Lovely little shop for gift purchases and women's dresses. We stopped in here on holiday and…read moreenjoyed it quite a lot. Good selection of t-shirts and gifts. I ended up buying quite a few presents for those back home from this spot.

Well another town and yet another Hop. I guess I'd rather it was an iHop…read more Ah well. This one is just along from Mushroom Street. It had only one cow again as another Hop first the one in Valencia had three cows - one outside and two in an upstairs front facing window. My wife had an equally enthusiastic companion to shop with this time. Her companion had spied €10 colourful, snazzy sunglasses and they were polarised to boot. Sold. So as the ladies ambled among the tat, not buying for need, while the gents pondered lunch. Tempus Fugit

A friend and I stumbled into this souvenir shop near the Mercado Central in Alicante. There are…read morelots of souvenir shops in the city, but this one immediately differentiated itself through the quality and singularity of its products. I bought a lovely, reasonably priced drawing of the city by a local artist, while my friend found locally-made trinkets for her family. The owner was very friendly and went to great lengths to tell us about attractions that we could visit in Alicante, even finding a map to show us. He also gift-wrapped all of the items so that they were ready to give. When I looked up the store afterward, I found a Spanish-language article about the owner and his recent foray into the souvenir field after a career in entertainment. It seems to me as though his new enterprise is a success!