Explore the Shopping Destinations in the North Bay Area!

One of the most sought after charms of Sausalito is that it retains a pleasant seaside small town feel and ambiance.  When you find yourself in search of some major retail therapy, there are many malls and shopping centers within a short proximity, without having to cross the Golden Gate Bridge.  A wide variety of shopping centers and access to all the name brand stores you could need are just within a few short miles drive.

Town Center Corte Madera – Town Center Corte Madera is one of the most visited shopping centers in the North Bay Area with shops and merchants of all varieties from home furnishings and staples to the latest in fashions and fine foods. Mainstay Bay Area clothing stores like Urban Outfitters, Lucy, and others are paired up with home stores Z Gallerie, The Container Store, Barnes & Noble and more to make one stop shopping easy. Specialty stores like REI and Sur La Table provide some of the only retail outlets of their kind in the North Bay Area and specialty food providers and fine restaurants such as AG Ferrari Fine Foods, PF Changs and Ciao Bella Gelato will help keep you fueled up while you shop!

Village at Corte Madera – The Village at Corte Madera brings all the biggest and best in name brand shopping to Marin. Nordstrom, Macy’s, the Apple Store, Aveda, Gap, Banana Republic, Free People and many others make this the perfect destination when you need to shop. Williams Sonoma, Pottery Barn, and others cater to your home décor and furnishing needs while Tommy Bahama, Abercrombie and Fitch, and many more serve up the best in the latest fashions and accessories. A true shopping center with all of the brand names you are looking for, Village has something to fit every need.

Northgate Mall – A short drive further north of Sausalito brings shoppers to Northgate Mall and the big box name brand stores in the North Bay Area. This shopping center is anchored by Kohls, Macy’s, and Sears department stores and offers a full complement of home and fashion stores throughout the rest of the mall to round out any shopping spree. With several restaurants such as BJ’s Brewhouse, Applebee’s, and Chipotle, shoppers will find it easy to take a break for a bite or have a dinner before a movie at one of the larger theaters in the area. Gymboree, H&M, Victoria Secret, See’s Candies, Tilly’s, and many other stores keep shoppers coming back and make the short drive up from Sausalito worthwhile.

Vintage Oaks at Novato – Vintage Oaks at Novato is located the furthest from Sausalito in the northern end of the North Bay Area, but is till just a short drive up from the bay. Aside from the anchoring mainstays like Target, Costco, and Macy’s, Vintage Oaks provides an enormous variety of name brand shops not found in the other area shopping centers that make the short trip worthwhile. The Eddie Bauer Outlet, Ann Taylor, Men’s Wearhouse, GameStop, Sephora, and many other shops are mixed in with a unique combination of different food providers and restaurants to offer up a completely different shopping experience.

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