The Cunning Canary » Vecindario http://www.cunningcanary.com My Grand life on Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands! Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:11:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Punta Roma Gran Canaria http://www.cunningcanary.com/1035/punta-roma-gran-canaria/ http://www.cunningcanary.com/1035/punta-roma-gran-canaria/#comments Tue, 30 Nov 2010 13:48:01 +0000 Victoria http://www.cunningcanary.com/?p=1035 Punta Roma Gran Canaria or, as it is correctly spelled, Punt Roma (the circle between the two words in the logo looks like an A or O!) is one of the more popular shops in Gran Canaria. Punta Roma Gran Canaria has its headquarters in Barcelona but there are various branches in the Canaries if you want to investigate.

The Bella Vista shopping centre in San Fernando has a Punta Roma. So does the Atlantico shopping centre in Vecindario. You can find eight more Punt Roma shops in Las Palmas – one in the El Muelle shopping centre, one in the Las Arenas shopping centre, one in the La Ballena shopping centre, one in the Siete Palmas shopping centre and then four more in various streets. The Canarians love this shop which is why there are so many of them!

More About Punta Roma Gran Canaria

Punta Roma Gran Canaria stocks clothes from sizes 40 to 54 (in English sizes that would be 12 to 26). The clothing in Punt Roma is aimed at the 40 plus age group but if you go to any of the above mentioned shopping centres you will find all different kinds of shops. My favourite is probably Stradivarius although Pimkie is good too!

You can find more information about Punta Roma (or Punt Roma!) here and more about shopping in Gran Canaria here.

]]> http://www.cunningcanary.com/1035/punta-roma-gran-canaria/feed/ 0 Atlántico Shopping Centre in Vecindario http://www.cunningcanary.com/527/atlantico/ http://www.cunningcanary.com/527/atlantico/#comments Sun, 29 Mar 2009 15:37:44 +0000 Victoria http://www.cunningcanary.com/?p=527 If you are on holiday in Gran Canaria, you will probably be based along the south coast, such as in Playa del Ingles, Maspalomas or Puerto Rico. If you fancy doing some serious shopping in Gran Canaria, I recommend getting the number 1 bus to the Atlántico shopping centre in Vecindario (near the airport). It takes between 30 and 40 minutes to get there and costs about 4€ each way.

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The shopping centre itself has plenty of shops, including Springfield (clothes), Navarro (shoes), Stradivarius (clothes), Carrefour (huge supermarket with food, clothes, electronics and more) and a pet shop (with tiny puppies and kittens!) on the top floor. :-)

The other reason that Vecindario is great is that there is a High Street behind the shopping centre and you can pick up some real bargains, including clothing, jewellery, cosmetics, electronics and more. The locals shop in Vecindario because, compared to the resort shops in the south, it is cheap.

The shopping centre is open every day except Sunday, from 10am until 10.30pm (no siesta). A lot of the shops on the High Street close from about 1pm until around 4pm for a siesta so bear this in mind and do the High Street in the morning and the shopping centre in the afternoon perhaps. The buses run every 30 minutes or so.

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