Towards that end, we’ve lined up a stellar octet of cities that deliver some of the best shopping st

Shopaholics unite! A lot of holiday pastimes stoke our fires but there's something uniquely special about patrolling the shops, boutiques and department stores of a foreign city. It's not just the prospect of purchasing strange souvenirs, different merchandise, potentially cooler clothes and cutting-edge gadgets. Those things are all wonderful, undeniably, but shopping not necessarily conspicuous consumption but shopping is a terrific way to immerse yourself in the local culture and observe the ebbs and flows of a city.
Towards that end, we've lined up a stellar octet of cities that deliver some of the best shopping streets, department stores, malls and markets on the planet. From the clandestine laneways of Melbourne to that paragon retail thoroughfare, Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, these travel targets are the quintessences of commerce.
Without question, diversity is a hallmark of our top spots. London has Spitalfields Market doubletree hotel mahwah and Bond Street, Paris has the Latin Quarter and rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, Hong Kong has Mong Kog and the IFC Mall, and so on and so on. With that, discover some of our favourite destinations in the world for shopaholics.
From laneway nooks to stylish department stores, the capital of Victoria is the vanguard. Top retail enclaves in Melbourne include Swanston Street, Collins doubletree hotel mahwah Street, Collins Place, Melbourne Central, Southgate, Chapel Street, Bourke Street Mall, Queen Victoria Market and South Melbourne Market.
Hong Kong is a feverish hive of commerce and tailor-made for shopaholics. Be sure to make time for Temple Street Night Market, doubletree hotel mahwah Stanley Market, Jardine's Crescent, IFC Mall, Pacific Place, The Landmark, Windsor House and Cityplaza.
Ever progressive and avant-garde, the fountainhead doubletree hotel mahwah city of Antoni Gaudí and Lluís Domènech i Montaner has a wealth of creative designers. Take a leisurely stroll in the Barri Gòtic, El Born and L Eixample to discover Barcelona's best.
Perhaps more than any other city in Europe, Paris is a refuge for thousands of independent shopkeepers and retailers. The department store scene in the City of Love, from Galeries Lafayette to Le Bon Marché, is not half-bad either.
Italy as a whole is clutch for designer handbags, footwear, leather goods and haute couture. Milan, the indubitable fashion capital of the country and home of Miuccia Prada, doubletree hotel mahwah Ermenegildo Zegna and Giorgio Armani, takes sartorial workmanship to another level.
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