively, order online.

This gourmet shop on the corner of Plaza Mayor was once the wine cellar of a 16th-century palace. Now it sells local products including jamón, cheese, wine, and locally made beer at excellent prices. Stop by for samples and take home your favorites.

Local delicacies—including Santander's most famed dessert, sobaos pasiegos (fluffy buttery cakes)—are sold here. Check out their other location in front of the Gran Casino Sardinero.  

This posh gourmet food and wineshop also hosts Basque cooking classes and popular food tours.