Elegant Catalan ladies have come to Alonso for those important finishing touches for their outfit for more than a century. Behind the Modernista façade lie soft gloves in...

Spain's monks and nuns have a naughty sideline in traditional sweets including 'pets de monja' (little chocolate biscuits known as 'nuns' farts') candied saints' bones, and...

With a staircase fit for a full swish from Scarlett O'Hara, this exquisite candle shop dates back to the pre-electric days of 1716 when candles were an everyday necessity at...

The comic scene is big in Spain, and this two-storey shop has been serving Barcelona's substantial geek community since 1980. The ground floor has both national and imported...

Cortefiel is a popular chain that casts a wider net than Mango or Zara, and its fine tailored jackets and elegant, mature renditions of current trends appeal to a variety of...

At once enchanting and disturbing, El Ingenio's handcrafted toys, tricks and costumes are reminders of a pre-digital world where people made their own entertainment. Its...

This tiny boutique is bursting at the seams with brightly coloured flamenco frocks, polka-dotted shoes, head combs, bangles, shawls and everything else you need to dance the...

Spain has long neglected its cheese heritage - this is the only shop in the country to specialise in Spanish-only farmhouse cheeses. Scottish owner Katherine McLaughlin...

Designed by a theatre set designer in the 1860s, this atmospheric shop hides myriad herbs, infusions, ointments and unguents for health and beauty. More up-to-date stock...

This venerable toy shop has been selling traditional toys, board games and everything you need for a game of billiards since 1840. Try the Spanish version of snakes and ladders...

Specialising in antique textiles, the 'Grandmother's Ark' smells wonderfully of cloves and freshly ironed linen and is bursting with both antique and reproduction curtains, bed...

La Manual Alpargatera opened in 1910, stocking handmade espadrilles. The store has shod such luminaries as Pope John Paul II and Jack Nicholson during its years of service - be...

Think Dita Von Teese in an 18th-century French boudoir: feather boas, stockings, masks, gloves and, of course, racks of sexy bras, knickers, basques and suspender belts. To...