El Corte Ingles Marbella
Wednesday, 14 May 2008
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El Corte Ingles is Spain’s largest department store chain and with branches all over the country, and now in Portugal and Italy, El Corte Ingles has become Spain’s answer to Selfridges. Puerto Banus’s branch has everything a store of this size could offer, and more, and after an extensive expansion it is even bigger and better than before. Located directly across from Marina Banus shopping centre, El Corte Ingles consists of 6 vast floors with plenty of parking available at the reasonable price of 1.50€ per hour. Access to the store is easy with buses stopping within the ground floor parking area with routes to San Pedro de Alcantara, Marbella and Fuengirola as well as a taxi rank directly outside the store. The easiest way to begin your journey through El Corte Ingles’ vastness is to work your way up. Starting at the bottom the Sotano 2, meaning Below Basement, consists of a haberdashery, fabrics, flowers and the pet store. Sotano 1, the Basement, has sports equipment and clothing, toys, books, music, stationery, shoe repairers, photocopying services, dry cleaners, key cutters, opticians, customer services, car shop and flower arrangements. The Ground Floor houses a café, post office, perfume and make-up, lottery, footwear, handbags and briefcases, jewellery, photography, pharmacy and newspapers and magazines. Half of this floor is dedicated to the Hipercor supermarket. This isn’t an ordinary supermarket since it sells everything from fine wines to DIY tools. The food is of excellent quality with all sorts of fresh meats, salads, cheeses, fruits and vegetables as well as everything else a normal supermarket does or doesn’t have. With large areas devoted to electronics, toys, pet products, furniture for the home and garden, appliances and clothing Hipercor is a department store within a department store. Hipercor also offers the service of delivering your shopping to your home for free if you spend over 100€. The First Floor has fashion for men, women and children, a male and female hairdressers and baby products. As a result of the expansion a trendy café is now situated at the back behind the women’s clothing that has views of the mountains through the floor to ceiling windows. The Second Floor is made up of electrical goods such as computers and televisions as well as crockery and cutlery, household goods, linen, furniture, and luggage. There is also a telephone shop, travel agents, bars and restaurants and a very upmarket gourmet club with a fine selection of wine and food. The Third Floor, which is the last, contains old furniture and household items on offer. El Corte Ingles is open Monday to Saturday 10am – 10pm and in July and August it is open Monday to Sunday 10:30am – 10:30pm. It is also open on several Spanish bank holidays as well as Christmas. For those looking to pick up some bargains the Summer and Winter sales can see discounts of up to 50% , 1st July – 31st August & 7th January – 1st March.
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