London Shopping Trips

The capital city of England, London, is as well known for its unique shopping opportunities as it is for its fascinating culture and and long history Visitors from all over the planet travel to London to take advantage of the immense selection of boutique stores, specialist markets and department stores. With the weak £ and the strong Dollar those folk visiting from America will find goods are much less expensive as it once was, it is the same situation for those visitors arriving from other countries in Europe because the English £ is also weak against the Euro.

Well Known Stores In London

Possibly the most well known of London’s department stores is Harrods department store in Knightsbridge the planet’s largest being 18,000 m2 of floor space.  The Harrods motto is ‘Omnia Omnibus Ubique’  meaning all things for all people, everywhere’. Harrods has maintained a reputation for being luxurious and exclusive and their food hall and toy department are most well known

Selfridges is another department store well worth a mention.  Found on Oxford Street, the department store first opened in 1909. Named after, and constructed by the American businessman Gordon Selfridge the department store had been specially designed so that the goods on sale could be far more easily accessible to customers which was a radical departure from the way things were usually done at that time.

London Shopping – The Best Places To Go

Covent Garden has built an excellent reputation for its specialist and unusual shops and is considered a hip place to hang out. Besides the fantastic stores you will also discover a small number of restaurants and eating places around Covent Garden.

Another London market which is well worth a mention is Camden Market. Even though there have been a number of different markets in Camden at various times in history the present market has only been there since 1974. Camden Market is actually a group of adjoining markets selling a variety of goods altogether providing an amazing variety of wares.

Well Known Shopping Streets In London

The main high street in Chelsea is the Kings Road which is one of the most stylish and chic streets, in London, on which to go shopping. The Kings Road was popular for clothes in the Sixties and Seventies and is closely associated with the Punk movement, in more recent times the Kings Road is more subdued but still worth a visit.

Another road in London, associated with shopping, is Sloane Street which is named after Sir Hans Sloane who owned much of the land in the area in the eighteenth century.

London Shopping Trips

Getting to London is amazingly easy, being the capital of England transport links are top class and London’s underground makes everywhere very easy to get to.

London accommodation seems to be everywhere and is very easy to find but sadly it can be to be a teeny bit expensive. It is usually the best idea to book your London hotels online and you will find a variety of London hotels, guest houses and apartments at http://www.londonhotel4u.co.uk/.