Affordable London

Visitors to London really are quids in. The weak pound against the Euro and Scandinavian currencies has seen a flood of visitors to Seven Dials, Covent Garden’s Hidden Village. Visiting shoppers from Europe and Scandinavia are experiencing a shopping bonanza in the city’s shops. London offers such a varied combination of attractions including free events in many areas of the West End.

Accommodation and eating out also offer an attractive incentive to spend a few days shopping in the Capital. A room at the five star Covent Garden Hotel on Monmouth Street is a very affordable £230 including breakfast.

The set mezze lunch at North African styled restaurant Souk Medina in Shorts Gardens is £16.95 and the dinner feast set mezze £19.95 per head.

There are many examples in Seven Dials of savings for the discerning shopper, a £330 boucle wool coat by British designer Orla Kiely from the flagship store in Seven Dials is £100 cheaper than in Denmark.

For fashionistas a See by Chloe fake fur leopard jacket selling at £440 in Koh Samui in Monmouth Street which has retailed for over £500 in Paris offers a saving of nearly a quarter. Seven Dials is situated a short distance from the West End theatres so no cab fare involved there either.

For more information on all the shops visit Sevendials.co.uk.