Bond Street

51.513517 - 0.145826Koordinaten: 51 ° 30 ' 49 "N, 0 ° 8' 45 " W

Bond Street in Mayfair in London is one of the most expensive shopping streets of the British capital. It takes its name from Sir Thomas Bond, a building contractor who developed the Situated to the road district in the 17th century.

It is home to more elegant stores with luxury designer goods, perfume, jewelry, art and antiques as well as purveyor to the royal family ( Royal Warrant Holders ) than any other street in the British capital. International fashion brands such as Burberry, Alexander McQueen, Joseph, Gucci, Prada, Giorgio Armani, Ralph Lauren, Michael Kors, Louis Vuitton, Yves Saint Laurent, Hermès, Chanel and many more have settled on this street their flagship stores. Houses such as Sotheby's and jewelers such as Boucheron, Breguet, Chopard, Cartier and Tiffany's are there to find also.

Strictly speaking, however, does not exist Bond Street as such, although the term is used in common parlance. The northern part of the street, which opens into the Oxford Street bears, officially named the New Bond Street and the southern, which leads to the Piccadilly, called Old Bond Street. The Old Bond Street is about half as long as the New Bond Street. The adjoining at the crossroads Burlington Gardens of Old Bond Street of the New Bond Street is a 200m -long pedestrian zone. Both parts of roads are otherwise running in a north-south direction one-way streets.

The Bond Street Station at the junction of Oxford Street and Davies Street is located approximately 100 meters west of New Bond Street.

The jewelers Cartier and Graff - Old Bond Street

Tiffany 's - Old Bond Street

Sotheby's - New Bond Street

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