{"id":9793,"date":"2017-11-13T13:50:21","date_gmt":"2017-11-13T12:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barcelona-top-travel-tips.com\/?p=9793"},"modified":"2020-03-23T16:22:42","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T15:22:42","slug":"souvenir-shopping-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barcelona-top-travel-tips.com\/souvenir-shopping-barcelona\/","title":{"rendered":"Souvenir shopping: 3 shops with original gift ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wherever you go on holiday, chances are you&#8217;ll want to pick up a souvenir or three for the people back home. It&#8217;s not always easy to find the right thing, though, amongst all the tacky magnets and plastic keyrings&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re always on the lookout for great ideas to share, so here are three of our favourite souvenir gift ideas!<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Galeria Max&oacute;: 3D souvenir photos<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">The walls of Galer&iacute;a Max&oacute; are hung with little wooden frames, each containing a photo of a place in the city. Flower-laden doorways, street art, bars and shops all feature. But all is not as it seems&#8230; look closer, and you&#8217;ll see that each picture has a cutaway element, revealing the inside of the building. Et voil&agrave;, 3D photos!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Choose a photo of that bar you loved, a street you&#8217;ve wandered down, a restaurant where you enjoyed a memorable meal, or anywhere else in the city that takes your fancy. We&#8217;re sure you&#8217;ll find a reason to buy at least one!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"s1\">The artist, Max&oacute; Rennella, has more than one string to his bow. You&#8217;ll also find posters, large paintings and all sorts of multi-dimensional treasures, alongside vintage objects, including old cameras.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nThere&#8217;s a little train running around the ceiling in the shop, but be warned: don&#8217;t watch it for too long, or you&#8217;ll make yourself dizzy!\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Where?<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/span>Carrer dels Carders 25&nbsp; and Carrer Petritxol 18 in the Gothic Quarter<br \/>\n<span class=\"s1\"><strong>When? <\/strong>Every day, 11am &#8211; 10pm<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\"><strong>How much?<\/strong> Framed souvenir photos &euro;23<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Why?<\/strong> For something original<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>A &#8220;Singular Souvenir&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9794 size-large\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/Webp.net-resizeimage-1-730x414.jpg\" alt=\"Singular Souvenir\" width=\"730\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/barcelona-top-travel-tips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/Webp.net-resizeimage-1-730x414.jpg 730w, https:\/\/barcelona-top-travel-tips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/Webp.net-resizeimage-1-256x145.jpg 256w, https:\/\/barcelona-top-travel-tips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/Webp.net-resizeimage-1-512x290.jpg 512w, https:\/\/barcelona-top-travel-tips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/Webp.net-resizeimage-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Manel Bonet has created a whole range of high-quality souvenirs representing the sights and symbols of Barcelona. With the help ofMart&iacute; Abril and David Torrents, he offers bags, T-shirts, mugs, notebooks and the omnipresent magnets, all recreating the urban iconography of the city in a contemporary way, highlighting Barcelona&#8217;s cultural riches.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">The designs are split into 3 collections, with not a stereotypical image of the city in sight!<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Eixample: The architectural streetplan of the Eixample quarter, centered on Avigunda Diagonale<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Singular: Modernist images based on the works of Gaudi, including Casa Batll&oacute;, la Pedrera and the streetlights on the Passeig de Graci&agrave;<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Flower: The famous flower of Barcelona, the &#8220;Panot&#8221;, found all over the city&#8217;s older pavements. It was first used on the Casa Amatller, designed by the architect Josep Puig i Cadafalch in 1900.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Where? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the city&#8217;s museum gift shops<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>When? <\/strong>Variable &#8211; see museum opening hours. You can also order objects online<br \/>\n<strong>How much? <\/strong>&euro;3 &#8211; &euro;22<br \/>\n<strong>Why? <\/strong>For designer, cultural souvenirs\n<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Boutique Kitsch: beat the heat with a fan<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9796 size-large\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/Webp.net-resizeimage-730x414.jpg\" alt=\"Souvenir fan Kitsh\" width=\"730\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/barcelona-top-travel-tips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/Webp.net-resizeimage-730x414.jpg 730w, https:\/\/barcelona-top-travel-tips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/Webp.net-resizeimage-256x145.jpg 256w, https:\/\/barcelona-top-travel-tips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/Webp.net-resizeimage-512x290.jpg 512w, https:\/\/barcelona-top-travel-tips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/Webp.net-resizeimage.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">You&#8217;re bound to find something that takes your fancy among the hundreds of fans on display in this shop, run by Guadalupe &#8220;since the 1992 Olympics&#8221;, as she says.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">You&#8217;ll find fans made from pine as well as from more precious woods, including pear, apple and cherry. Some are made with cotton and hand-made Italian lace.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">There&#8217;s also a hand-painted collection by artists such as Pere Munn&eacute;, a star of the Catalan art scene.<\/li>\n<li>And there&#8217;s more! The shop offers fans of all shapes, sized and colours, at prices ranging from 1 to 200 euros.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"is-style-checklist\">\n<li><span class=\"s1\">Whatever you choose to buy, you&#8217;ll be given an information sheet showing the meaning of different fan positions &#8211; so you don&#8217;t unwittingly make seductive gestures at someone in the street, for example.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Guadalupe herself is an artist who creates papier mach&eacute; figurines. Her twin sister, &#8220;even madder than her&#8221;, is responsible for the lifesize flamenco dancer, mother and child, and old man figurines which take it in turns to stand guard over the front of the shop.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Where?<\/strong> Pla&ccedil;a Montcada 10, in the Born<br \/>\n<\/span><strong>When?<\/strong> Mon lundi au samedi de 11h &agrave; 20h<br \/>\n<strong>How much?<\/strong> &euro;1 &#8211; 200<br \/>\n<strong>Why?<\/strong> Who doesn&#8217;t enjoy playing with a fan? Buy them for friends, family &#8211; or even yourself!<\/p>\n<p>\nSo there you have it &#8211; there&#8217;s no excuse to buy plastic junk when there are such lovely souvenirs on offer, now, is there? \ud83d\ude09<\/p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wherever you go on holiday, chances are you&#8217;ll want to pick up a souvenir or three for the people back home. 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