Um Lugar Chamado - Notting Hill

I often hear cries of Um Lugar Chamado - Notting HillBut there is also some other side of this touristy
- or "A place called Notting Hill" when I askarea. Notting Hill is a home to Portobello Antiques
Portuguese people where their favourite holidayMarket, one of the most notable markets in the
destination would be.globe which is globally accepted for its second-hand
If you ask a London visitor what is NottingHill, you willand antique sections. Its history and culture span
most likely get an answer of it being a stylish areaaround 300 years of existence and Portobello area
where the noted flick Notting Hill with Hugh Grant andwas originally a farm. Since then this unequaled area
Julia Roberts was filmed. It is rather an accuratestarted to develop into a street market with new
description, in fact, but one might think that Londonhouses being built adjacent to the healthy number of
in the eyes of a outsider has become stereotypicalstores and public houses.
and it is not easy to sell something that has alreadyPortobello Market is a real bonanza for jewelry,
been sold.accessories, hand made goods, old-fashioned furniture
The NottingHill area is actually anything andand different decoration details. You could also find
everything you desire. It is as swish as it is bohemian,new merchandises mixed with antiques, so be careful
depends where you head and what you are huntingwhen you get something.
for. You might truly bump into such celebrities asThis renowned road in Notting Hill is also great for
supermodels Elle Macpherson and Claudia Schiffer,used purchases. Those who are fervid about
motion picture director Richard Curtis or Robbiecollecting things could find Portobello Road a ideal
Williams who own their abode in Notting Hill.place to buy something to add to their collection.