Barcelona Shopping: The Insiders Guide To Passeig De Grcia

The historic passageway between the city of Barcelona and its neighboring town Gràcia, the Passeig de Gràcia, is the hottest shopping spot in town. The area is home to some of the biggest labels in designer fashion as well as your classic high-street staples. Here are our tips to navigate your way around this iconic boulevard and shop like the locals.

For investment pieces: Stella McCartney

When you’re looking for that special something to start a love story, something you can rely on time and time again, you need a label you know you can trust. Having designed her first piece at the age of 13, it’s fair to say that Stella McCartney is a dab hand at creating serious fashion that is made to last. One of only 19 freestanding stores to carry the designer’s name worldwide, the Stella McCartney boutique on Passeig de Gràcia is the place to go when you’re looking to make a no-risk investment for your wardrobe. Whether its her classics (Stella Essentials) or statement pieces (look for her most recent collaborations), you know you’ll be getting your money’s worth with a Stella McCartney design.

Stella McCartney collaboration with Adidas

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For the best window displays: Prada

If you’re the kind of person who could spend hours window shopping, or as the French so vividly put it, faire du lèche vitrine (literally ‘window licking’), then you’ll know that a good window display is crucial to an afternoon’s shopping adventure. Luckily for us, in Barcelona the luxury Italian fashion house Prada – famous for its designer displays – recently opened a flag-ship store on the Passeig de Gràcia. The window displays at Prada capture the imagination and at times seem to take on a life of their own; they’re frequently the object of a collaboration with famous designers and artists. A true delight.

For your holiday clothes: Mango

Your holidays are a special time to kick-back and relax, forget your troubles and have fun… but they’re no excuse to forget your fashion sense. If, for you, holiday clothes don’t mean tie-die shorts and sarongs then chances are you’ll be pleased to stumble across Mango on Passeig de Gràcia. The high-street staple offers stylish casual wear and seasonal favorites at affordable prices, perfect for wandering the hip backstreets of Raval or grabbing a smoothie at one of the beach huts on the Barceloneta beach.

For on-trend footwear: Santa Eulalia

Named after one of the patron saints of Barcelona, Santa Eulalia is a luxury fashion store offering a carefully curated selection of designer fashion to style-conscious locals for nearly 200 years. The impressive selection of international luxury brands has earned them the reputation for being one of the best designer hotspots in town. But what you really want to look out for is their footwear, and in particular their sneaker collection that you will struggle to find elsewhere: Isabel Marrant, Anya Hinmarch or Balenciaga are just a few of the names you’ll find on offer.

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