February is the month for the rebajos...the end of season sales which fill the shops with deeply discounted opportunities for the canny shopper. As well as marking down merchandise to ridiculously low prices, shopkeepers are also amenable to bargaining. We were able to buy a quality men's leather jacket originally priced at 460 Euros for 130 Euros. The shopkeeper had already marked down to 200 Euros, dropped the price without asking to 150 and then to 130 just to make the sale. And his shop was full of similar jackets, all at reduced prices. Leather boots and shoes of all shapes and descriptions are reduced from 100 Euros and over to 10 and 20 Euros. Handbags, luggage, jewellery, coats...fabulous prices and distinctive European styling. It's a shopper's paradise and it goes on for the entire month of February or until it's gone. Then come March 1, the windows come alive again with the spring and summer finery.
Spain is also the land of cheap wine, fresh seafood, colourful ceramics and delicious pastries. Ambling through the streets of Nerja and the nearby white pueblo Frigiliana is a window-shoppers delight.
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