The pedestrian strip of Calle Sierpes is the principal shopping street of Seville. Store after store stand side by side along this monument to 19th-century architecture. Other great places for both window- and actual shopping are the side streets branching off from Sierpes, especially Calle Tetuán. Calle Cuna -- locals call it simply "Cuna" -- is the third major shopping street. Calle Sierpes tends to attract the most dedicated local consumers, and its stores rarely include real cutting-edge or high-fashion shops. These tend to cluster near or at the edge of Plaza Nueva.
If you're seeking Andalusian handicrafts, head for the narrow streets of Barrio de Santa Cruz. For specific shopping streets in Santa Cruz, seek out Rodrigo Caro and Mateos Gago. You could fill many a mansion with the trinkets and antiques for sale here. Other antiques and handicraft shops are found in the sector west of the cathedral, including El Arenal. Major stores are open Monday to Saturday from 9:30am to 8pm; smaller establishments, however, often take a siesta, doing business from 9:30 or 10am to 1:30 or 2pm and again from 4:30 or 5 to 8pm. Exceptions to this are listed below.
Flea Markets
"Los Hippies" sounds like something from the 1960s, but it actually is what Seville bargain hunters call their flea-market locations. On Wednesday and Thursday, the market takes place at Plaza Magdalena and Calle Rioja, on Friday at Calle Feria and Calle Alameda, and on Saturday at La Plaza del Duque. What's on sale? Almost anything from antiques (or faux antiques), lots and lots of junk, even some Cordovan leather goods, and clothes that John Lennon might have worn way back when. There are no set hours, but it's best to go before noon.
