Canada’s largest themed water park has it all going on. Offering a wide variety of aqua attractions, this park has over 35 water slides, 100 water games and a 52,000-square-foot wave pool. Dive down the tallest free-standing water slide tower in Canada, walk the plank on a pirate ship, or explore a mystery river brimming with caves, cascading waterfalls and Read more...

If you think Canada’s Wonderland is just another theme park, think again. A visit to this 300-acre extravaganza nets you both a wet and dry adventure for the price of one. Tiny tikes slide into moderate thrills at Splash Island, and you can let your cares float away drifting down the quarter-mile lazy river. But what’s really fantastic (for drenched Read more...

Head here for water slides that boast the same chills as amusement park rides. You don’t have to go into space to experience weightlessness, simply step into the Torpedo, a skybox drop capsule where you’ll be launched on the ride of your life. Or brave the Kamikaze, a 100-ft. virtual vertical drop where you’ll race along at speeds up to Read more...

Pools, pools and more pools—all six of them—provide a refreshing end to slides and chutes that range from easy to extreme. There’s a play area just for tots and a heated wave pool that offers all the fun of the ocean without any seaweed. Thrill seekers will want to suss out the park’s rip-roaring slides, La Tournade and Les Serpents. Read more...

When Alexandra Waldman and Polina Veksler could not find clothes that fit their bodies anywhere in New York’s Fifth Avenue shopping district, the two decided to open their own store. The result was Soho’s Universal Standard, where fit reigns supreme and customers are treated to a much-appreciated dose of humanity upon entering. Free, private styling services are available, but anyone Read more...

Childhood friends Olivia Wolfe and Steph Krasnoff opened this Little Italy boutique in 2012, intent on stocking the clothes they as twentysomethings wanted to wear but could not find. Nearly a decade later, American Two Shot still caters to a young—or young at heart—customer, selling whimsical, often printed designs from indie darling labels Alice McCall, Samantha Pleet, and Lazy Oaf. Read more...

From APC and Balmain to Vivienne Westwood and Y-3, by way of Gucci and Hugo Boss, Cruise is an encyclopedia of contemporary fashion. There are now 10 stores in the chain (including outside Scotland in Newcastle, Belfast and Derby), but the original venture started in Glasgow, where there is now both a premium and mainline store. For polished, big-bucks designer Read more...

A luxury fashion offering for men, women and kids, the Cardiff branch of Flannels boasts labels such as Gucci, Valentino, Christian Louboutin, Jimmy Choo, Giuseppe Zanotti, Lanvin and Moncler. New for this season is Off-White menswear, from Virgil Abloh, the designer recently scooped up by Louis Vuitton. With a personal shopping service and a custom-made offering on certain lines, this Read more...

Catering for a swish Cheshire crowd, Black White Denim provides a trendy and bright take on daywear and looks to dress up for evening. Favourite labels include dresses by Rixo, trainers from Air & Grace, shirting by Rails and Bella Freud, and John Smedley knitwear. The ingeniously entitled menswear department, Bloke White Denim, is a recent addition and carries many Read more...

This designer luxury store does a good line in cutting-edge labels, such as Thom Browne, Rick Owens and Gosha Rubchinskiy. Streetwear style brands, such as Comme des Garçons line Play, as well as Kanye West’s Yeezy and sneaker brand collaborations are also a favourite, while Hervia’s retail partnership with Y-3 also allows it the largest online selection of the Adidas Read more...