Mercadona
The Mercadona supermarket is located about half way up calle San Miguel, opposite the Guardia Civil station.
It has it’s own underground car park (quite tight if you have a big car or a 4×4) and there is also ample parking behind the supermarket.
The supermarket stocks a wide range of foodstuffs including its own brand, marked ‘hacendado’. These are much cheaper than similar ‘brand named’ products and generally of at least equal quality.
The supermarket also carries a variety of ‘gluten free’ products, including breakfast cereals.
Mas
The Mas supermarket is located on calle Antonio Ferrandis, almost next to the Parque Verano Azul. There is ample parking in the area, including in the park itself.
The supermarket stocks a wide range of foodstuffs and has both a meat and fish counter. It also has an excellent fruit and veg counter.
You can get a free Mas card for accumulating ’shopping points’ which you can later redeem for selected products. There are invariably a number of special offers floating around (buy one get one free, buy two cartons of milk and get a free pair of socks, you know the sort of thing) which are well worth investigating.
There is also a very good cafeteria with an outside terrace and a fresh bread/cakes section.
Supersol
There are two large Supersol supermarkets in Nerja, one at each end of town.
The one at the western end, at the roundabout as you come into town over the cobbled bridge, also has a downstairs section with non-food items such as electrical goods (including TV’s, fridges, stereos, microwaves etc), clothes, gardening stuff, terrace furniture, toys, books, stationery etc etc.
Again, a wide range of foodstuffs including some UK products. Supersol also have their own products which are generally cheaper than the equivalent ‘brand named’ items and just as good. Plenty of special offers, notably 3 for the price of 2 type things. There is a meat counter, fish counter and charcuterie.
Bread is baked on the premises and the fresh bread counter is on the right just before you go into the main shopping area. The ‘pan de pueblo’ is particularly delicious, especially when fresh out of the oven and still warm!
Downstairs you will also find a cafeteria/bar and they do a pretty good value ‘menu del dia’ as well as tapas and other snacks.
This supermarket has its own underground car park. Again, can be a bit tight if you have a big car or a 4×4.
At the eastern end, up by the Sports Stadium on the N-340 coast road heading towards Maro, is the second Supersol, also with its own, large car park.
Very similar, as one would expect, to the one above except it does not have a non-food section. There is a small cafeteria section, quite limited, just inside the building and a kiosk which stocks a good selection of foreign newspapers.