El Corte Inglés

Since its birth in 1940, this retail giant has methodically bludgeoned all the competition to become the only real department store in the whole country (So What?). Its services cover everything you might expect, from watch- mending to beauty treatments and cashing travellers' cheques. The titanic Plaça Catalunya branch has nine floors of fashion and home decor, plus a good supermarket in the basement and a seventh- floor café with fabulous views, while the branch on Portal de L'�ngel has six floors of music, electronics, mobile phone services, books, and sporting goods. If that's still not enough, try one of the out- of- town Hipercor hypermarkets.

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Contact Information

El Corte Inglés
Plaça Catalunya 14
08008 Barcelona

Tel. +34933063800

http://www.elcorteingles.es