{"id":167,"date":"2015-12-31T09:13:39","date_gmt":"2015-12-31T08:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/suitelife.com\/?p=167"},"modified":"2018-10-16T13:41:06","modified_gmt":"2018-10-16T11:41:06","slug":"la-maquinista-mall-girly-things-i-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/suitelife.com\/?p=167","title":{"rendered":"La Maquinista Mall: Girly Things I Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>La Maquinista Mall: Girly Things I Love<\/h1>\n<p>I mentioned in my last blog not going to Maremagnum on a Sunday, it was the first mall that I visited in Barcelona and all in all a failed mission due to the crowds; not one to give up on shopping I did some research online and discovered <strong>La Maquinista Mall<\/strong>, a ways outside of the city, and decided to check it out on a Thursday. I had no idea <strong>La Maquinista Mall<\/strong> was open-air and on the day that I went it was freezing outside. It actually turned out to be a good thing because I discovered all the stores and cafes were heated (the ones outside had heat lamps) and the cold deterred the crowds to the point that I practically had the entire place to myself.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\\\"http:\/\/suitelife.com\/2012\/02\/13\/la-maquinista-mall-barcelona\/la-maquinista-1\/\\\" rel=\\\"attachment wp-att-20124\\\"><img class=\\\"aligncenter wp-image-20124 size-full\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/suitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/la-maquinista-1.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"La Maquinista Mall\\\" width=\\\"572\\\" height=\\\"377\\\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>La Maquinista Mall<\/strong> is three stories high, four if you count the lower parking level. It has over 230 stores that offer everything from specialty goods (Iberian ham) to electronics to the latest fashions. On the top floor there is a cinema that plays movies in 3D and stays open later than the rest of the mall. There are also several themed restaurants, two of which offer American style barbecue. Haha. I was by myself so I didn\u2019t bother eating at either one but I\u2019d love to go back and see how authentic it really is! There are so many variations on BBQ that it is difficult to do it \u201cwrong.\u201d But not to get sidetracked, <strong>La Maquinista Mall <\/strong>was quite the experience and I\u2019d recommend it to anyone who loves shopping as much as I do.<\/p>\n<p>The mall seems to be designed with Spanish shoppers in mind as there is a big free parking lot on the lower level. If you don\u2019t have a car, you can take the green line to Torras y Bajes station and when you get off you will be able to spot La Maquinista and just walk towards it. It\u2019s huge and impossible to miss. The stores are all on two main levels, sandwiched between parking and the cinema at the top. I had no idea how big it was when I embarked on the first level. My assumption was that it followed a straight line so I could walk to the end, turn around, go up an escalator, tour the second level, and exit at the same point I came in. But no, there is an entire wing to La Maquinista that veers off on both levels and has even more stores.<a href=\\\"http:\/\/suitelife.com\/2012\/02\/13\/la-maquinista-mall-barcelona\/la-maquinista\/\\\" rel=\\\"attachment wp-att-20128\\\"><img class=\\\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20128\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/suitelife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/la-maquinista-300x200.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"La Maquinista Mall\\\" width=\\\"300\\\" height=\\\"200\\\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I was looking for shoes and warm clothes so some of the highlights for me were definitely Blanco, H&amp;M, Desigual, Bershka, and Pull &amp; Bear. There are several American stores at <strong>La Maquinista Mall <\/strong>that I imagine are worth a look for Spanish shoppers but for me were not of interest. These include Hollister, Abercrombie &amp; Fitch, Forever 21, and Guess. \u00a0I also noticed The Body Shop, which I\u2019m not sure is an American store, but is \u00a0a wonderful place if you\u2019re looking for fragrant body washes and lotions or all natural cosmetics. For the guys, there\u2019s a massive electronic store on the first level and several \u201cGamer\u201d stores. There is a grocery store, and specialty food shops that sell the aforementioned Iberian ham, coffee, candy, chocolate specifically, and other gourmet stuff.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s really not much else I can say about this mall, other than, for an American shopper it can be kind of overwhelming (in a good way). Let\u2019s face it, the European aesthetic in fashion is something that hipsters in the United States are copying and also willing to pay top dollar for. Look through any Urban Outfitters catalog and you\u2019ll notice a striking similarity between what the people here in Spain are wearing and the clothes on the pages. Does that mean Europeans are more fashionable? I don\u2019t have the authority to say but it is nice that copycat versions of the same stuff are available all over <strong>La Maquinista Mall<\/strong> for much cheaper. I bought a puffer coat and a knitted scarf for 20 euros.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the stores are located in other parts of the city, but if you go on a weekday to <strong>La Maquinista Mall <\/strong>you\u2019ll probably find the stores are much less crowded and will have a better selection. Just make sure you leave for the metro before it gets dark, I\u2019ve heard the area around the mall gets a little sketchy at night.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a map to get there:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\\\"http:\/\/maps.google.es\/maps?q=la+maquinista&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;hl=en&amp;hq=la+maquinista&amp;hnear=08172+St+Cugat+del+Vall%C3%A8s,+Province+of+Barcelona,+Catalonia&amp;t=m&amp;cid=13046586914106691321&amp;source=embed&amp;vpsrc=0&amp;iwloc=A&amp;ll=41.439292,2.198166&amp;spn=0.136634,0.338173\\\">View Larger Map<\/a><\/p>\n<p>What malls have you been to in Barcelona? What do you think about the American\/European fashion dynamic?<\/p>\n<p>Ciao!<br \/>\nKathy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La Maquinista Mall: Girly Things I Love I mentioned in my last blog not going to Maremagnum on a Sunday, it was the first mall that I visited in Barcelona and all in all a failed mission due to the crowds; not one to give up on shopping I did some research online and discovered [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":8862,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[144,145,146,147,148],"class_list":["post-167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-shopping-in-barcelona","tag-barcelona-centro-commercial","tag-barcelona-mall","tag-la-maquinista-barcelona","tag-la-maquinista-mall","tag-the-machinist-barcelona"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>La Maquinista Mall: Girly Things I Love - SuiteLife<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Shopping in Barcelona is one of the best way to spend an afternoon. 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