Shopping in Boracay

Shopping

Shopping for her or shopping for him - or just a souvenir ... Boracay offers many low price shopping opportunities. Of course you find all needed accessories for your vacation - bikinis or swim suits, gadgets and toys for beach, water and small children, regular household goods and casual wear, shorts, sandals ... but beyond that if you have a boutique at home you may even find many items to export for your home customers or start a regular business relationship importing from Boracay or Visayas region local hand made goods and artifacts or fashion.

The most important shopping items on Boracay Island are beach-related things, such as beach
wear, beach towels, slippers, T-shirts, sun lotion and so on. There is not much in the way of ethnic souvenir items bar the odd coral necklace or similar items although a few items can be found at the open air market to the north of the island. Here you will discover antique furniture, lamps and native woodcarvings for sale.

The central market, called Talipapa, offers a variety of beach wear fashion shops, specialty shops, small to medium sized supermarkets and a fruit and fish / meat department as well as there being a few places selling souvenirs. Haggling is expected.

If you are after a wide selection of souvenirs, carving and other handicraft items you are better off buying them in the main centres such as Manila or Cebu. Second hand bookshops on the other hand offer a good choice of reading material for lazy days in the sun.

Spread out over the island are more specialty shops such as delicatessen shops, a huge convenience store for shopping, changing money and confirming flights, pharmacies and Internet coffee shops.

The most important shopping items on Boracay Island are beach-related things, such as beach wear, beach towels, slippers, T-shirts and lots of sun lotion…. Of course there is more. Much more.


All along the White Beach you can find shops selling beachwear and fantastic T- shirts.

The central market, also called Talipapa, offers a variety of beach wear fashion shops, specialty shops, small to medium sized supermarkets and a fruit and fish / meat department. Another open-air market more to the north offers also a lot of beachwear, but also antique furniture, lamps and native woodcarvings.

Spread out over the island are more specialty shops. Delicatessen shops with imported delicacies, a huge convenience store for shopping, changing money and confirm flights, pharmacies, Internet Coffee Shops.

While walking or laying on the sand, anywhere on Boracay, you'll be appraoched to buy a variety of items including jewlery made of shells, fresh fruit, ice cream, sunglasses or a massage.

Boracay Books — Located in Boracay Shopping Center along the main road in Manggayad. Boracay Books sells books, magazines and maps of the Philippines. As no beach holiday is complete without a good book, you might be making several trips to this delightful little shop.

Shell jewelry — similar to what you can find elsewhere in the world, the jewlery made of shells is popular as for the most part it is made locally from shells found on Puka Beach.



Boracay Shopping & Markets

Boracay markets will take you to a world of new and exotic sights and impressions. You can easily spend hours looking around - observing the many people, examining the sometimes curious items on display, and buying necessities, souvenirs, local delicacies and much more.

The largest market on the Island is called the Talipapa, which means "small market place". Talipapa isn't so small, though, stretching some 400 meters along its main walkway from White Beach to the  Main Road. It straddles the boundary between Barangay Balabag and Barangay Manoc-Manoc. Talipapa is essentially a flea market, with countless stalls, mini-marts, boutiques and shops for clothes, jewelry, souvenirs and handicrafts. There are barbershops, tattoo shops, shoemakers and tailors; stalls with fruits, vegetables, meat and fish; and small restaurants ( called ihau ihau).

The Boracay Trade Fair Center, near the Regency Hotel, is a much smaller version of Talipapa. It also has stalls selling different products and an ihau ihau at one end, but no shops selling perishables

D' Mall is close to Bazzura Disco and the newest and most modern market on the Island. Like Talipapa, D' Mall stretches from White Beach to the Main Road. Constructed by a single developer, the various shops have a structural design. The shop decors are all quite different, however, many are very original and attractive. A wide range of products and services are available in these shops, including more expensive speciality items such as art work, handcrafts and antiques. Bars and restaurants are also in D' Mall, with the more expensive ones near Boracay Beach and the less expensive closer to the Main Road.