22/07/2025: Beautiful shopping center, only missing Stradivarius and Zara to be perfect.
10/07/2025: Porto Bolaro: The Universe of Shopping. More than the Pearl of the Strait.
If there's a shopping center that deserves the status of galactic shopping capital, it's undoubtedly Porto Bolaro.
Let's be clear: there's EVERYTHING here.
Space, variety, atmosphere, choice... and above all, commercial dignity.
Every time I go there, it feels like I've entered a parallel dimension where the consumer is respected, pampered, and properly entertained.
Shops for every taste, from clothing to technology, from toys to shoes, including restaurants, bars, and much more.
It's a complete, functional, living ecosystem.
And then there's her... the Pearl of the Strait.
Or rather, the one that calls itself a "pearl," but is actually an empty shell abandoned on the shoreline.
Poor, small, tired. Always the same photocopied shops, without soul or innovation.
You go there once and you've seen everything for the next five years.
A sad corridor full of cloned shop windows.
Porto Bolaro, on the other hand, is a different story.
There's movement, rotation, large, clean, well-organized spaces. Every corner has something to offer. You're never bored.
While at the Perla you stand there counting how many stores sell the same sweatshirt, here you can shop, eat, relax, and live.
The parking lot is huge and convenient. The sea view? A bonus that makes you feel like you're on vacation even if you're just there to pick up a pair of jeans.
Events, initiatives, atmosphere: Porto Bolaro is what a shopping center should be in 2025.
In conclusion?
If you're still stuck at the Perla dello Strait, you're doing yourself a disservice.
Porto Bolaro is the real gem.
Except it doesn't brag... it wins you over.