Portobello Road Tours
West London’s Portobello Road is home to one of London’s most famous street markets. It spans two miles (3 kilometers) and includes more than 2,000 dealers offering vintage clothes, handcrafted accessories, retro items and furniture, and many antiques that locals and visitors love to browse and buy.
The Basics
Portobello Road is in West London and runs through the trendy districts of Notting Hill, Westbourne Park, and Ladbroke Grove. Visitors come to walk Portobello Market and explore its shops and stalls offering eccentric items that range from vinyl to vintage furniture. The Saturday antiques market is the main attraction. There are also food stalls, independent art galleries, bars, and cafes, and a fruit and vegetable market. Several local tours stop on the street.
Things to Know Before You Go
How to Get There
The market is located in East London. Portobello Road runs from Pembridge Road to Lancaster Road and is easily accessed by Tube. Take the Central or Circle lines to Notting Hill Gate and exit at Portobello. Or, take the Hammersmith and City Line to Ladbroke Grove station. Several bus lines stop near Portobello Road.
When to Get There
The market is open six days a week and closed on Sunday. It’s busiest on Friday and Saturday, when the antiques market is open. Weekdays the fruit and vegetable market, food stalls, and other general good shops are open.The market closes after lunch on Thursday.
For Notting Hill Fans
Many scenes from the romantic comedy Notting Hill were filmed on Portobello Road, including at the Travel Book Company (a sign commemorates the fictional location) and the coffee shop where Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts’ characters first meet. You can see a copy of the film’s infamous blue door on Westbourne Park Road—the original was sold at auction after the film’s release.
The Basics
Portobello Road is in West London and runs through the trendy districts of Notting Hill, Westbourne Park, and Ladbroke Grove. Visitors come to walk Portobello Market and explore its shops and stalls offering eccentric items that range from vinyl to vintage furniture. The Saturday antiques market is the main attraction. There are also food stalls, independent art galleries, bars, and cafes, and a fruit and vegetable market. Several local tours stop on the street.
Things to Know Before You Go
- Portobello Road is a must-see spot for shoppers interested in antiques, second-hand fashion, food, books, and music.
- Bring cash with you for small items, though vendors do generally accept credit cards.
- You can try to bargain with merchants to score an even better deal.
How to Get There
The market is located in East London. Portobello Road runs from Pembridge Road to Lancaster Road and is easily accessed by Tube. Take the Central or Circle lines to Notting Hill Gate and exit at Portobello. Or, take the Hammersmith and City Line to Ladbroke Grove station. Several bus lines stop near Portobello Road.
When to Get There
The market is open six days a week and closed on Sunday. It’s busiest on Friday and Saturday, when the antiques market is open. Weekdays the fruit and vegetable market, food stalls, and other general good shops are open.The market closes after lunch on Thursday.
For Notting Hill Fans
Many scenes from the romantic comedy Notting Hill were filmed on Portobello Road, including at the Travel Book Company (a sign commemorates the fictional location) and the coffee shop where Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts’ characters first meet. You can see a copy of the film’s infamous blue door on Westbourne Park Road—the original was sold at auction after the film’s release.
Address: 306 Portobello Rd, London W10 5TA, England
26 Tours and Activities to Experience Portobello Road
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Full Day Cooking Class With Food Shopping Tour Of Portobello Market
With the help of two Italian sisters you will discover all the best food spots Portobello has to offer and how to select the best ingredients. You will then return to our home where in an informal and relaxing setting we will show you how to cook a selection of Italian dishes all whilst enjoying our delicious wines.
With the ongoing Corona virus pandemic we are taking precautions to ensure your safety, below are some of the steps we will be taking:
1.We have halved our capacity from 8 to 4 clients per class, you will only be partnered with the person you have attended the class with or working on your own if you did not attend with anyone.
2.Work stations will be at least 1m apart.
3.Plenty of hand sanitizer available on arrival and hand washing facilities.
4.If you have any Covid 19 symptoms you are asked to not attend and reschedule free of charge to a later date when you feel better.
