Centro Comercial As Cancelas
Santiago de Compostela
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Ideally located between the historic centre and el Ensanche, the city's modern area, Centro Comercial As Cancelas offers prime shopping wherever you are in the city. Shops, restaurants, department stores and everything else you may need can be found here.
Shopping
Santiago de Compostela has two particular local crafts – silverware and a black gem called jet stone, used for jewellery and amulets. The shops in the area around the Cathedral has a good selection of these and of other handicrafts. The rest of the Old Town is full of shops of all kinds. The streets or ’Rúas’ Nova, Vilar, San Pedro, CaldeirerÃa, Preguntoiro and the squares Toural and Cervantes, along with the ones surrounding the cathedral, are the main shopping areas in the old town. You can find international brands, prestigious Spanish franchises, Galician fashion, food shops and gift shops, among many other offerings.