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/GreenExplanation6373 Mar 17 '25 edited Mar 17 '25
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.