El Corte Inglés have two big buildings on Calle Mesa y Lopez.

They have two high street stores in Las Palmas, one in Mesa y López, and one in 7 Palmas. They have nearly everything you need, as well as a lot of staff that help you find what you need.

About five minutes drive from Las Palmas you find another El Corte Inglés and the big 7 palmas right next to each other.
 

Business hours: 10.00 - 22.00

On of the newest shopping centres on Gran Canaria is the ICSC (International Council of Shopping Centres) named "El Muelle" who is located in the Capital of Gran Canaria, Las Palmas not far from the famous Santa Catalina Park. This is one of the best shopping centres in Europe.

The centre has 60 shops, 30 restaurants, cafés, bars and an open air disco, approximately 5000 m2 in size. Eleven cinemas can also be found there, and there's a bowling alley with 14 lanes.
 

Centro Comercial Siete Palmas
Avenida Pintor Felo Monzón
35013 Las Palmas
Tel. 928 42 41 68
Fax. 928 42 41 68

Business hours: 10.00 - 22.00

Restaurants keep open until 03.00 h.

This is a fairly new area of Las Palmas, integrating residential areas and great shopping. Here you find Media Markt, which is the largest electronics mega store in the islands. You also find Zara, Cortefiel, hair dressers and a nice café at the bottom floor. Tip: In the garage you can have your car washed and pressed while you go shopping. It also has a cinema and 10 pin bowling.
 

Business hours: 10.00 - 22.00

This shopping centre is situated close to Paseo de las Canteras and next to the Alfredo Krauss auditorium. It offers a host of different retail outlets, from restaurants (including McDonalds) and bars to a huge supermarket (Carrefour), as well as shops selling clothes (Zara, Mango etc.), music, computer products, children's goods, perfumes and more. Within the complex you'll also find a six-screen cinema, an outdoor terrace and a play area for children. There is a large, free car park with outdoor and covered areas. Its pyramid shape makes it visible from afar and it has become a commercial symbol of the city.

Don't forget to stroll down the beach afterwards!
 

Business hours: 09.00 - 22.00

This hyper-market belongs to the international group Auchan and can be found just off the motorway that joins Las Palmas to the south of the island. Its size makes it easily visible from the motorway and it has a large, free, supervised parking area at the front.

As well as all the usual supermarket goods, you can also buy jewellery, electronic goods, music, furniture, etc. There are also other businesses located within the complex, like a photography shop, a tobacconist, a newsagent, clothes shops, shoe shops, and banks.
 

Business hours: 10.00 - 22.00

Leroy Merlin practices the magic of local adaptation. The company, one of Europe's largest home-improvement retailers, operates stores who are designed to meet the different home-improvement needs of each country. Besides the usual DIY products, Leroy Merlin's stores carry building materials, sanitary equipment, and decorative items.
 

Makro is a wholesaler offering a food and non-food product mix to its registered card-holding customers in a national network of cash and carrys. It is a unique out of town food and non-food concept, offering a wholesale solution to professional business needs.

This warehouse demands a card from an independent company.
 

Opening hours: 09.00 - 03.00

Business hours: 10.00 - 22.00

Further down south along the highway, in Vecindario which is only 15 minutes from Maspalomas. Has new names including Zara, Jack & Jones, Vera Moda, Mango, a big Carrefour Supermarket and others. Its actually quite cheap and especially over the Christmas month. If you go to the Canary Islands to shop, which you really shouldn't, go there.

Latest fashion, music and DVD, home appliances, pets and more. Also has a cinema and few restaurants. A McDonalds is both inside the mall and one is outside.
 

Business hours: 09.00 - 22.00

Vecindario is one of the major commercial areas of the island. This is where the large shopping centres can be found (C.C. Atlántico, C.C. La Ciel, C.C. Avenida de Canarias). Fashion stores, large leisure centres (restaurants, cinemas, terrace bars...), large supermarkets, etc, can all be found within Vecindario.
 

Business hours: 10.00 - 22.00

Opening hours: 24 h.

Business hours: 10.00 - 22.00

The C.C.YUMBO makes shopping pleasure become a holiday attraction. Open architecture, spacious green areas, 200 shops and restaurants have a magnetic attraction for visitors from Playa del Inglés and Maspalomas. Enjoy your holiday time in the unique restaurants and bars of the YUMBO Center. You really deserve it!
 

Opening hours: 24 h.

