Shopping in Portugal

Published on August 31, 2010 by Italian Reporter · No Comments

Shopping Malls in Portugal

Portugal is more known for its charming easy-going attitudes, scenic lanes, old city architecture, port wines and bossa nova. If opting to shop in Portugal it is more contemporary than you might imagine:

Popular domestic buys include leather goods, copper, ceramics, silver and gold jewellery, tapestry, woodcarving, cork goods, porcelain, crystal and glassware.

Below we’ve compiled a list of shopping outlets in key areas of Portugals

In the area of the Greater Lisbon:

Lisbon – Amoreiras Shopping Center (275 stores); Centro Colombo(the biggest shopping mall of Iberian peninsula)(420+ stores); Centro Vasco da Gama (164 stores); Olivais Shopping; El Corte Inglés; Chiado; Atrium; Monumental
Amadora – Dolce Vita Tejo
Alenquer – Campera Outlet Shopping
Almada – Almada Forum
Montijo – Forum Montijo
Cascais/Alcabideche – CascaisShopping
Oeiras – Oeiras Parque
Odivelas – Odivelas Shopping
Loures – Loures Shopping
Alcochete – Freeport
Torres Vedras – Arena Shopping

In the area of the Greater Porto:

Porto – Via Catarina (downtown), Porto Plaza (downtown) Cidade do Porto (in Boavista), Brasília (in Boavista), Dolce Vita (in Antas)

just off the city (suburbs):

North (Senhora da Hora) – Circunvalação street: Norte Shopping 287 stores , (Leça da Palmeira) – Mar Shopping, Mindelo – The Style Outlet;
East (Rio Tinto) – Circunvalação street: Parque Nascente
South (Vila Nova de Gaia) – Arrábida Shopping
South (Vila Nova de Gaia) – Gaia Shopping
Maia: Maiashopping, Vivaci Maia, Maia Jardim (hypermarket and few stores only)

In the region of Madeira:

Camacha – CamachasShopping
Funchal – Forum Madeira (86 stores), Madeira Shopping (83 stores)

In the region of Minho:

Braga – Bragashopping
Braga – Braga Parque
Braga – Minho Center
Guimarães – Guimarãesshopping
Braga -Via Nova shopping
Viana do Castelo – Estação Viana Shopping (Viana do Castelo’s railways station mall)

In the region of Centro