Advantages: fantastic variety of high quality food Disadvantages: long queues, very expensive
El Corte Inglés is Spain's largest chain of department stores. Whereas they sell everything from cloth to computers, I fancy them particularly for their food section. If you want to prepare your own original Spanish Tapas, you will find all ingredients at Corte Inglés (and some Tapa recommendations in this review). To a wannabe gourmet and amateur cook like myself, El Corte Inglés is a dream come true.
A Portuguese friend of mine who runs a seafood ...
Read review
Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful
Advantages: Easy to get around, friendly staff, easy to find, lots of products Disadvantages: Perhaps a little big to find what you're looking for!
El Corte Ingles, as they describe themselves, really is 'Todas las mejores tiendas - en una.' Or in English, All the best stores - in one. And that's because it really is great.
Selling everything from loo roll to caviar, from wendy houses to mansions, from toys to real cars... it just has everything. It is similar to a kind of department store - a bit like Harrods, except bigger and not quite as grand. And some staff even speak English so their ...
Read review
Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful