Come To Orlando, Florida And Shop

Any city or country that is known as a tourist destination is going to have great shopping. Orlando, Florida may very well be the most frequented vacation destination for people from more countries around the world than any other. With this vast diversity of cultures and people from all social and economic classes visiting this city, Orlando fulfills all desires by having some of the most and varied shopping choices available anywhere.

Most towns around the US have maybe one shopping mall, if they're lucky. Two or three if it's a larger city. Orlando has eight major shopping malls. The Florida Mall alone has over 275 shops. The other malls range in size of 75–150 stores. There are at least three major outlet malls that allow you to purchase all of your favorite designer brands for a fraction of the cost. As well, you will find flea markets, Spanish marketplaces and thousands of small tourist souvenir shops about every 500 feet down all of the major thoroughfares.

The major shopping malls are not unlike the malls that you find in your own hometown. The difference in Orlando is that every major retailer is represented in at least one of the malls here. For instance, Belz Festival Bay Mall offers more of a specialty feel with surf shops and western wear shops along with an Urban Planet and a World Soccer store. For a more “upscale” shopping experience, The Mall at Millenia offers stores of all of the big names such as Gucci, Ambercrombie and Fitch, Ann Taylor, Cartier, Godiva, Lois Vuitton, and Tiffany's. Definitely someplace to go if only to window shop.

One of the best places to stroll and shop for souvenirs and take in the atmosphere is a small main street that only allows pedestrians and is lined with arcades, restaurants and carnival rides. This area is in a suburb of Orlando, called Kissimmee. More than likely, unless you are staying at one the major park's resorts, your hotel accommodations will be in Kissimmee. This shopping and sightseeing “must see” is Old Town. The shopping is mainly small, privately owned boutiques and trinket stores. There, you will find such shopping as a British grocery store, an Irish gift shop and teahouse along with old-fashioned ice cream parlor, a magician's shop and a surf shop. Shopping in the evening is an entirely different experience as the entire street is lit up with fairy lights and the sounds of the arcade bells and the screams of the patrons on the surrounding slingshot, bumper cars and other carnival rides. There are over 75 shops and this intimate strip mall is so full of character and charm and it presents so many unique shops that it will become your favorite shopping location to visit every time you come to Orlando.

Whether you are shopping for a ten thousand-dollar Tiffany trinket or you wish to buy 4 Orlando souvenir T-shirts for $10, you will be able to find all of this and more in Orlando. With all of these shopping choices, you may find it difficult to fit time in for the amusement and water parks.