Travelling to Spain and like to shop?
If you want to enjoy the best that this most cosmopolitan of European cities has to offer without the stress and strain of having to consult phrasebooks and maps that don’t tell you where the real action is anyway, the style bar offers you a simple solution…
Book an ‘Inner Sanctum’ Shopping Tour with the style bar and you can enjoy a knowledge-expanding ‘insider shopping experience’ with someone who speaks the language and knows ‘out of the way’ places to shop, whilst learning about your personal style at the same time!
photo copyright lee harris 2009
On your tailored walking tour, the tour route and the kinds of shops chosen are all uniquely tailored to the kind of shopping you want to do, or the type of items you are looking for e.g.:
- Vintage shopping
- Small boutiques/local Spanish designers
- Hip shops – books/galleries/markets
- Big-name international fashion chains
- Special event outfits
Our tour ends with either a coffee & cake in a funky or old-world local café or a ‘menu del día’ lunch at a fresh food market (La Boquería, Santa Caterina) where we will debrief the session.
As part of your inner sanctum shopping experience you will of course receive styling tips – colours and shapes to wear and avoid for example - which will be sent to you after the tour so you have it at your fingertips for your future fashion forays!
You can choose from two different Inner Sanctum Shopping Tours, or have your own tour tailor-made to suit your travel plans and budget:
‘The Local’
from EUR 75 per person
3 hours = 2 hrs shopping + 1 hr coffee break
- 2 hour tour covering one small area/inner city block/street
- shops are small, featuring boutiques and local/independent designers
- tour ends with a coffee and pastry in a local cafe
‘The City Dweller’
from EUR 125 per person
4 ½ hours = 3 hrs shopping + 1 ½ hr lunch break
- 3 hour covering shops in the centre of town
- shops are larger, brands more well-known
- tour ends with lunch in a city market
photo copyright lee harris 2009
Contact Tina at tina@thestylebar.net or on +34 664 104 319 to discuss your Barcelona Shopping Tour, then you can get back to the excitement of planning your trip knowing that your link to the local fashion scene is taking care of the rest!!
Thanks for your help with the espadrilles, amongst other things! Guapa, see you soon. xox
Of course guapa…I have some lovely vintage shops in Raval in mind for you, with a great bar nearby to enjoy a cheeky cocktail afterwards…
THis sounds like just the thing to hang out with my girls .. how fabulous , a shopping tour of Barcelona for the weekend .. yes please!!
I trust you take us to more than the one Zara store!!