Business hours: 10.00 - 22.00

The CITA shopping centre is one of the oldest and best known shopping centres on Gran Canaria. Located in the centre of Playa del Inglés it is close to the beautiful dunes and the famous beach. About 200 shops and catering establishments are ready to serve and entertain a clientele from the whole world.
A "short" stop for shopping at the CITA can go on for 24 hours. Features like the children=s playground, a mini-golf course, amusement arcades and numerous cafés, bars, pubs and restaurants turn CITA into an international leisure centre.
 

In Faro 2 there is a mix of a modern Shopping Centre, the beauty of the architecture project, and the comfort to be in one of the most privileged areas of the island, 50 Kilometres away from Las Palmas, and surrounded by beautiful housing estates.

The proximity to a broad range of hotels and luxurious housing estates like Gran Hotel Costa Meloneras, IFA Hotel Faro Maspalomas, Hotel Playa Meloneras Palace, Riu Meloneras Palace, Massage centers, Health resorts, Spa centres, etc, turn Faro 2 into a perfect place for a high or medium-high standard of living clients who decide to buy in this complete and varied Shopping Centre.
 

Opening hours: 24 h.

Bars & disco open until 06.00 h.
 

Kasbah is a small but nice Shopping Centre and one of the main centres of Playa del Inglés for entertainment. Not too many shops but you can walk around.

It also boasts an outdoor dance floor with live music most evenings where you can waltz the night away (literally), and plenty of bars and restaurants.

The Kasbah Centre is more for young people and the Plaza Shopping Centre is where you go to hear the latest international music.

The Kasbah basically forms one big centre along with the Plaza and Metro Centres.
 

Opening hours: 24 h.

The Plaza Shopping Centre has a large number of shops open during the day and is a lively nightlife spot. It is underground and the bars are arranged in a semi-circle around a central circle reached by escalators.

Good shopping in the Plaza center by day though, including a Visanta Centre and they have an excellent reputation in retailing electrical goods, offering a money back promise for the duration of your holiday if you're not satisfied with your purchase and give European guarantees. They're recommended to clients of major tour operators.
 

Opening hours: 24 h.

One of the best of a dozen or so centres in Playa del Ingles is probably the Metro Centre not that far from the north end of Playa del Inglés' beach (and where all the nightlife is). Really good choice of shops but the owners are expecting tourists so you don't always get the best price or deal, even if you are spoilt for choice.
 

Opening hours: 24 h.

Once known as "the English Centre", the Gran Chaparral now also very popular with the Dutch. It has a large range of British, Dutch and Scandinavian bars and restaurants, many of which show the football and the soaps. It could never be described as pretty but it is a good place to go for a good breakfast. There's also a couple of bike shops renting cycles and motorbikes.
 

Opening hours: 24 h.

The Tropical shopping centre by the main Playa del Ingles bus station has a good mix of shops, including a "Fundgrube" which sells perfumes and gifts, as well as restaurants. The advantage of the Tropical is the great view of the Playa del Ingles beach and Maspalomas Dunes from the restaurant terraces.
 

Anexo II is located at the north end of Playa del Inglés and right on the beach front. All this is beach shops, restaurants and bars all by the beach. Anexo II is a very busy place by day and by night. The beach here goes on for 6 km and this is the only part with restaurants by it, as well as the only water sports being here too so very much the place to be for a brilliant beach & holiday atmosphere by night and by day.
 

This is the Canarian district and we recommend that you shop there instead of places like Yumbo and Cita. The prices vary but are usually lower than anywhere else. The difference can be up to 50%! Its worth it to take a look there. The merchants there will also not cheat on you, what you see is what you get and prices are always displayed. As well as the large, local supermarkets (Hyperdino in the Bellavista centre boasts the cheapest prices on Gran Canaria) there's a huge choice of every other type of shop also. Avenida de Galdar is a good street to look along and just in front of it there are two commercial centres aimed for residents rather than tourists.
 

This is situated in the centre of the resort and consists of three continuous phases. Whilst accesses are via steps, there are also wheelchair ramps.

The upper floor contains the majority of the restaurants, disco bars and clubs, while the ground floor houses shops, bars and banks. It is here that the larger supermarkets, Netto and Spar are situated, although many smaller ones are scattered around the resort and the other two centres Europa Centre and Agua de Perra as well as some small privately owned outlets.

On the lower ground you will find a small selection of shops, another large supermarket, a pharmacy and the Bureau de Change / Tourist Office, where you can pick up information on tours, etc.. Watch out also for the various kiosks and stands around the resort which give discounts on all kinds of entertainment.