La Laguna
The shoes at Pisaverde are quite a sight, with each pair uniquely fashioned and handcrafted with bold and brightly coloured leather and all manner of…
Must-see shopping in Tenerife
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North Coast Tenerife
Housed in a former 17th-century convent, this museum shop sells a superb range of Ibero-American art and crafts, mainly from Central and South America…
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North Coast Tenerife
As the name implies, Canarias Concept sells solely Canarian-made crafts and products. It has a large showroom packed with jewellery, ceramics, artwork,…
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Puerto de la Cruz
You'll find the most comprehensive selection of quality crafts in town here. It's not cheap but there's no souvenir tat; expect to discover classy locally…
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Santa Cruz de Tenerife
It may look like just another small accessory shop, but step inside to discover a galaxy of well-displayed, dazzling and exquisite jewellery, created by…
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La Laguna
Jam-packed with preserves, pickles, gofio (ground, roasted grain), mojo (spicy Canarian sauce), cheeses, honey, local wines, Scotch whisky, cigars and…
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La Laguna
A good place to buy jamón ibérico de bellota (from acorn-fed black pigs) priced at around €40 a kilo. Other less expensive hams are also available –…
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North Coast Tenerife
Carries a superb range of Spanish hams, including the highly desired jamón iberico de bellota, made from acorn-fed black pigs. Expect to pay around €16.50…
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North Coast Tenerife
Tenerife’s excellent art-and-crafts chain Artenerife has its local outlet in this magnificent 17th-mansion. Casa Torrehermosa provides a fitting setting…
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Santa Cruz de Tenerife
At first glance this shop resembles more of a jumble sale than anything else, but take the time to browse and you will discover all kinds of gems,…
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North Coast Tenerife
This absorbing place is not really a museum but more of a shop dedicated to local viticulture and various types of Canarian wines, including Malvasía, as…
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Santa Cruz de Tenerife
The charming and helpful owner of this shop will guide you through the local wines here, including eco-wines and the famous banana wine with the peeled…
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Los Cristianos, Playa de las Américas & Costa Adeje
Run by an enthusiastic young couple, this deli has a vast range of carefully sourced gourmet products, with an emphasis on Spanish delights such as great…
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Los Cristianos, Playa de las Américas & Costa Adeje
If you’re a tea drinker, stop by this temple to the tea leaf, with its shelves stuffed to bursting point with traditional metal tins of every imaginable…
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Santa Cruz de Tenerife
This Spanish designer apparently became inspired as a child by the bolts of material, buttons and bows at her grandfather’s modest haberdashery shop near…
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Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Don’t be intimidated by the exclusive-looking showroom with its mock fireplace and exquisitely groomed sales staff, this Spanish jewellers has a…
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Puerto de la Cruz
This market-style stall is a daily institution, and where locals come to stock up on all those deli goodies, including cheese, chorizo and the famous…
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La Laguna
Owned by music buff Fernando, Jumping Man has a petite space stuffed with jazz, soul, funk, R&B, hip-hop, pop and rock vinyl and CDs, much of it classic…
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Los Cristianos, Playa de las Américas & Costa Adeje
Surf clothing and watches, wetsuits and shades: all your water-sport requirements are provided for in a neat and good-looking selection here. The shop is…
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Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Using 100% natural vegetable oils, as well as scents, this aromatically enticing ecofriendly perfumería purveys beautifully packaged massage oils, body…
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La Laguna
You may not want to stuff a 1950s lampshade or a 1960s injection-moulded swivel armchair into your luggage, but the funktastic 20th-century vintage pieces…
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Puerto de la Cruz
Look for a tiny former fisherman’s cottage painted brilliant turquoise; it's now the happy home to this crafts shop specialising in innovative local…
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Los Cristianos, Playa de las Américas & Costa Adeje
Right on the seafront, this shop standing all by itself sells an eye-catching range of high-quality and diverse arts and crafts created by people with…
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La Laguna
Look for the blue-on-blue exterior of this fabulous vintage shop. Dicky Morgan's edgy take on fashion, furniture and art is coupled with a big-city…
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Los Cristianos, Playa de las Américas & Costa Adeje
Part of an Tenerife-wide chain where quality control is very much in evidence, Artenerife carries a superb range of quality handicrafts originating in the…
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Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Pampling sells appealing, bright, colourful, fun and tongue-in-cheek T-shirts with superb, eye-catching designs for kids and kid-dults. Fork out for a…
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Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Pick up your gourmet deli items at this bustling store. Look for traditional products such as jars of chilli-spiked mojo salsa, cactus marmalade, local…
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Santa Cruz de Tenerife
This emporium dedicated to the tea leaf has a heady array of infusions from all over the world, packed into bright containers that are neatly arrayed on…
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Los Cristianos, Playa de las Américas & Costa Adeje
A literary fixture, this bookshop was founded in 1984 and supplies avid readers with new and second-hand books in a medley of languages, plus magazines…
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La Laguna
Stuffed with browse-worthy goodies, this shop has an excellent range of vintage clothing, as well as jewellery, wine, collectables, bric-a-brac and odds…
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Los Cristianos, Playa de las Américas & Costa Adeje
Near the main sweep of beach on the Costa Adeje is this bijou shopping centre with boutiques set around prettily tiled patios and fountains with palms,…
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Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Founded in the 1960s and still with its original dark-wood shop fittings, this corner shop specialises in religious artefacts, jewellery and literature…
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Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Aloe vera grows prolifically throughout the Canary Islands (it was discovered in nearby North Africa) and, has been recognised for its healing properties…
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La Laguna
It's fitting that Encuentro is located along the top shopping street in town as it's without doubt the top Canary Island's women's fashion chain. It was…
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Garachico
This ceramic and art shop would look happily at home in any urban-chic big city. Run by German artist Alice Gauer and her Spanish partner Julian Betemps,…
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Santa Cruz de Tenerife
This vast rambling flea market is held every Sunday along two parallel streets starting from Mercado de Nuestra Señora de África and running along José…
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Los Cristianos, Playa de las Américas & Costa Adeje
Not the kind of place you want to enter with sand between your toes, this exclusive boutique sells quality traditional and contemporary fashions for men…
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Los Cristianos, Playa de las Américas & Costa Adeje
If you fancy dropping a line and sinker, or investing in some thigh-high wellies (in secret or otherwise), or if you just want to browse through the piled…
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Los Cristianos, Playa de las Américas & Costa Adeje
A refreshing change from the humdrum fashions aimed at souvenir-hoarding tourists (like slogan-blazoned T-shirts and overpriced swimwear), this eye…
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Los Cristianos, Playa de las Américas & Costa Adeje
An upmarket jewellery and watch shop with beautifully displayed – and beautiful – items, including from all the swanky, known brands like Versace, Mont…
