Shopping on your Amsterdam Vacation

Your Amsterdam Shop - What to Buy: Shoppers for gifts and souvenirs in Amsterdam will be happy to know that there hundreds of tourist shops where you can buy anything from chocolates to tulip bulbs or Delft porcelain.  However, don't be in a hurry to buy as the tourist shop may not be the best place to purchase the genuine items. If chocolates, cheese or other foodstuff are what you're after, you may be better off going to an ordinary supermarket where prices will be cheaper. On the … [Read more...]

Shopping on your Belgium holiday

What to Buy in Belgium? Belgium has made a reputation for itself in a number of products and some of these you don't even have to travel to Belgium to enjoy. Belgian chocolate for example is world famous, not to mention Belgian beers. Other famous products include: Artwork It's an important center of the art world and has been for centuries. There is an incredible wealth of antiques here and you have a choice of museum-quality stores in the major cities to the antique markets in smaller … [Read more...]