Notting Hill in general

Today Notting Hill is one indisputably of the most funkiest,multi-ethnic and trendy areas of London. Numerous celebrities from the world of pop music,fashion,theatre and tennis have chosen to live there and the place has long been home to perhaps the best known flea market in town,the Portobello Road. At this lively,brash,noisy,popular,street market you can browse for hours through a host of stalls selling the likes of antiques, bric-a-brac, designer clothes,china,clocks,maps,books, and numerous other odds and ends. Notting Hill is also home to a fantastic,exuberant,carnival that,I believe,is the second biggest in the world.It draws ...  Read the complete review

Straight down Bayswater Road past Hyde Park you come across one of the few 'villages' within London, Notting Hill. As soon as you enter Notting Hill you can feel the atmosphere change, gone is the hustle and bustle of the city, and here are the little antique shops, patisseries, chic boutiques and restaurants. Notting Hill boasts good public transport, and you can ride the tube (Central, District and Circle lines) or the many buses that pass through the area. I suppose the most famous place in Notting Hill is Portobello Road, which houses one of the most famous market in London. Portobello Road Market is like any other market on ...  Read the complete review