Shopping in Girona
From Guide to Girona
In Girona, most things can be bought on Amazon.es. It's just generally the convenient place to buy stuff. If ordering from outside the EU (from Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.com for example), you may need to pay import tax.
Most shops in Girona are closed on Sundays, and those that are open tend to close early.
There is a shopping mall just outside Girona called Espai Girones. It's a 1-hour walk from Girona or 30 minutes by bus. It has shops, a cinema, food court, restaurants, bowling, and free parking.
Groceries in Girona[edit]
- Main supermarkets in Girona are Consum, Mercadona, and Carrefour. They all do grocery delivery to your door, for an extra charge
- Small supermarkets include Spar and Condis
- Bonpreu Esclat is a supermarket known for kilometre zero (locally sourced) products and a strong loyalty program.
- Lidl/Aldi
- Mercat del Lleó. The main fresh food market in Girona. Sells meat, fish, cheese, bread, etc. Also has a stand selling magazines, a flower stand, etc.
Outside the building is another market selling fruits and vegetables.
- Mercat de la Devesa. Fresh food market in la Devesa. Cheaper prices than elsewhere. Every Tuesday and Saturday from 9 AM to 1:30 PM, including public holidays.[1]
- Too Good To Go app. An app to buy discounted food that restaurants and bakeries would have thrown away. Receive a surprise bag. Good for cheap groceries, cakes, the pastries. The cost is about a third of the normal price.
Where to buy...
- authentic Italian food Bottega Toscana
- local ham Don Jamón
- local cheese Cal Formatger
- furniture Ikea. Girona doesn't have an Ikea, the nearest is in Barcelona. It does however have an "espai de planificació" (Carrer de Joan Maragall, 21). You can go there, make an order, and then pick it up a few days later from the "punto de recogida" (Carrer de Sant Joan Bta. la Salle, 38). The punto de recogida provides free trolleys to wheel your purchase to your apartment. Nothing is louder than wheeling a trolley through the streets of Girona.
Bulk shops[edit]
- A Granel Shop – A store for buying bulk goods.
- Morera Agrocomerc – Another good option for bulk shopping.
Book shops[edit]
- Reread – A small used book shop in el Barri Vell. Has mostly Catalan and Spanish books, also a few shelves of English books.
- Linguae – Girona's only foreign bookstore. Sells books in English, French, German, Italian, and Portuguese. They can also import books in any language, sometimes at prices cheaper than Amazon.
Organic shops[edit]
- Ametller Origen – A supermarket with a good selection of organic products.
- Veritas – Almost exclusively organic produce and grass-fed meats.
- BioBrots – A well-known organic store in Girona.
Asian shops[edit]
Girona doesn't have a Chinatown, but it has these shops:
- Honglai – Carrer Bisbe Sivilla, 2, 17005 Girona
- Fruteria Autoservei (Small Asian fruit store). Av. de Sant Francesc, 3, 17001 Girona
- Supermercado Chino Girona. Carrer de la Mare de Déu dels Àngels, 28, 17005 Girona
Where to buy...[edit]
- DIY stuff Leroy Merlin, Bauhaus
- Sports stuff Decathlon
Buying second-hand[edit]
- El Mercat intercanvi de disabbte (Flea Market), every Saturday morning in front of the Basílica de San Félix.
- El Mercat intercanvi de diumenge (Flea Market), every Sunday from de 9 a 13 h in placa catalunia. In case of rain, they move to Avenue Sant Francesc.
- Wallapop App. Great for buying and selling secondhand goods.
- Backmarket.es is a place for buying used phones and other electronics
Free things[edit]
- Girona Reutil Facebook Group. Has over 12,000 members. In Spanish and Catalan. A Facebook group where people give away things they no longer need.
- Girona Giving Facebook Group. Has 1,200 members. Same idea as Girona Reutil but in English.
