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Tenerife, as well as the other Canary Islands, is partly tax free area. So the prices for tobacco, spirits and perfumes are cheaper there than on the average in EU countries. Travellers returning from the Canary Islands are treated at the customs like travellers from outside the European Union.

Shops:
In Santa Cruz de Tenerife, most of these shops are located in the streets: Paseo de San Telmo, c/ La Hoya, c/ Zamora, c/ Quintana, y the centrical pedestrian area.
They usually have a morning and afternoon timetable.

There is a vast variety of cheap electronics on offer. I'm not sure about the quality but the brands are partly the same as in others countries. Mobile phones are astonishingly inexpensive. Whether they function in other countries or not I have no way of knowing. The variety of watches is endless. Even the handsome Camel watches are real bargains.

There are several "tax free" shops at the Reina Sofia airport but the prices there are much higher than in Puerto de la Cruz or Santa Cruz. A beer in the airport bar costs twice as much as in a bar in Puerto.