If you look at the TV programme such as The Only Way Is Marbs, articles in The Sun and the Daily Mail and all the websites and blogs, you would think that Marbella and Puerto banus are all designer and high end stores, restaurants and bars. Well, that is is certainly present for those that want it, but for those not looking to blow a weeks wages on a pair of sexy shoes (or being paid a weeks wages to blow someone while wearing those sexy shoes) there is also El Corte Ingles which caters to most tastes and budgets, and the La Canada shopping centre which has a surprisingly large selection of stores to meet most budgets and tastes. Normal people live and work in Marbella and normal people visit as tourists, whatever the media might project! So stores such as Zara, H&M and Mango are all present and do a roaring trade. And if you are willing to go a little further afield to Fuengirola or Malaga there is even Primani chic available courtesy of huge Primark stores.
Having said all that, as you would expect in a bling-rich environment such as Marbella, as well as the ever-popular beach life and nightlife the fashion and shopping scenes are always sure to be busy. Puerto Banus has an incredibly high density of top-end designer clothes, shoes and accessories shops including Tom Ford, Gucci, Salvatore Ferragamo, Louis Vuitton and also lingerie brands such as Agent Provocateur. Obviously the good looking and sexy Marbella escort girls make a fine showing in the hopping stakes as well as the golf-support industries!
There are then the various local markets, such as the one near the bull ring between Puerto Banus and Nueva Andalucia every Saturday and the Thursday market in San Pedro de Alcantara, where you can get great bargains on some things and be totally ripped off on others. Part of the fun is in working out which is which! The stall owners are usually open to a little bit of haggling, but not so much that it becomes off-putting to the staid Brits, Irish and other Northern Europeans. All in all, they give a nice experience and access to some great looking if highly disposable fashion items to sex up your stay in the sunshine.
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