5.We will disinfect the kitchen and equipment between classes with food safe disinfectant.
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London: Notting Hill and Portobello Road Street Food Tour With A Local Guide
Aren't we missing something? Can we possible leave the area without a proper pint? Let's enter one of the greatest brewery in London: the Truman's home!
After 2 hours of walking, tasting, learning, you will feel positively overwhelmed, we will say our goodbyes certain of having livied a unique experience that will stay with us for years.
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Independent London Markets Tour with Private Driver
Experience the bounteous and bustling markets of London on an independent full-day tour with a private driver. Relish being chauffeured around England’s iconic capital and customize the tour's itinerary according to your interests. Browse stalls for colorful vintage clothing in East End markets like Spitalfields and Brick Lane; peruse tables of antique treasures at Notting Hill’s Portobello Market; or pleasure your palate with the extensive epicurean selection at Borough Market, a food-lovers heaven.
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$281.26
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Face masks required for travelers in public areas
Face masks required for guides in public areas
Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff
Notting Hill Tour
Follow in locals’ footsteps when you go on a walking tour of Notting Hill—one of London’s most distinctive and destination-worthy neighborhoods. Meet your guide and set off on foot. You’ll see the blue door made famous by the Notting Hill film, and will browse the bustling Portobello Road Market. But you’ll also learn about the neighborhood’s surprising history, discover recording studios once frequented by Bob Marley, and explore other hidden corners.
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The Notting Hill, Bridget Jones, Love Actually & Four Weddings Tour of London
Visit filming locations from your favorite romantic comedies—"Four Weddings and a Funeral", "Bridget Jones", "Love Actually", and "Notting Hill"—on this film-focused private tour. Travel around London with a private guide, on foot and by Tube, learning about the fun facts surrounding the filming of these classic movies. Booking a private tour means you can move at your own pace and ask plenty of questions.
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$171.62
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$171.62
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Face masks required for guides in public areas
Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff
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Paddington Bear Walking Tour of London
This Paddington Bear walking tour of London is perfect for the whole family, and it takes the stress out of finding something to do together. Follow a guide around London neighborhoods and attractions, and see key filming locations from the Paddington Bear movies, as well as places in the Paddington Bear books.
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90 Minute Private Vacation Photography Session with Local Photographer in London
Flytographer 90 Minute Vacation Photoshoot
Connect with a local professional photographer in London and capture your most memorable moments during this private photoshoot. Get insider tips on the best things to do in London, including where to eat and what to see from your vacation photographer. Return from your trip with beautiful, high-quality, vacation photos.
The best souvenir ever.
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Highlights of London Private Tour - Downtown, Notting Hill & Portobello Market
Ready to explore the must-see of London in this complete Private City Tour? Let your private guide take you through the Highlights & Secrets of London Downtown and the colorful neighborhood of Notting Hill. Visit Soho, Chinatown, the classic downtown squares like Trafalgar Square while watching the citizens and their lively local life. Visit the majestic Palace of Westminster, the parliament building, and its famous icon, Big Ben. Take the Underground to tour the charming Notting Hill. Visit the open-air shops and the most authentic corners of Portobello Market, considered the most beautiful in London. Feel like a local tasting the classic English dumpling tea in the best bakery in the colorful Notting Hill district.
If you have children, this Private Tour could be fantastic for them too. Just let us know and we will tailor it for them.
Book now and enjoy London in this incredible Private Tour, just you and your guide.
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$130.01
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Face masks required for travelers in public areas
Face masks required for guides in public areas
Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff
30 Minute Private Vacation Photography Session with Local Photographer in London
Ensure you return home from London with vacation photos you’ll want to frame by booking a professional photoshoot. With a private photographer, you can avoid selfies taken at arm’s length and won’t have to ask strangers to take photographs. Choose a backdrop that includes iconic London landmarks from Big Ben to Buckingham Palace, or pick a setting of your choice.
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Private Full Day London Tour with Brazilian Guide
We make private and personalized tours with guides and exclusive vehicles to provide a lot of comfort and safety.
