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This branch of Madrid’s best-known department store also has a beauty parlour, restaurant and supermarket as well as the usual individual departments.

One of Madrid’s most exclusive shopping malls. It has the top names in fashion, accessories and jewellery as well as a branch of the Mallorca cafeteria and delicatessen chain.

Salamanca’s other main shopping centre also has a good selection of boutiques (including a branch of the Spanish chain, Zara).

Antiques-lovers can save time traipsing the streets for individual shops by visiting this gallery which brings together a number of Madrid’s most reputable dealers.

If you’re a chocolate lover, look no further than this tiny outlet on Serrano which also sells gift-wrapped sweets. The speciality here is leña vieja (chocolates that are cast to resemble tree trunks).

Salamanca’s best known food market is hidden away on this side street and is worth tracking down for its Spanish delicacies and a good range of international cheese selections.

Only small but this famous fruiter vendor includes, it is said, Queen Sofía among its patrons. The selection of tropical fruits in particular will stir the taste buds.

This reputable delicatessen chain offers a mouthwatering selection of cheeses, hams, pastries, filled rolls, cakes and ice creams. There’s a small bar if you can’t tear yourself away.

This firm has been in the perfume business for more than a century, selling its own line of eau de cologne. Also top brand names like Chanel and Estée Lauder and Bulgari jewellery.

If you’ve just left off visiting one of Madrid’s top museums and forgotten to call in at the shop, here is your second chance. Everything from umbrellas to jewellery.