Shopping Trips to Belfast

The sheer number and variety of outlets in belfast exceeds anything else in Northern Ireland. Bijou boutiques, high street independants, shopping centres, markets, speciality stores, arts, crafts, and antiques - Belfast has them all.

Lisburn Road and Ormeau Road Area

These shining stars of the shopping firmament are enough to tempt even the most reformed shopaholic. Take the Lisburn Road for starters. Home to cool spas, cafe's, galleries, restaurants - even a fromagerie and a chocolate specialist - and just minutes from the city centre, it's a haven for those looking for the top names in couture, accessories, beauty and design. Its partner in Design, Ormeau Road, just across the River Lagan, has become a haven for top independent boutiques and is the ideal shopping destination for the more discerning customer. The area is also home to a number of stylish bars, deli's and restaurants, as well as the beautiful Ormeau Park, one of the city's oldest public parks. And perhaps you'll explore further south to the Dublin Road and into the historic Queen's Quarter, where you'll enjoy the shops in bustling Botanic Avenue, Bradbury Place and Stranmillis Road

City Centre

From established family-favourites, to the newest names on the block, the City Centre has them all. During Belfast Shopping Festival, the offers and discounts in shops, restaurants, boutiques and stores will be whipping bargain lovers into a frenzy. The newly acclaimed Victoria Square offers everything from flagship stores to boutiques and cafe's, you can also take a bird's eye view of the city from the glass dome atop Victoria Square free of charge, then home in on wherever takes your fancy. It might be Belfast's main throughfare, Donegall Place to Royal Avenue, home to many high street stores. Or one of  the citys finest shopping area's, Ann Street, Corn Market and the pretty Church Lane, Which links through to the bohemian chic of Catherdal Quarter. Maybe you will discover the charm of Bedford Street, Howard Street, Upper Street, Upper Queen Street and Wellington Street, which hold a treasure of chic, independant boutiques.

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