Whether you’re a die hard shopper or just a window browser, Cleveland has just about everything any shopper could ever want. Not only does the city boast more than a handful of respectable shopping malls, its also chock full of great antique stores, specialty shops and pretty much anything you’re looking for.

Start your shopping tour by checking out the malls. Not just your typical mall, the Steelyard Commons Shopping Center sits in the middle of town and offers a day’s worth of activities for the entire family. Originally this area of town was LTV’s number two finishing mill but developers saw that the area could be much more than that and in January of 2007 the Steelyard Commons Shopping Center was opened to the public. In addition to the one million square feet of retail space there are more than a handful of restaurants, miles of hiking and biking trails which connect to the Ohio Erie Canal towpath and it will be the future home to both a playground and a planned Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad stop.

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Has Montreal ever been called the shopping capital of Canada? If not, it should be. When snow abounds and it’s freezing outside, you only have to shiver until you get inside the ‘Underground City.’ Below the heart of the city tunnels connect 1700 malls, shops and businesses within 3 and 4 floors deep. It’s not any different than mall shopping, no windows there either. If you start to get claustrophobic, just glance up at the glass dome to the outside world and you should be okay.  photo credit: René Ehrhardt

Downtown you’ll find the shopping strip on Rue St. Catherines (street). Choose from unique shops to large department stores. The serious shopper should have strong leg muscles, so find parking and walk.

Old town Montreal is the place to shop if you are looking for true Canadian crafted leather goods and other handmade items. As you walk along the cobblestone street, church bells ring on the hour and the romantic sounds of the French language are heard all about.

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If you’ve never been to Boston then you might not know that one of the favorite things for tourists to do at this destination is to go shopping. Yes, people go here to see the historic landmarks and to take tours of the campuses in nearby Cambridge. They also make it a point to enjoy the many restaurants, museums and nightlife options that Boston has to offer. But right smack dab in the middle of most Boston travelers’ lists of things to do is the word “SHOP”.

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Taking a trip to Italy is an amazing experience. However, it can also be a frustrating trip to plan. That’s because there is such an immense number of things that you’ll want to see in Italy and you simply won’t want to seem them all. Many visitors opt to focus their sights on just one Italian city in order to be able to immerse themselves in their vacation without getting completely overwhelmed. For a great number of Italy’s visitors, the place of focus becomes Rome.

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A trip to Palm Beach, Florida is a trip into relaxation. You will spend a lot of time on the beach, enjoying the surf and sand that permeates the lifestyle of the location. You will have lazy afternoon lunches where you linger over your food at an outdoor café. You will read books for hours by the side of your hotel’s pool. And you will probably indulge in the favorite of all leisurely American pastimes: shopping.

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