DK Travel : Costa Blanca : Shopping

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Novelda

Novelda (see Casa-Museo Modernista, Novelda), is most famous for its marble, but if that proves difficult to pack, you could pick up some locally grown golden saffron to flavour your own paellas (see Paella) instead.
Ontinyent

The delightful mountain town of Ontinyent has been producing textiles since Arabic times, and its high-quality wool blankets are exported all around the world. There are numerous factory outlets offering excellent bargains.
Paparajote

This little souvenir shop close to Murcia’s biggest sight, the extravagantly Baroque cathedral (see Catedral de Santa María, Murcia), sells all kinds of gifts, from t-shirts to hard-to-find local delicacies such as hand-made sweets from inland villages.
Pasteleria Carlos

The Arabs introduced the delicious pastries for which Murcia is still celebrated. This cake shop has a mouthwatering selection. The paparajotes , light, lemon-flavoured pastries, are divine.
Santa Pola

Santa Pola’s traditional souvenirs are objects made from seashells – a fashion which you may have thought died out in the 1970s. These run the gamut from the kitsch to the surprisingly pretty.
Tardor

This charming flower shop creates beautiful bouquets, but it also sells attractive gifts for the home and garden – vases, glassware, plant pots and other ceramics.
Torrevieja

Torrevieja is edged with two enormous salt lakes, and its pale pyramids of gleaming salt make a curious sight. In town, souvenir shops sell unusual carved boats made entirely from salt.
Turrones Teclo

This delightful, old-fashioned shop on the main street of the old quarter sells different varieties of the delicious local nougat, turrón, which makes a great gift for the sweet-toothed.
Xixona (Jijona)

Xixona (see Ayuntamiento (Town Hall), Xixona (Jijona)) is the biggest producer of the delicious Spanish nougat (turrón ), which is traditionally eaten at Christmas but is available all year round at countless local shops.
Zara

Zara, one of the best-known Spanish chains, offers catwalk fashions at affordable prices. Men, children and babies are also catered for, and there’s a new line of stylish things for the home.