You will get to know the best of London with a local guide who speaks Portuguese and English, showing every detail with the guarantee of a different, personalized and exclusive tour for you and your group.
The tours are made within a historical context in a very comprehensive way, but also in a relaxed way, without haste, in the time of each client, leaving and returning from your hotel / accommodation, with stops for photos or visitation, according to your interests .
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$33.40 savings
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$300.67
$33.40 savings
Price varies by group size
Face masks required for travelers in public areas
Face masks required for guides in public areas
Face masks provided for travelers
60 Minute Private Vacation Photography Session with Local Photographer in London
Flytographer 60 Minute Vacation Photoshoot
Connect with a local professional photographer in London and capture your most memorable moments during this private photoshoot. Get insider tips on the best things to do in London, including where to eat and what to see from your vacation photographer. Return from your trip with beautiful, high-quality, vacation photos.
The best souvenir ever.
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Notting Hill Tour of Rom Com Locations
Follow in the footsteps of Hugh Grant and other much-loved characters on a 2-hour Notting Hill Walking Tour in London. See where this box office hit from 1999 was filmed including the famous blue door, the current and former home of Rom Com screen writer Richard Curtis, Portobello Road market, The Travel Bookshop and other sites immortalized in the movie. Stop for photos, hear insider stories about the stars, and see stills of the scenes along the way.
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Face masks required for travelers in public areas
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
Guides required to regularly wash hands
London Market Tour in Executive Luxury Vehicle private
London’s street markets are amongst the finest and most eclectic in Europe from the boho chic of the world famous Portobello market to the smorgasbord of culinary delights to be encountered at Borough Market, to the Rock N Roll enthused Camden Market, all tastes are catered for. The roots of many of the modern London street markets date back to the middle ages, so a visit to an outdoor London market makes for not only a fun shopping trip, but also a fascinating cultural and historical experience as well. If you are looking for clothing, housewares, crafts, antiques, vintage finds, food, or just about anything else you can imagine,
All Tours carried out in Executive vehicles ( Mercedes, BMW, Audi )
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$313.19
Price varies by group size
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$313.19
Price varies by group size
Face masks provided for travelers
Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff
Regularly sanitized high-traffic areas
London Market full day private Tour
London’s street markets are amongst the finest and most eclectic in Europe from the boho chic of the world famous Portobello market to the smorgasbord of culinary delights to be encountered at Borough Market, to the Rock N Roll enthused Camden Market, all tastes are catered for. The roots of many of the modern London street markets date back to the middle ages, so a visit to an outdoor London market makes for not only a fun shopping trip, but also a fascinating cultural and historical experience as well. If you are looking for clothing, housewares, crafts, antiques, vintage finds, food, or just about anything else you can imagine,
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$299.27
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$299.27
Price varies by group size
Face masks required for travelers in public areas
Face masks provided for travelers
Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff
Private Movie Tour in London with Hotel Pickup - Bridget Jones, Love Actually
A whole tour dedicated to your favourite romantic comedies. Immerse in the atmosphere of "Four Weddings and a Funeral", "Bridget Jones", "Love Actually", and "Notting Hill". This is a compact tour with your private guide taken by Tube and on foot. Learn more about the film industry and about how these films were made. Getting a private tour gives you an opportunity to ask all the questions you want and to build the root as you want it to be.
Get to know more about your favourite romantic comedies set in London
Book yourself a private tour
Get picked up from your hotel and dropped-off there
Find inspiration asking all the questions popping in your head
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$265.00
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$265.00
Face masks required for travelers in public areas
Face masks required for guides in public areas
Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff
120 Minute Private Vacation Photography Session with Local Photographer in London
Flytographer 120 Minute Vacation Photoshoot
Connect with a local professional photographer in London and capture your most memorable moments during this private photoshoot. Get insider tips on the best things to do in London, including where to eat and what to see from your vacation photographer. Return from your trip with beautiful, high-quality, vacation photos.
