Second- Hand Shops

A second-hand store guide (Algarve)

Born out of creativity and crisis, second-hand shops have been proliferating throughout the country, buying and selling almost anything you can imagine. Apart from cars, it is the gold business which has the biggest market share, since the Portuguese have always bought this commodity as a security in times of financial difficulty. Clothing, furniture, electrical appliances and similar goods used to be sold largely by charity shops, to which people donated things they didn’t want any more. But that is no longer the case and buying and selling these articles (even on consignment) has become a profitable business, with one of the main sources of goods for these traders being the contents of houses that people are losing to the banks almost daily.

THE GOODWILL CHARITY
All kinds of goods (donations)
Rua Direita, 5 – Portimão
932104885 / 968740693

UTILCOISAS
All kinds of goods (purchase)
Rua Infante D. Henrique, 49 – Portimão
925459719

KID TO KID
Only clothing for children & expectant mothers (purchase)
Largo Francisco Sá Carneiro, 46ª – 8000 Faro
289092532
and
Sítio do Alto do Alfarrobal, Lt 2, Lj C – 8500 Portimão
282094912

CÉSAR BARATA
Second-hand books and antiques (purchase)
Rua Poeta João Brás – Portimão
282030311 / 919488833

RENASCER
All kinds of goods (donations)
916267597
Av. Marçal Pacheco, 66 – 8100 Loulé
289435092
and
Rua de S. Luís, 28 – 8000 Faro
289872891
and
Av. S. João de Deus, 50, R/C – 8500 Portimão
282495275

LOJA DAS OPORTUNIDADES
All kinds of goods, except clothing (purchase)
Rua D. Carlos I, 5 – Portimão
282317606 / 967138517

ESPAÇO OCASIÃO
Everything for the home (purchase)
Av. S. João de Deus, 56 – 8500 Portimão
968170579 / 963224393

Impecável
Furniture, electrical appliances and articles for
decoration (consignment)
Av. Sá Carneiro, 23 – 8700 Olhão
289707038/960077894

Refúgio dos Burros
All kinds of goods (donations)
Rua Sá Carneiro – 8400 Lagoa
282381269
and
Rua do Barranco – 8400 Carvoeiro, Lagoa
282354065