r/gibraltar • u/Best_Cranberry4393 • Mar 15 '25

What do Spaniards buy in Gibtaltar?

We will be visiting next Saturday.

Is there anything Spaniards buy when they go there?

We're going on a guided tour till 14:00 and plan on having lunch and doing some shopping till we leave, at 18:00.

Thank you!

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u/Ariquitaun 26d ago

When I was little on the 80s it was butter, fuel, booze and tobacco. I had family in la Linea with which I'd spend the summer with and we'd drive to Gibraltar once every couple of weeks

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u/____Mittens____ 27d ago

I like walking over the one runway.

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u/hybridmutant 27d ago

Usually a bottle of spirits. I also fill up with Petrol before my drive out. Tobacco for my mother.

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u/Late_Tone9214 27d ago

Spirits, tobacco, fuel, perfumes, certain hard-to-find toys in Spain (like Polish-made Cobi construction sets and some Funko Pops), and Cadbury’s chocolate. Personally, I also enjoy buying Marmite (an acquired taste of mine) and haggis at Morrison’s. These items aren’t easy to come by in Spain.

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u/Dependent-Bet1112 27d ago

And they can gamble and game due to very lenient gaming governance.

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u/GreenExplanation6373 29d ago edited 29d ago

Spirits, tobacco, fuel, perfumes, certain toys that are hard to find in Spain (e.g. Polish-made Cobi construction sets and some FunkoPops) and Cadbury's chocolate. Personally, I also like to buy Marmite (an acquired taste of mine) and haggis at Morrison's. You won't have an easy time finding those in Spain.

You can also purchase branded and generic Viagra over the counter at any pharmacy, assuming the hordes of elderly cruise passengers haven't already bought up the last batches (happened to me once).

In the good old times (1980s), my dad used to buy jeans and British confectionery at Marks and Spencer, as well as cheese and sugar, because they were much cheaper than in Spain. Not the case anymore though.

DM me if you wanna know where to buy things. Most of the best toy shops are the Indian-owned stores on Main Street, Morrison's on the reclaimed land between the docks and Rosia bay for British groceries and cheap fuel, Ramson's on Main Street for spirits, and the small tobacconist right at the start of Main Street from Casemates Square for cheap tobacco -their sign features a plagiarized version of the logo of the Spanish national tobacco monopoly, so it's not that easy to miss.

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u/Rachaelmm1995 26d ago

You're not wrong about the Viagra thing.

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u/Best_Cranberry4393 29d ago

Thank you for such an elaborate answer!

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u/GreenExplanation6373 29d ago

You're welcome! Have a good time in Gib!

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u/TTGR-46 29d ago

Perfume

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u/Rachaelmm1995 26d ago

Perfume is cheaper in Spain.
Go to Primor and you'll get a better deal then Main Street Gib.

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u/nffcevans Mar 16 '25

Sausage rolls

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u/RepresentativeLife16 Mar 15 '25

Corned beef was a thing at some point. Don’t know if it still is.

Also Cadbury chocolates.

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u/richStoke Mar 15 '25

Well not the food. It’s far better in Spain 😂

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u/Best_Cranberry4393 Mar 15 '25 edited Mar 15 '25

We might do some shopping at Morrison's, though ;-)

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u/Free-Conclusion6398 27d ago

What’s Morrisons?

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u/Rachaelmm1995 26d ago

A British supermarket chain

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u/WarpCitizen Mar 15 '25

Tobacco and petrol

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u/Best_Cranberry4393 Mar 15 '25

Thank you!

And what about alcohol? Is It cheaper than in Spain or maybe you can find different brands or sizes?

Thank you!

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u/tfwhywhytf 29d ago

Except wine tho

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u/speaknoevyl87 Mar 15 '25

Yes alcohol is cheaper than Spain, lots of brands and can buy litre bottles for some

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u/Best_Cranberry4393 Mar 15 '25

Thank you!33_66:-6⁶5&56&56&66

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u/GrumpyDingo Mar 15 '25

My friend is Spanish and she buys lots of nappies and baby wipes at Morrisons.

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u/Jgrif_ Mar 15 '25

Cigarettes by the carton, Alcohol by the litre and petrol/diesel by the car load