{"id":29290,"date":"2015-11-23T17:27:41","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T16:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brabbu.com\/blog\/?p=29290"},"modified":"2015-11-23T17:27:41","modified_gmt":"2015-11-23T16:27:41","slug":"london-christmas-shopping-itinerary-where-to-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brabbu.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/london-christmas-shopping-itinerary-where-to-go\/","title":{"rendered":"London Christmas Shopping Itinerary, where to go?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Where to go in London for Christmas shopping? <\/strong><\/em>Finding top christmas gits 2015 can be stressful enough, so we\u2019ve made it easy with our handy London Christmas shopping<\/a><\/strong> itinerary! Tick off some of the most festive spots in the capital, spot beautiful Christmas lights and window displays,<\/a><\/strong> all while picking up the gifts on your list, all in one day. Where to go in London? Start to unwrap this Christmas gift guide\u2026<\/p>\n

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Breakfast in Covent Garden<\/strong><\/p>\n

Start your London Christmas<\/em> shopping day the right way, searching for the top christmas gifts 2015. Take the tube to Leicester Square or Covent Garden and walk the cobbled streets to\u00a0Covent Garden<\/strong> piazza, where you will see one of London\u2019s biggest Christmas trees<\/a><\/strong> and immaculately decorated streets.\u00a0Breakfast options range from the extravagant at\u00a0Balthazar<\/strong> (or its own bakery), to the simpler Le Pain Quotidien on the main square. Once you\u2019ve had your morning coffee you can pick up the latest iPhone or other Apple goodies at the Apple store<\/strong>, or grab the best in British fashion at Barbour, Ben Sherman, Burberry, Hackett, Jack Wills, Paul Smith, Ted Baker and lots more.<\/p>\n

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Morning in Mayfair<\/strong><\/p>\n

Take a stroll through the West End and past Piccadilly Circus into posh Mayfair<\/strong>, where you will find high-end fashion, jewellery and iconic arcades.\u00a0Turn into\u00a0Bond Street<\/strong> for some serious window shopping at the likes of Burberry<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Louis Vuitton<\/a><\/strong>and Tiffany & Co<\/a><\/strong>, pick up festive chocolates at\u00a0Prestat in the Princes Arcade and stroll the red carpet into\u00a0Burlington Arcade for independent boutiques and to marvel at the towers of macarons in Laduree.<\/p>\n

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Afternoon Tea at Fortnum & Mason<\/strong><\/p>\n

While in Mayfair it is an absolute must to pop into the Queen\u2019s grocer for a spot of food shopping, and maybe even a quick cup of tea.\u00a0Fortnum & Mason<\/strong> is just across the road from Burlington Arcade and pulls out all the stops at Christmas, from the always-beautiful window displays to the legendary Christmas puddings and hampers to buy.\u00a0If you want to really treat yourself then book in for afternoon tea in the\u00a0Diamond Jubilee Tea Salon<\/strong>\u00a0to refuel for all the shopping ahead!<\/p>\n

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Buy your Christmas tree decorations at Harrods<\/strong><\/p>\n

You can keep walking down Piccadilly, past Hyde Park, or jump back on the Tube for two stops to Knightsbridge, where you will want to head for the twinkling lights of Harrods<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0Christmas and Harrods go together like jam and scones. Tickets for the wildly popular Christmas Grotto go on sale as early as September and often sell out straight away, but the Christmas shop is there for all to enjoy. The famous department store will be busy during the winter months, but the Christmas decorations are still worth braving the crowds for. The other 300 plus departments will have you covered for christmas gift guide, from accessories for your dog to sports equipment.<\/p>\n

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Oxford Street after the sun goes down<\/strong><\/p>\n

If your feet are still OK and you don\u2019t have too many bags, take a walk through Hyde Park to Marble Arch, before swinging a right onto Oxford Street. This is where you can get the bulk of your buying done, with everything from luxury brands and historic department stores to high-street favourites represented here and along the nearby Regent Street.\u00a0Both are lit up with spectacular lights so make sure to go after the dark, and some of the most iconic shops in the capital are located here, from\u00a0Selfridges<\/a><\/strong> and Hamleys, to\u00a0John Lewis and Liberty.<\/p>\n

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So, how will you spend your Christmas London<\/em>?<\/p>\n

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Where to go in London for Christmas shopping? Finding top christmas gits 2015 can be stressful enough, so we\u2019ve made it easy with our handy London Christmas shopping itinerary! Tick off some of the most festive spots in the capital, spot beautiful Christmas lights and window displays, all while picking up the gifts on your […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":275,"featured_media":29573,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1531,7457,7455,7458,7454,7453,7456,7389],"class_list":["post-29290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-christmas","tag-christmas-gift-guide","tag-christmas-in-london","tag-christmas-london","tag-gift-guide","tag-london-christmas","tag-top-christmas-gifts-2015","tag-where-to-go-in-london"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brabbu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brabbu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brabbu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brabbu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/275"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brabbu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brabbu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29290\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brabbu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brabbu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brabbu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brabbu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}