If you are in London and you are shopping in the busy area Oxford Street, and maybe you are tired of jostling among the tourists who crowd the shops and department stores, take a detour to the north and visit the district of Marylebone which is little known to the general public but deserves a tour.
At the stop of the Bond Street subway take James Street, a street full of clubs, restaurants and pubs and where you will be spoiled for choice if you want to stop for a snack.
Continuing north, you will take Marylebone High Street and you will find that the scenery changes: less traffic, fewer tourists, more Londoners, small shops, boutiques, perfumeries, bookstores.
The impressive exposed brick buildings let you imagine sophisticated interiors, it seems to be one of the most luxurious and exclusive neighborhoods of the British capital, so much so that it has seen illustrious people live in these parts, from Madonna to John Lennon, from Paul McCartney to Sienna Miller.
Among the interesting shops to report there are Daunt Books, a large bookshop specializing in travel, with a structure and furnishings similar to that of one of those libraries where you can spend hours reading and leafing through books.
Another interesting shop to get lost in is The Conran Shop, a large exhibition space divided over three floors where you can buy pieces of furniture, objects for the home, linen and accessories. Among the attractions reported until a few months ago there was also the Cotidie restaurant, opened by Bruno Barbieri and which he had reached 7 Michelin stars, a place that the Italian chef has sold, thus leaving the British capital without one of the characters who best exported Italianness to the world.
Instead, among the tourist / cultural attractions there is the museum Madame Tussauds, in Marylebone Road, where there are almost always long queues to enter to see the most famous wax museum in the world and, not far away, the Sherlock Holmes museum, an unmissable stop for fans of the character invented by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
And if you want to take a break, you can stop in the beautiful and huge Regent's Park, one of the largest parks in London, and then continue your itinerary in one of the European capitals that offers the greatest number of attractions and interests.
