Burgos: best store EVER!!!

[Vacajoe]

Need something for the Camino? In Burgos there is a variety store that carries EVERYTHING you may have forgotten! It’s not a sports store and you won’t find the big things there, but it has bags, safety pins, sewing kits, 12 types of duct tape, chargers, eating utensils, etc. For the really adventurous, you can buy your own paella pan!

Truly an oasis of all the little things you may need (plus two floors of stuff you don’t!). One block from the library on the east side of town.

 

[Deleted member 3000]

This one may be a bit larger than normal, but these "China" stores abound in Spain now. They do have a bit of everything, all from China. A lot of it is of marginal quality, but most of my purchases were abandoned in Santiago anyway, so it did not matter. Smartphone accessories are much cheaper than in phone stores, and probably made in the same factory as the brand names, so it is a good place to replace a charging cord or outlet adapter.

 

[rappahannock_rev]

Are there similar stores in France?

 

[Prentiss Riddle]

Idea for a Camino reality show: you start out in one of these stores with only a towel and €150. With some ingenuity you could equip yourself completely for that.

 

[Jeff Crawley]

Idea for a Camino reality show: you start out in one of these stores with only a towel and €150. With some ingenuity you could equip yourself completely for that.

They sell towels too!

 

[Bradypus]

They sell towels too!

True - and wouldn't the viewing figures be higher if they started off without one?

 

[Prentiss Riddle]

This one may be a bit larger than normal, but these "China" stores abound in Spain now.

What do the Spaniards call them? In Portugal they are called lojas chinesas, or “Chinese stores.”

 

[Theresa Ruttger]

They are a “must” stop whenever we come across them. Cee has a hyper bazaar that’s the size of a Target store inside and has a tiny storefront. Astorga has a great one too. And you have no idea what you really need—-

 

[Former member 49149]

What do the Spaniards call them? In Portugal they are called lojas chinesas, or “Chinese stores.”

los Chinos, I think

 

[J Willhaus]

Kind of reminded me of going to the "general store" as a kid. Of course they did not have cell phone chargers back then, but you could get everything you needed at the time.

 

[Kiwi-family]

Idea for a Camino reality show: you start out in one of these stores with only a towel and €150. With some ingenuity you could equip yourself completely for that.

A towel is exactly what we bought from that very store when my daughter left hers behind a few days before Burgos!

 

[JillGat]

I always replace my towels along the way from Albergue Lost and Found boxes, because many people leave them behind.

 

[t2andreo]

Nearly every large Spanish town and city has at least one of these. Santiago has at least six that I am aware of. They mostly carry the identical stuff. However, the larger a store is, the broader a selection they usually offer.

IMHO, they are good for simple, easy to discard items that any pilgrim might need. However, I hesitate to buy something there that I will have to rely on, either for a long time, or in extremis.

 

[Anniesantiago]

What do the Spaniards call them? In Portugal they are called lojas chinesas, or “Chinese stores.”

Maybe because I'm Portuguese, we've always called them China Stores too.