Shopping In London Offers Variety
The capital of England, London, is almost as well known for its fantastic shopping as it is for its fascinating culture and and long history Tourists from all ’round the planet visit London to indulge in the immense number of boutique stores, specialist markets and department stores. With the strong $ and the weak Pound those people visiting from America will find goods are cheaper as it has been, equally for those tourists visiting from countries in Europe because the UK £ is also struggling against the Euro.
Well Known London Stores
Most probably the most famous department store in London is Knoghtbridge’s Harrods Department store the world’s largest having a total of 18,000 m2 of floor space. The motto of Harrods department store is “all things for all people, everywhere” or ‘Omnia Omnibus Ubique’. Most folk associate Harrods with exclusivity and luxury and most well known are the toy department and food hall
Selfridges is another store well worth a mention. Found on Oxford Street, the department store opened for the first time in 1909. Named after, and built by the entrepreneur Gordon Selfridge the store was cleverly designed so that the goods on sale were more easily accessible to buyers which was a new concept at the time.
London’s Key Shopping Areas
Covent Garden has become extremely well known for its unusual and specialist shops and is considered a hip place to hang out. Besides the amazing stores there are also a reasonable number of restaurants and eating places in and around Covent Garden.
Camden Market is another popular London market. Although there have been a number of markets in Camden over a long period of time the present market has only been there since 1974. Camden’s market is actually a number of various adjoining markets selling various goods altogether providing an amazing variety of wares.
Streets In London Famous For Shopping
The Kings Road is Chelsea’s main high which is one of the most chic and stylish streets, in London to go shopping on. The Kings Road has long been associated with fashion and the manager of the punk band the “Sex Pistols” once owned a clothes shop/boutique there making the road popular with punks as a place to hang out and be seen, these days the Kings Road is much quieter but still well worth a visit.
Another London road, with a strong association with shopping, is Sloane Street which is named after Sir Hans Sloane who bought much of the surrounding land in 1712.
London Vacations
Getting to London is relatively easy, being the capital city of the nation transport links are superb and London’s underground rail network makes everywhere easy to get to.
London accommodation appears everywhere and is easy to find although it can be to be a tad expensive. It is usually wisest to book your London hotels online and you will discover a variety of London hotels, guest houses and apartments at http://www.londonhotel4u.co.uk/.
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