{"id":61724,"date":"2016-03-01T08:06:53","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T07:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=61724"},"modified":"2020-05-08T15:01:38","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T13:01:38","slug":"specialty-stores-in-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/specialty-stores-in-barcelona\/","title":{"rendered":"Specialty stores in Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/specialty-stores-in-barcelona\/#Altair\" title=\"Alta\u00efr\">Alta\u00efr<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/specialty-stores-in-barcelona\/#Oryx_-_La_tienda_del_amante_de_la_Naturaleza\" title=\"Oryx\u00a0 &#8211; La tienda del\u00a0amante\u00a0de la Naturaleza\u00a0\">Oryx\u00a0 &#8211; La tienda del\u00a0amante\u00a0de la Naturaleza\u00a0<\/a><ul class=\"ez-toc-list-level-5\"><li class=\"ez-toc-heading-level-5\"><ul class=\"ez-toc-list-level-5\"><li class=\"ez-toc-heading-level-5\"><ul class=\"ez-toc-list-level-5\"><li class=\"ez-toc-heading-level-5\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/specialty-stores-in-barcelona\/#Related_articles_Places_to_buy_original_accessories_in_Barcelona\" title=\"Related articles:\u00a0Places to buy original accessories in Barcelona\">Related articles:\u00a0Places to buy original accessories in Barcelona<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/specialty-stores-in-barcelona\/#Vicens\" title=\"Vicens\">Vicens<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/specialty-stores-in-barcelona\/#Casa_Ciutad\" title=\"Casa Ciutad \">Casa Ciutad <\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/specialty-stores-in-barcelona\/#La_Manual_Alpargatera\" title=\"La Manual Alpargatera\u00a0\">La Manual Alpargatera\u00a0<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Altair\"><\/span><strong>Alta\u00efr<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/100142585_23a46cfdce_o.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-61726\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-61726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/100142585_23a46cfdce_o-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"shopping barcelona\" width=\"164\" height=\"218\" \/><\/a>Founded in Barcelona over thirty years ago, in 1979,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/altair-barcelonas-travel-bookshop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alta\u00efr<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is the single most important European\u00a0<strong>travel bookshop<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This spacious store offers a selection of\u00a0<strong>guidebooks<\/strong>, maps, atlases, globes, graphic novels, gastronomy books, nature books, travel magazines, handmade objects and a variety of travel accessories.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Alta\u00efr\u00a0<\/strong>is located at \u00a0Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 616.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Oryx_-_La_tienda_del_amante_de_la_Naturaleza\"><\/span><strong>Oryx\u00a0 &#8211; La tienda del<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>amante<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>de la Naturaleza\u00a0<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Founded in 1996,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.weboryx.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00a0<strong>Oryx<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>is a store dedicated to all nature lovers. The store has the largest natural history book collection in the world! At\u00a0<strong>Oryx<\/strong>\u00a0you can also find a variety of accessories for nature aficionados and professionals, like backpacks, compasses, maps, hammocks, microphones, recorders, cameras, radiotracking devices, telescopes, magnifiers, night goggles, and all sorts of material for entomology, botany, geology, environmental sciences, meteorology, forest engineering and astronomy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Oryx\u00a0 &#8211; La tienda del amante de la Naturaleza<\/strong>\u00a0is located at Carrer de Balmes 71.<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Related_articles_Places_to_buy_original_accessories_in_Barcelona\"><\/span>Related articles:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/accessories\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Places to buy original accessories in Barcelona<\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Vicens\"><\/span><strong>Vicens<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Vicens<\/strong>\u00a0is a brand specialized in artisanal nougats, or how they are known in Spain,\u00a0<em>torrons<\/em>.\u00a0<strong>Vicens<\/strong>\u00a0produces more than 150 varieties of nougats like Agramunt\u2019s nougat, hard nougat, soft nougat, egg yolk and marzipan nougats. The store also carries a selection of Nougats created by Albert Adri\u00e0, one of the best pastry chefs in Spain. Adri\u00e0 has developed a line of special nougats such as a raspberry marzipan nougat with sugar and violet flower, a rosemary truffle nougat with crunchy hazelnut and raspberry, and a pi\u00f1a colada nougat.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Vicens<\/strong>\u00a0is located at Carrer Petritxol, 15.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Casa_Ciutad\"><\/span><strong>Casa Ciutad <\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Casa Ciutad<\/strong> is a family owned store that has been in business since 1924. The store specializes in brushes and combs. They sell beard and mustache brushes, nail brushes, clothes cleaning brushes, a variety of combs, hair and shaving accessories. If you are in need of a new comb or brush, browse <strong>Casa Ciutad\u2019s online store<\/strong> to discover all their products.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Casa Ciutad<\/strong> is located at Carrer de Balmes 372. <strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"La_Manual_Alpargatera\"><\/span><strong>La Manual Alpargatera\u00a0<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Espandrillo2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-61727\"><img class=\" wp-image-61727 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Espandrillo2-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"shopping barcelona\" width=\"334\" height=\"229\" \/><\/a>Espadrilles<\/strong>\u00a0are a typical Spanish\u00a0<strong>shoe<\/strong>\u00a0that first appeared in the\u00a0Pyrnee\u00a0area in Catalonia. The name of the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/shoe-store\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shoe<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0comes from the Catalan word\u00a0<em>espardenya<\/em>,\u00a0since the shoes are made of\u00a0<em>espart<\/em>, a rough and resistant Mediterranean grass used to make rope. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ManualAlpargatera\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>La Manual Alpargatera<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0was the first\u00a0<strong>espadrilles<\/strong>\u00a0workshop and store in\u00a0<strong>Barcelona<\/strong>. The\u00a0seventy\u00a0five\u00a0year old\u00a0store is popular not only among\u00a0locals,\u00a0but foreigners, having served clients like Jack Nicholson, Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Juliane Moore.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can find\u00a0<strong>La Manual Alpargatera<\/strong>\u00a0at Carrer d\u2019Avinyo, 7.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none;\"\n    class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-valign-bottom kksr-align-left \"\n    data-id=\"61724\"\n    data-slug=\"\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"2\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"3\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"4\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"5\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-active\" style=\"width: 0px;\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-legend\">\n            <span class=\"kksr-muted\">Rate us!<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Table of Contents Alta\u00efrOryx\u00a0 &#8211; La tienda del\u00a0amante\u00a0de la Naturaleza\u00a0Related articles:\u00a0Places to buy original accessories in BarcelonaVicensCasa Ciutad La Manual Alpargatera\u00a0 Alta\u00efr Founded in Barcelona over thirty years ago, in 1979,\u00a0Alta\u00efr\u00a0is the single most important European\u00a0travel bookshop. 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