South of the Rio Cuale in the Romantic zone/old town, there's a couple of great stores I highly recommend. First and foremost is the tile place, Mundo de Azulejos (http://www.talavera-tile.com). They have all manner of tile and pottery from simple individual tiles to wall-sized murals in tile. Pottery runs the gamut from vases, lamp bases, to full table place settings. All of the above is individually hand painted and is quite beautiful. One of the exceptionally cool things about this store is that they'll make custom tiles for you. This service takes 2 days so if you want your own special tiles, think about it ahead of time and take that picture or saying with you and have them make you up your own, personalized tiles.