Gift ideas Andalusia

Founded in 1923, it is the forerunner of all stores devoted to flamenco and féria crafts. The boutique is like a department store, with a vast choice of fans of all categories and prices, some made of lace and hand-painted; embroidered shawls; flamenco dresses; superb mantillas; cult objects; figurines and a whole range of jewelry. All the clothes and objects are also of high quality, with the price to match.

In this small street that leads to the town hall, we will gladly stop in front of this pretty shop with a boudoir look, if only for the pleasure of the eyes. And the promise is kept inside, because this small family business opened in 1945 offers very pretty things, quality shawls, beautiful mantillas, fans, hair accessories and many jewels. In short, everything you need to look beautiful, Andalusian style. Carmen and Estrella will be pleased to advise you. And maybe you will leave with the little handkerchief of the year, a regular feature since the store opened.

Located in this new, spacious and bright space since 2016, the university's "chest" offers a whole series of productions by former students of the University of Granada. With a large number of sections devoted to literature, but also to their doctorates, all subjects combined. In the decoration and clothing sections, the aim is to enhance the city's cultural heritage, which can be found on ceramics, fabrics, fans or canvas backpacks featuring drawings from the Botanical Garden. Not to mention sweatshirts or T-shirts and even frogs with the school's logo on them. A few steps from the bus stop that goes up to the Alhambra and Realejo, it would be surprising if you could not find anything to bring back a gift.

This large Granada bazaar can be accessed from Piazza Bib-Rambla, since the current alcaicería is an interlacing of alleys located between this square, Calle Reyes Católicos, the cathedral and Gran Vía. Built in 1318 by Sultan Yusuf I, the former space was designed to house a gigantic silk market and took its name from the Arabic al-Qassaryya, Caesar's house, in gratitude to the Byzantine Emperor Caesar Justino I who, in the sixth century, granted the Arabs the exclusive right to manufacture and sell silk. This product was then accompanied by many other fabrics, taffeta, velvet, scarves and various spices. The current replica occupies only half the surface area of the old enclosure which, at its peak, went as far as the old Nazarí Aljima mosque, the current Sagrario church and the beginning of the first ascents of the Plaza Nueva. At that time, it was flanked by 10 access doors closed every night and housed up to 200 shopkeepers, housed in one- or two-storey houses in which the ground floor was used as a shop, not to mention the many guards and quality controllers of the goods. When the Catholic Monarchs arrived, the market was run by a governor, himself directly appointed by the governor of the Alhambra, who was in charge of its supervision until the 19th century. After the fire that completely destroyed it in 1843, it was completely rebuilt in a romantic and neo-Arab style, but in a more modest space. Smaller, more modern and less flamboyant, it now houses many small shops of local crafts, such as Fajalauza ceramics, wood inlays, leather work and lighting.

Founded in 1979, this family business is a bit of an Ali Baba's cave for all those who wish to dress from head to toe for the Holy Week pasos. All the work is made to measure and handmade. There will be hoods, girdles, tunics as well as many embroideries, braids, coats of arms of brotherhoods. For those who are not directly concerned, it is the occasion to see the realization of a very beautiful craft like tunics in velvet, satin or wool.