SHOPPING IN BARCELONA: PORTAL DE L'ANGEL

After having spoken in the previous posts about nice churches and squares of the Barcelona Gothic Quarter like:

• Cathedral of Barcelona 
• Santa Maria del Mar
• La Plaça del Rei
• La Plaça del Pi and Santa Maria del Pi
• La Plaça de Sant Just
• La Plaça de Sant Felip Neri
• Santa Anna church

today I would like to talk about one of the shopping streets in the Gothic Quarter: 


El Portal de l'Angel


First of all, I would like to explain that Barcelona citizens would prefer to go to the city center to buy clothes. Around Portal de l’Àngel, Portaferrisa and Pelayo streets, it is more likely to find a lot of fashion stores like Zara and Berskha. I recommend walking through this area, especially around its narrow streets belonging to the Gothic Quarter, where there are small shops with their own designs.

Walking along El Portal de l'Angel towards Plaça Catalunya

Walking along the pedestrian avenue of El Portal de l'Angel you will go from Plaça Catalunya to the cathedral square, if you turn to the left, or to Portaferrissa street if you turn to the right. It's a pleasant walk along this wide avenue because of the large number of interesting shops you will find on each side of this street.

Here you can see the end of El Portal de l'Angel, where this avenue forks into Capellans street to the left and Cucurulla street to the right

El Portal de l'Angel (and Portaferrissa street) are actually two of the main shopping areas of Barcelona. Among the shops you can find along El Portal de L'Angel, the most popular are:


- Fashion Stores

• Benetton Av. Portal de l´Angel, 4

Benetton store in Portal de l'Àngel

• Podivm Av. Portal de l´Angel, 9
• Bershka Av. Portal de l´Angel, 15-17
• Massimo Dutti Av. Portal de l´Angel, 16
• El Corte Inglés Av. Portal de l´Angel, 19-21

Corte Inglés in Portal de l'Àngel

• HM Portal de l´Angel, 20-22

HM in Portal de l'Àngel

• Zara Av. Portal de l´Angel, 24
• Scala Dei Av. Portal de l´Angel, 26
• Mango Av. Portal de l´Angel, 34

Mango store in Portal de l'Àngel

• Cortefiel Av. Portal de l´Angel, 38
• Pull and Bear Av. Portal de l´Angel, 42

Pull & Bear in Portal de l'Àngel

• Stradivarius C/Cucurulla 9
• Levis Store C/Cucurulla 2
• Desigual C/ Comtal 9
• Jack and Jones C/ Portaferrissa 7

- Shoe Store

• Casas Av. Portal d´Angel, 40
• Padevi  Av. Portal d´Angel, 42

- Lingerie

• Intimissimi Av. Portal d´Angel, 12
• Women's Secret Av. Portal d´Angel, 38
• Yamamay C/Cucurulla 9

In this point begins Portaferrissa street, near the end of El Portal de l'Angel, another popular shopping street in Barcelona

As you can see, El Portal de l'Angel is not only a shopping street, it's a symbolic and nice avenue in Barcelona which leads you from the modern and lively part of the city to its peaceful and medieval heart.

Belonging to this modern side, Barcelona is nowadays the Mobile World Capital. For this reason in Portal de l'Angel is located the Mobile World Centre, where you can discover the latest in Mobile Telephony.

Mobile World Centre in Barcelona

 Mobile World Centre is located in Portal de l'Angel near El Corte Inglés of Catalunya square

Finally, other shopping areas in Barcelona are:

• Shopping in Passeig de Gràcia
• Las Arenas Shopping Mall near Montjuïc
• Shopping malls and Outlets
• Shopping in Carrer Pelai
• Shopping along La Diagonal
• Viladecans The Style Outlet
• Shopping in Fira de Santa Llúcia