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Tourist
Information on Mayfair
Mayfair,
set roughly between Oxford Street, Regent Street, Piccadilly
and Park Lane, is at the very heart of London.
This
area has been owned by the Grosvenor family since 1677 and
takes its name from the 15-day May Fair, once held here every
year. The May Fair moved from Haymarket to the site
of today's Curzon Street and Shepherd Market in 1686 but a
century later it was suppressed by the local nobility for
lowering the tone of the neighbourhood....more
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Mayfair's
expansive and handsome architecture has always attracted the
very wealthy.
For nearly 300
years the most influential people in the land have enjoyed
its elegant squares, broad Georgian
thoroughfares and beautiful parks. Mayfair also boasts
the capital's most exclusive shops, hotels, restaurants
and clubs.
Mayfair is dominated in the north
by three large squares: Grosvenor, Hanover and Berkeley.
The vast Grosvenor Square, which
houses the US Embassy, has a statue of Franklin D Roosevelt
at its centre. Mayfair's commercial district lies to
the east. Lots of other embassies are around this area.
This area includes Savile Row,
world-famous for its tailoring, and New and Old Bond Streets,
renowned for their jewellery, antiques and clothing.
New Bond Street is also known
for its auction houses; the most famous being Phillips and
Sotheby's.
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Suggested Places To See And Go In Mayfair |
 Take
tea in the Dorchester
after strolling up Park Lane, one of the most car-busy roads
in London ! McLaren have a McLaren F1 car on display in Park
Lane, one of the most expensive cars you can buy at around £500,000 |
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| Try
the Hilton after dark,
the cocktail bar on the top has one of the best views in London.
Cover charge. |
| Visit
Shepherds Market,
between Piccadilly and Curzon Street, named after Edward Shepherd,
who built it in the mid-18th century. Today, it is a pedestrianized
enclave of small shops, pubs, restaurants and out-door cafés,
and held the reputation as the haunt of high-class prostitutes,
allegedly. |
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In Green Park
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> Spend
Spend Spend
in the Burlington Arcade
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