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title: "The best tobacconists in Torre del Mar"
description: "Five estancos ranked. They are state licensed monopolies, and they sell the official stamped paper many procedures require."
url: https://torredelmar.net/en/best-tobacconists/
author: Sergio Lepone (torredelmar.net)
language: en
---

Rankings

# Best tobacconists

Five _estancos_ in Torre del Mar carry a public rating, with **352 reviews** between them. That is the complete census: there are no others, and there is a reason for that.

## An estanco is a licensed monopoly, not a shop that chose to sell tobacco

Tobacco retail in Spain is a state monopoly operated through licensed outlets, and new licences depend on population and distance between outlets. That is why there are five and not fifteen, why they all carry the same red and yellow sign, and why prices do not vary between them. In a directory built on competition, this is one of the few trades that does not really compete on product.

## What else they sell, which matters more than the tobacco

- **Papel timbrado**, the official stamped paper required for various legal and administrative procedures. The estanco is where you buy it, and most people find that out at the worst possible moment.
- **Tax stamps and certain official forms**, along with public transport top ups and lottery in some outlets.

## So what is the ranking measuring

Service, location and opening hours, which is all that is left when the product and the price are fixed by law. Read it that way.

Ranked by the portal score

| # | Business                                | Score      | Rating    | Address               | Phone            |
| - | --------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------- | --------------------- | ---------------- |
| 1 | No. 1Estanco Mainake (Expendeduría Nº5) | 47.3 / 100 | 4.6 (153) | Calle los Fenicios, 2 | +34 952 54 06 84 |
| 2 | Expendeduría Número 1                   | 36.9 / 100 | 4.5 (62)  | Calle del Río, 7      | +34 952 54 09 08 |
| 3 | Expendeduría Número 3                   | 33.5 / 100 | 4.5 (36)  | Calle Yucas           | +34 952 54 01 93 |
| 4 | Estanco San Andrés                      | 29.8 / 100 | 4.5 (19)  | Calle San Andrés, 78  | +34 952 54 50 47 |
| 5 | Estanco Torre del Mar Nº2               | 21.7 / 100 | 3.9 (82)  | Calle Enmedio, 24     | +34 951 39 18 45 |

Score out of 100 calculated by this portal from public data: average Google rating adjusted for how many people back it (20), number of reviews on a logarithmic scale (12), the business's own website, whether it loads, is clear and publishes its details (62), and a published telephone number (6). The website and the phone only count when that check has been made across the whole trade, so that the comparison is between equals; otherwise the score comes from rating and reviews alone. Each listing carries the date its data was verified.

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