Oxford Street in London is one of the world's major shopping destinations. Other London shopping areas such as Regents Street, Covent Garden, Knightsbridge and Savile Row are equally strong tourist magnets. Despite the high cost of hotels in London, the Economist Intelligence Unit has announced that the top city for shopping in Europe is London.
Home to Harrod's a very English insitution with a very international pedigree - it is currently owned by Qatar Holding who bought it from Egyptian millionaire Mohammed al-Fayed in 2010 - London attracts tourists from across the world. But it is not a bargain hunting ground. Prices in London are more expensive than the second and third placed cities Madrid and Barcelona. If bargains are what you are looking for then the most affordable European city in the list of 33 surveyed cities is Sofia in Bucharest. Paris and Rome are number 4 and 5 on the list of top shopping destinations in Europe.
So the next time you visit London don't be dismayed if you get caught up in shopping - millions of others came to see the Queen and ended up with a Harrod's bag.
In the late eighteenth century, royal art collections across Europe were being nationalized and put on display for the public. The British were late to the party and calls for the establishment of a national art gallery went unfulfilled. The spectacular painting collection of former Prime Minister Robert Walpole wound up sold to Russia in 1777. Finally, in 1824, the National Gallery was establis...
The Smart Museum of Art is named for David and Alfred Smart, the founders of Esquire Magazine and the museum's benefactor. It was founded in 1974 and is the art museum of the University of Chicago. There are more than 8,000 works on display, split into four different collections: Asian Art, Contemporary Art, European Art, and Modern Art and Design. The Asian Art collection include...
The Horror Café has an interior that is sure to have you screaming and dancing for more of it! It is a great nightclub with lots of stuff from horror, sci-fi and other such stuff littered across three floors, and is always full of music, be it reggae, traditional African or modern dance mixes! Address: 15 Becker Mirium Makeba Street Telephone: +27 (0)11 838 6735 O...
Address: Rua Paula e Silva, Sao Cristovao Tel: 2569 2024 Admission: US$2 Opening Times: 9am-4:30pm Tue-Sun Located 200m from the old imperial residence of Qunita da Boa Vista, Rio’s zoo has a medium sized menagerie of animals: mostly Brazilian mammals and endangered species. The tropical bird aviary and the Nocturnal House where you can get up close with sloths, bats and other night ...