New York It is one of the best cities in the world for sightseeing. It offers shows of all kinds and many stores to delight in the typical consumer fever of this century.
The truth is that if you love to go shopping, a walk along 5th Avenue is a must. The street is historic and in the heart of Manhattan. The best shops are located between 39th and 60th streets, although of course walking it from beginning to end is always seductive ...
The famous 5th Avenue
It is also known as "The most expensive street in the world" and although it is a shopping paradise some of them can be very expensive and exclusive.
It has a patrician origin since before being a commercial street it was a residential avenue in which the richest families in New York met, back in the XNUMXth and early XNUMXth centuries.
Many of the most elegant and historic buildings in the city. But this time it is not a tourist walk but shopping so let's see which are the best stores on 5th Avenue.
Apple Store
It is the main store of the brand, the Apple Store Grand Central. It is located at number 767 of the avenue and open every day of the year. It's the store that never closes and has a fantastic design, cylindrical elevators, glass stairs, and nearly 300 workers.
It is the store to see all branded devices, software and exclusive services. Provides service authorized, you can update your mobile, collect purchases you have made online and more.
At the moment it is in renovation work but anyway, behind the main entrance, closed, it is still working.
Clothes shops
Of course the major retail brands, fashionable and cheap clothing, are here so you have H&M, Abercrombie & File, Gap and Zara, for example. A classic that you will want to visit, because it usually appears in television series and in movies, is Saks, located at 611.
In terms of sports you can visit Adidas, a new store, the store of the reborn sneakers NewBalance, niketown, Reebok or The North Face for adventurers.
Like the makeup and beauty products? L'Occitane is present, the same MAC, Sephora and Redken.
To make more exclusive purchases you have the stores of Hugo Boss, Salvatore Ferragamo, the van jewelry key & Arpels, Prada or Tiffany. And if you don't buy, looking costs nothing.
There are the brands of the moment, like Uniqlo, but also there is no shortage of classic brands with a presence on the street for decades, such as the iconic Guess, Banana Republic, DKNY or Diesel.
If your destination is only New York, you can take advantage and take a tour of the Walt Disney Store in which you will find everything about the wonderful world of Disney or, another option, is the NBA Store, for basketball fans, recently opened.
Some of the best shopping centers of the city are on this famous avenue: Bergdorf Goodman (754, between 57 and 58), Saks Fifth Avenue and Lord & Taylor (at number 424). The first of them specializes in the beauty of hair and nails, cosmetics, but is very famous for the elegant windows that it does for season or event.
This mall or department store opened in 1899 hand in hand with a French immigrant but it was a young apprentice named Goodman who turned the little shop into a gold mine.
The move to 5th avenue was in 1928 and it is worth visiting even if the building was a mansion of the wealthy Vanderbilt family.
A walk down 5th Avenue can combine more than one activity because although the multitude of shops is overwhelming you have other types of views. It said at the beginning that many of the more historic buildings from New York City are here so it's a good chance to get to know them too.
Today there are some shops in these buildings, but also cafes, hotels, restaurants, museums or simply offices. There is the central house of the famous auction house Christie's, Coca-Cola Building, Empire State Building, France embassy, the mega store of Fujifilm or the Trump Tower.
El Guggenheim Museum, Jewish museum, the fragrant Le Pain Quotidien shop, the Metropolitan Art Museum, Moma or Museum of Modern Art, the Plaza Hotel, the Rockefeller center with its promenade and its observatory, the St. Stephen's Cathedral, the 5th Avenue Synagogue, the NY Public Library that appears in the film The day after tomorrow…
Are you going with children? Children do not like walking very much so you will have to reward them and an excellent place to take advantage and rest yourself in good weather is the FAO toy store Black.
Is the toy store featured in the legendary '80s movie starring Tom Hanks, Big or I would like to be great as it was known in the Spanish-speaking world. It has escalators, a huge piano where you can dance, the possibility of design a Barbie, customize a Hot car Wheels or buy candy. Harry Potter, Lego, Playmobile and whatever you want.
On the New York tourism website you have a complete list of stores and their location on a Google Maps map. It's super useful and allows you to organize a tour so you don't miss out on anything.
Cheer up! Save money, patience and energy because nobody escapes from 5th Avenue.