Wednesday, December 17, 2008

A Trip To Hampshire Is Highly Recommended

Look no further than Hampshire while shopping on the South-coast. Millions of people go for shopping at Southampton where West Quay shopping centre is an excellent one. Forever bustling streets make Southampton one of the best shopping malls of Britain. Here you can shop till you drop.

At this place the Southampton Boat Show takes place between 12 to 21 September annually and it includes Europe's biggest and the best purpose built docks. You can explore all branded name stores here like John Lewis, wrangler, Marks and Spencer along with hundreds of restaurants, hotels, pubs shops and places to eat. You will certainly get a guaranteed experience in shopping at Basingstoke.

Basingstoke provides around 165 stores, 28 restaurants and lots of bars and cafes. At Festival Place you will find many fashion and home wear shops. Most of the stores remain open till 8pm on weekdays and lots of free space for parking is provided.

You will also find many lively and weekly markets, selling everything from fashionable goods or antiques to fresh fruits and vegetables. Have a delicious and seasonal taste of Hampshire at any farmers markets, which are held on every weekend in various town centers all over the county. They offer quality at its best with their produce of locally sourced watercress, trots, pork, wine and beer.

Something is always going on in Hampshire and it makes your stay exotic, comfortable and exciting. Travel along the city, on its seagoing heritage center at Portsmouth Historic Harbor and also take a trip across the harbor of Gosport. You can go to the beautiful beach in Hayling, where you can do windsurfing.

You will find several country parks, rivers and pretty lakes close to the sea. If you do not have the time and plan to visit just one garden then go to Sir Harold Hillier Gardens which is a necessity for everybody. It thrives in an area of 180 acres having unique collection of more than 42,000 plants of 12,000 different varieties. Any visitor to this garden will discover something very enchanting to look at in every season throughout the year.

Cool and frosty days of January with the smell of witch hazels different spidery flowers changing in to the decorative blooms of the spring flowers like azaleas, camellias, magnolias and rhododendrons. These are often followed by the sweat smelling scents of Summer's flowery shrubs and also the herbaceous plants before the autumn season shows its fiery appearance.

If you are an aesthete then there are various art galleries in Hampshire such as the Southampton City Gallery, Millais Gallery, Allen Gallery, Flora Twort Gallery, ArtSway, Gosport Gallery and Hansard Gallery. At Hamble Valley and you will find Britain's best kept secrets, a beautiful scenery is waiting for you here in rural Hampshire. Here is an area where you will find Britain's 2 nd oldest cathedral in an impressive place and there is also Rochester, which is a planters paradise in Borde Hill. You are requested to find some time to explore the timeless treasures of this area.

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