The best souvenir ever.
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$708.34
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West tour of London by the traditional Electric Black Taxi (Electocab Ltd)
CRUISING TROUGH ST. JAMES AND PICCADILLY WILL GIVE US THE CHANCE TO WITNESS THE SPECTACULAR RITZ HOTEL BEFORE REACHING THE WORLD WELL KNOWN DEPARTMENT STORE OF HARRODS. YOU WILL BE SHOWN THE ROYAL ALBER HALL, NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE MEUSUM AS WELL AS VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM. THEN DRIVING THROUGH THE ROYAL BOROGH OF KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA WE GET TO SEE SLOAN SQUARE, ARISTOCRATIC OF KINGS ROAD AND SURROUNDINGS. ON THE WAY BACK TO THE HUB WHAT WOULD BE THE BETTER PLACE TO SPOT THAN BUCKINGHAM PALACE AND THE MALL WHILE YOU GET TO SEE THE ‘NOSE OF LONDON’ RIGHT ON THE COLUMN AT ADMIRALTY ARCH. ALSO YOU GET TO VISIT NOTTING HILL GATE, PORTOBELLO MARKET, KENSINGTON PALACE, HYDE PARK AND MUCH MORE.
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Private Tour: Personal Travel Photographer Tour in London
Make your trip a memorable one with a private photography session captured by a local London photographer. Working with your photographer, plan and customize a route stopping at popular locations and landmarks of your choice. Receive your photographs that are available to download within five business days of your session.
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$214.52
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Colourful Photo Tour at Notting Hill
London's Notting Hill neighborhood is nothing if not colorful, and the elegant pastels of this scenic neighborhood serve as an ideal backdrop for snapping fantastic photos. Explore the most photogenic nooks in Notting Hill on this Instagram-worthy photo tour, with a guide to lead the way. As you explore, you can snap photos of the neighborhood with your camera or smartphone, and take advantage of your guide's advice on how to capture travel photos you can treasure.
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$123.50
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The StrummerWalk
Take a deep dive into the musical legacy of The Clash on a private walking tour that visits locations associated with rockstar Joe Strummer. You’ll beat the crowds and go off the beaten path as you explore Ladbroke Grove, both the birthplace and stomping ground of the iconic musician.
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Portobello Market Photography Workshop
Photography Tours at Night workshops are fun, friendly and fastpaced. With eight years experience in guiding budding photographers who want to use manual mode. We delivery a photography workshop in a way that you will understand it.
During this street photography workshop. We will not only guide you with exposure and lighting. But this class will also offer you valuable experience in asking strangers for photographs, how to talk with market stall owners and how to cope when a cloud spoils your exposure.
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Notting Hill and Portobello small group Tour
See the highlights of this West London urban village, with a local guide.
The Notting Hill neighborhood is famous worldwide for its particular colored houses, for its carnival, and for Portobello Road, with its shops and, of course, for the homonymous film with Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts. See the movie's famous locations, celebrity homes and restaurants and bars.
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2 Hour Private Group Photoshoot with London's Photographer in Notting Hill
Spend two hours exploring London's Portobello Road in Notting Hill in the company of a photographer. This famously photogenic neighborhood will provide the backdrop for frame-worthy shots of you and your loved ones. You'll have the attentions of a professional photographer, who will provide you with advice on how and where to pose; you can also chat and learn about the neighborhood.
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$456.12
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$456.12
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Gear/equipment sanitized between use
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Regular temperature checks for staff
The Alternative Notting Hill Experience
To most people think Notting Hill is just Portobello Road, its market, the renowned Notting Hill film and some pretty coloured houses. To us Notting Hill is a magic blend of local markets, incredible history, world-famous music, stunning street art, beautiful residential areas, renowned film locations and quirky and friendly locals. With a maximum of 6 people per experience this is a truly immersive tour, where we will access very tiny little local places where bigger groups could never access. Get ready for an intimate, immersive and interactive experience that will make you fall in love with the most intimate and authentic side of this neighbourhood!
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