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Portobello Road and Notting Hill, London
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Portobello Road and Notting Hill: portobello road and market
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  • Updated By sylvie-uk on August 17, 2004
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  • portobello road and market - London
    portobello road and market
    by sylvie-uk
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    Portobello market is the world largest antique market.
    It s open every saturdays. It starts around 8am and finishes around 5pm.
    It has over 1500 dealers selling every kind of antiques.
    Further down the road you will find the food market and the clothing market (new clothes, second-hand clothes, you ll also see some young designers trying to promote their clothes until maybe they make it to fame!)
    It attracts thousands of people from collectors, visitors, or just locals.

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  • Directions: Notting Hill Gate and Ladbroke Grove tubes
  • Website: http://www.portobelloroad.co.uk/

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    Portobello Road and Notting Hill: portobello shops
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  • Updated By sylvie-uk on August 17, 2004
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    by sylvie-uk
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    The shops are open six days a week, some of them being antique shops like the one on the picture.
    It s really a different atmosphere when the market is not open, you might even like it better if you are not so fond of crowded places as on saturdays the crowd can be a bit too much sometimes.
    you ll also find clothing shops, coffee beans shops, tatoo shops, pubs, little cafe places, lots of shops with products coming from india(decorations) and more....
    The carnival also takes place in portobello in august.

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  • Directions: Notting Hill Gate and Ladbroke Grove tubes
  • Website: http://www.portobelloroad.co.uk/

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    Portobello Road and Notting Hill: The Electric Cinema
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  • By Mariajoy on January 2, 2005
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  • Portobello Road and Notting Hill - London
    by Mariajoy
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    Lovely independent cinema in Portobello Road showing some mainstream and some art house films. You do need to BOOK FIRST as it is very popular and you won't get in unless you have booked. We went to see a double bill of Before Sunset and Before Sunrise... two great films (chick flicks :)) They have a great website which gives all the info about forthcoming films etc.

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  • Directions: Notting Hill Gate and Ladbroke Grove tubes
  • Website: http://www.electriccinema.co.uk/

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    Portobello Road and Notting Hill: A great place to shop
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  • By stressball on February 24, 2005
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  • If you want to shop anywhere in London, come here. There is so much to see! The prices are not bad either. Might I also add that this is a good place to get a bite to eat, there are many vendors with lots of very appetizing food.

    The antique shops are open 6 days a week, but the infamous "Portabello Market" is only open on Saturdays...it's worth the wait!

    Happy shopping!

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  • Directions: Notting Hill Gate and Ladbroke Grove tubes
  • Website: http://www.portobelloroad.co.uk/

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    Portobello Road and Notting Hill: Portobello Road Antiques
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  • By lou31 on June 6, 2005
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  • Antique everything - London
    Antique everything
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    This place was a hive of activity and colour. I just loved it. The whole street is lined with stalls selling anything from fruit to feathers. Arcades along the road lead you through labyringths of antique stalls. A bit stuffy inside and quite hot if you stay too long but full of interesting stuff. Antique jewellry, books, china, dolls...anything and everything.

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  • Directions: Notting Hill Gate and Ladbroke Grove tubes
  • Website: http://www.portobelloroad.co.uk/

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    Portobello Road and Notting Hill: Notting Hill Carnival
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  • By Cham on July 27, 2006
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  • Notting Hill Carnival 2005 - London
    Notting Hill Carnival 2005
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    Every august bank holiday (usually 2nd to last weekend) from saturday-monday Britains biggest carnival hits the strees near notting hill. The event has taken place for a long period of time and people competing with their sound systems to get people dancing is a regular feature. The event used to be notourious for it's stabbings and other criminal activities, but with the organisers now working with the local authorities it has calmed down a lot. That's not to say you can be stupid whilst you're there, the same rules apply as if you were going to a big event in any city, pickpockets are the biggest problem, whilst girls being harrased has been known to happen as well.

    Although anyone travelling from brasil wont' find it that impressive, anyone that doesn't regularly go to carnivals or experience something like this will love it. please note though it does get very very crowded (look at second picture) so taking kids may not be a good idea... don't wear open shoes as well as there's always a lot of glass around and people to tread on your toes! Get as many people you know to go down there, and try and get there early, last year 750k people turned up which is a lot for a small area of london

    all that's left to say is take care, have fun, and dance the weekend away!

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  • Directions: Notting Hill Gate and Ladbroke Grove tubesl
  • Website: http://www.nottinghillcarnival.org.uk/

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    Portobello Road and Notting Hill: Portobello Road Markets
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  • Updated By lou31 on July 30, 2005
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    Colurful fruit stall
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    The street is just so exciting and there is always something fun to see. Even if you don't buy anything just looking around will keep you busy for half a day.
    My first purchase was a punnet of georgous strawberries from this stall. Barry the stall owner was quite a character!

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  • Directions: Notting Hill Gate and Ladbroke Grove tubes
  • Website: http://www.portobelloroad.co.uk/

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    Portobello Road and Notting Hill: Getting Tattoos in Portobello Square
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  • Updated By ElaineCatherine on December 22, 2004
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  • Portobello Road and Notting Hill - London
    by ElaineCatherine
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    Portobello Square is so fun.. You can buy just about anything; food, toys, clothes.. I got a gorgeous velvet purse there! My sister and I stopped into a really cool pub called The Mau Mau bar. It was so cozy with a nice bar, and comfy leather couches all over the place. People were incredibly friendly there. And then on somewhat of a whim we decided to get tattoos. What a good souvenier, I think!

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  • Directions: Notting Hill Gate and Ladbroke Grove tubes
  • Website: http://www.portobelloroad.co.uk/

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    Portobello Road and Notting Hill: Portobello Road Market
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  • By mariocibelli on January 12, 2004
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    Portobello Colours
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    h fun, The Portobello Road market is too much fun, even if ytou don't give a damn about shopping. One of the best stands is the one with the CD's great deals on CD sets as well as videos and DVDs.

    PRM is also a great place to have breakfast and lunch while fighting the crowds, get coffee at one of the cafes, but get the pastries from the food section of the market.

    The vendors begin early around 6 or 7 AM and it goes on till 5 or 6 PM.

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  • Directions: Notting Hill Gate and Ladbroke Grove tubes - just foolw the herds of the unwashed masses.
  • Website: http://www.portobelloroad.co.uk/

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    Portobello Road and Notting Hill: Notting Hill & Portobello Market
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  • Updated By Sharon on April 12, 2003
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    Nottin Hill in a Quiet day
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    Saturdays are very nice in this Lovely Neighborhood, go to see the Portobello Market, Mostly its Antiques but also food clothes and other stuff.
    Dont forget to look around in the Little cafe's in the small alleys and to have some drinks or lunch there.

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  • Directions: Noting Hill Tube Station (Central, district & Circlr Line), from there just ask or follow the crowd.

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