Shopping in Atlanta

Shopping in Atlanta

Atlanta has one of the top 10 shopping destinations in the United States, and the city's neighborhoods are a great place to find antiques, art galleries, arts and crafts stores, thrift stores and boutiques. The city's eclectic shopping neighborhoods include downtown Atlanta, Little Five Points, Virginia-Highland, Buckhead, Midtown, the International Corridor on Buford Highway, Vinings, Marietta Square and Historic Roswell.

• Buckhead
  • Just six miles north of downtown, Buckhead is home to more than 1,400 retail stores. Lenox Square and Phipps Plaza offer the most concentrated collection of upscale stores available anywhere in the city including Barneys, Neiman Marcus, Tiffany & Co., Jil Sander, Gucci, Cartier, Burberry, Jimmy Choo and Louis Vuitton.
  • Miami Circle, Bennett Street, and The Galleries of Peachtree Hills offer some of the best antiques and art galleries in Atlanta.
  • An amazing line of stores will open in 2009 at The Streets of Buckhead.
• Midtown
  • Midtown Mile is a stretch of Peachtree Street in Midtown that offers street level retail shopping. Schedule to be complete in 2009, but many shops are currently open.
• Atlantic Station
  • Atlantic Station is a downtown that's very "uptown" featuring boutiques, sidewalk cafes, hip restaurants and more, all in a streetscape-style setting with brick paved streets and a Central Park.
• Little Five Points and Virginia-Highland
  • Located close together, Little Five Points and Virginia-Highland are diverse neighborhoods located on the edge of town and full of art galleries, eclectic boutiques and chef-owned eateries.
  • Downtown
  • AmericasMart is comprised of four buildings that are open to trade only: the Atlanta Gift Mart, Atlanta Merchandise Mart, Atlanta Apparel Mart and Inforum. Each year, AmericasMart hosts more than 400,000 retailers from every state and more than 70 countries around the world in 17 home furnishings, gift, floor covering and apparel markets.

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