Shopping

From the latest designer fashions to traditional Scottish crafts, Aberdeen's shops will have something in store for you.

Aberdeen's famous 'Granite Mile' - Union Street - is the gateway to over 800 shops, restaurants and bars. The city centre boasts three large indoor shopping malls packed with all the well known high street names, the award winning Bon Accord Centre, which is fronted by the smaller but equally interesting St Nicholas Centre, and the recently refurbished Trinity Centre. There are also three smaller specialist centres - the stunning Academy Centre with its Italian style central Piazza, the Galleria Centre in the West-end and the indoor Market Hall.

In the Greater Aberdeen area there are specialty stores for fine art, jewellery, pottery and ceramics, traditional knitwear, and weaving.

Thirty minutes drive from Aberdeen City centre, Royal Deeside is a treasure trove of galleries, craft shops and exclusive outlets many of them with Royal Warrants.

Each December, before Christmas Aberdeen hosts craft, antiques and collectors' fairs.