Portobello Road Market in Notting Hill, London is one of the largest antique markets in the world. It is open on Saturdays for tourists to buy food, antiques, and have portraits done. While most shops are only open on Saturdays, there are stores open the rest of the week to buy fresh fruits and vegetables. Notting Hill is a cosmopolitan area of London known for attractive large Victorian homes and upscale shopping and restaurants, as well as for hosting the annual Notting Hill Carnival festival.
4. The market sell
food, antiques and
do portraits to the
tourists.
Open on Saturday
while the rest of
the week there are
many shops where
to buy fruit and
vegetables.
5. In its origin, Portobello Road was a
fresh fruit market in the s.XIX. It was
not until 1960 that began to settle
the antique shops that today fill the
street.
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7. Notting Hill is an area in London, England, close to the
north-western corner of Kensington Gardens, in
the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It is
a cosmopolitan district known as the location for the
annual Notting Hill Carnival, and for being home to
the Portobello Road Market.
Notting Hill has a contemporary reputation as an affluent
and fashionable area; known for attractive terraces of
large Victorian townhouses, and high-end shopping
and restaurants (particularly around Westbourne
Grove and Clarendon Cross).
8. Notting hill carnival
Notting Hill Carnival is an annual
event which since 1964 has taken
place on the streets of Notting
Hill, Royal Borough of Kensington
and Chelsea ,London, UK each
August, over two days (the
August bank holiday Monday and
the day beforehand). It is led by
members of the West Indian
community, particularly
the. The carnival has attracted up
to 2 million people in the past,
making it the second
largest street festival in the
world after the Rio Carnival held
in Brazil
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10. The history began in
XVII when the area
happened from hands
of the monks of
Westminster to be
property of the counts
of Bedford. In 1631
began the works for
convert the growing
area in a public
square.
11. • Now Covent Garden is an area in Central London in the
oriental part of the city of Westminster. It is the heart
of the tourism of London. Covent Garden is one of the
most popular attractions in London. The area has a lot
of shops, pubs, street artist, and restaurant.
• Every day Covent Garden is full of shoppers and tourist,
they come to see the fashionable shops and the street
theatre. On a typical day you can see a group of African
drummers in one street, a magician in front of the
church or a comedian in one of the restaurant.
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13. CHELSEA PHYSIC GARDEN
East garden was founded
in 1673 by Apotecarios's
Company for the culture of
plants for the medical
study. In 1,5 hectares of
garden they coexist
quantity of classes of trees
and exotic plants.
Nowadays it continues
being a center of
education and easing that
continues with his
investigations of the
properties, origin and
conservation of more than
5000 species.
14. ROYAL HOSPITAL CHELSEA
The Royal Hospital was
constructed by Christopher
Wren in 1692 for the king
Carlos II, with the purpose
of receiving veterans of the
army. Nowadays it is the
Pensioners' Home of
Chelsea. In the gardens
there takes place Chelsea's
floral exhibition, every year
at the end of May.
15. NATIONAL ARMY
MUSEUM
East museum, very near,
shows the history of the
British navy to the Royal
Hospital, from when men
and women were fighting
in the first line for the king,
up to the current
importance. Weapon,
artillery, military tactics
appear … And up to the
skeleton of Napoleon's
Bonaparte favorite horse.
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17. (The city of the market)
The city of camden town is
famous
for its markets in the city
streets
18. • variety of races
In the city It is also characterized by
numerous alternative lifestyles can be
Camden Town is a district
of Camden neighborhood. Is one of the found in London, from punks to goths. In this
most multicultural place there is always something that
across London, with a market where you surprises evensometimes you can watch or
can find almost anything:
all styles of clothing, souvenirs, jewelry, participate in some kind of demonstration or
music and lots of things, even protest. Nobody here discriminate against
semi-legal drugs. The market is divided anyone by their appearance, since the fusion of
into different parts, there are both jobs
mobile shops, on both sides of the cultures
channel. Some of the positions are within is the order of the day. Although sometimes you
enclosures that are usually fixed, and
other jobs are outdoors. there are have to be careful where you walk in, because
different not all places are neutral.
tents with posts, but usually do not have This neighborhood is known as
a differentiation of styles. in these
places you can bargain to get a better the rock capital of Britain and, by extension, all
price or simply let go and the world.
admire all items you can find. The
premises are located on both
sides of the channel are very
different. There are
shops gothic Jamaican Celtic shops
libraries, and a little of everything. There
are also many places
where piercings or make
tattoos, which also have an area to
buy souvenirs.
19. Atraction
Another of the main
attractions of this
district is
the Regent's
Canal, which runs
across the north of
Camden Town. The
pipeline passes
through the London
Zoo,
is a nice walk.