Fashionable, fun-filled and extensively supplied with places to shop and grab a coffee, Brisbane is a haven for shopaholics. If you’re staying at a Brisbane apartment hotel, most likely you will be within a short distance of Brisbane’s key shopping areas. Places such as iStay River City and many more apartment hotels offer this accessibility to shopping areas.

 

The City is a place for the fashionable shoppers looking for the latest fashion items. There are thousands of stores that contain an exhilarating and a varied collection of items. When you wish to rest your feet, go to one of the award-winning restaurants or a café to savour a delicious meal fit for royalty. The City’s entertainment hub is programmed to keep even the most demanding of city slicker entertained with plenty of galleries, beautiful parks, movie theatres and even a casino opened and ready to welcome clients.

 

The Fortitude Valley is known as a lifestyle statement of the fashionable kind with a multitude of designer stores, art galleries as well as gourmet restaurants and chic cafes. It is a good place to look for quality home ware and elegant pieces of furniture. The Chinatown Mall in Fortitude Valley contains restaurants that sell delectable Asian dishes as well as offer some live music action.

 

Paddington and Rosalie is a picturesque part of Brisbane’s shopping areas with a line-up of cottages turned shops enticing shoppers with their quaint appeal and a scattering of charming restaurants that look over the beautiful hills of the lush landscape. You can pick out quirky curios, vintage dresses, exquisite art and some retro items at Paddington and Rosalie.

 

If you’re into antique hunting, go to Woolloongabba where a massive collection of antiques await eager shoppers. While the Woolloongabba Antique Centre boasts of an impressive collection of antiques, the other stores in the area too showcase valuable pieces and elegant designs.

Roland Lefevre is a travel writer who specializes in creating features on leisure as well as business travel destinations across the globe.Google+