Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Harrods:
Harrods is London's most famous and touristy department store. With more
than four acres of retail space covering seven floors, it's a place where some shoppers
could spend all day. (To me, it's still just a department store.) Big yet classy, Harrods
has everything from elephants to toothbrushes (Mon-Sat 10:00-20:00, Sun 11:30-18:00;
to check bags enter from Basil Street or look for
left luggage
signs at back of the store,
£
3/bag; Brompton Road, Tube: Knightsbridge, tel. 020/7730-1234,
www.harrods.com
)
.
Sightseers should pick up the free
Store Guide
at any info post. Here's what I enjoy:
On the ground floor, find the Food Halls, with their Edwardian tiled walls, creative and
exuberant displays, and staff in period costumes—not quite like your local supermarket
back home.
Descend to the lower ground floor and follow signs to the Egyptian Escalator (in the
center of the store). Here you'll find a memorial to Princess Diana and her boyfriend,
Dodi Fayed, who both died in a car crash in Paris in 1997 (Dodi's father, Mohamed Al
Fayed, was the store's former owner). Photos and flowers honor the late princess and her
