Equipping in Barcelona

nospacebar14

New Member

Time of past OR future Camino

Camino Barcelona (2011-2012), Camino Catalan (2011-2012), Camino Aragones (2011-2012), Camino Frances (2011-2012)

• Nov 19, 2011

• #1

Hello all,
Does anyone have a favorite place to equip in Barcelona? I'm looking for quality used stuff, as I'm doing a winter camino on a limited budget and most of that is going into quality footwear.

Thanks,

David

 

JohnnieWalker

Nunca se camina solo

Donating Member

• Nov 19, 2011

• #2

Hi - there are three Decathelon shops listed. Always worth checking out.

Decathlon Ciutat Vella
http://www.decathlon.es
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C/ Canuda, 20
Barcelona
933 42 61 61

Decathlon
http://www.decathlon.es
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Avinguda Diagonal, 557
Barcelona
934 440 154

Decathlon L'illa
http://www.decathlon.es
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Avenida Diagonal, 557
Barcelona
934 44 01 54

I'd also visit the Corte Ingles which is right at the Plaza Cataluna (with a great top floor cafeteria). They have a good selection of gear but they can be pricey - just ask the sales assistant if they can recommend other shops with hiking gear.

Good luck

John

 

Abbeydore

Veteran Member

• Nov 19, 2011

• #3

David, hope you've already got your boots & beginning to abuse, funny thing which is obvious, people wore out their soles boots during English F&M very quickly because they had to walk on the roads, off piste is best. Personally I would find it too stressing to buy last minute stuff & get used to it. Mind you I reckon if you really wanted to go down budget, why don't you list your list & sizes here & see if people will be generous & post their hand me downs/lend me downs.

Read recently Sill lent some socks to a friend........you can always ask!

I have a matt or 2!

David

 

nospacebar14

New Member

Time of past OR future Camino

Camino Barcelona (2011-2012), Camino Catalan (2011-2012), Camino Aragones (2011-2012), Camino Frances (2011-2012)

• Nov 20, 2011

• #4

Yup, already breaking in the boots. They won't quite be ready in time, but I'm shortening my first several stages to take this into account.

Thanks for the idea, but I like to be able to see the stuff in person to make sure it will work for me. I would hate to not use something someone gave to me, I would feel like I was misusing their generosity!

 

nospacebar14

New Member

Time of past OR future Camino

Camino Barcelona (2011-2012), Camino Catalan (2011-2012), Camino Aragones (2011-2012), Camino Frances (2011-2012)

• Nov 25, 2011

• #5

Hello all,
I finish outfitting in Barcelona. For anyone else who means to do this, I recommend both the Decathalon store on c/ Canuda and Esportes Mananes, which is just down c/ Canuda from Decathalon. Between the two I found everything I needed. Hopefully this saves someone else some time!

Buen camino,

David