Travel Reference
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• Exit Leicester Square from its top corner, heading east (past the Vue cinema) on Cran-
bourn Street. Cross Charing Cross Road and continue along Cranbourn to the six-way
intersection, then angle right onto Garrick Street.
Shortly afterward, turn left onto calm, brick-lined Floral Street. Soon you'll pass
(on the left) the back door of Stanfords, an excellent travel book and map shop (see
here
). Farther along Floral Street, you'll be immersed in a scintillating array of fashion
boutiques. (Lovers of couture may want to pace themselves—there are plenty of shopping
opportunities coming up.) When Floral Street opens onto traffic-free James Street, turn
right and head for...
Covent Garden
Covent Garden (only tourists pluralize the name) is a large square teeming with people and
street performers—jugglers, sword swallowers, and guitar players. London's buskers (in-
