Dedicated shoppers, who could buy
worldwide travel insurance, looking for a new place to splash the cash could make a trip to Prague.
According to travel body CzechTourism, the capital's wealth of shopping centre makes for a varied retail experience.
Those looking for a one-off designer piece should visit some of the Czech fashion boutiques, he suggested, many of which are found near the city's Old Square.
Christmas markets and Prague's most famous shopping centre Parizska are also well worth a trip, he added.
A recent study by the Post Office's travel service named Prague as the cheapest European city for Christmas shopping.
The study compared the prices of a basket of eight typical gifts from across the continent and found that the basket from Prague was nine per cent cheaper than for the same items in Paris.
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