Portobello Market

Portobello Market is a world famous Antique market based in Notting Hill, west London. Portobello Market is also well known by Portobello Road. I went there twice, ones alone and ones with my friends. Portobello Road goes straight through the middle of Notting Hill. Notting Hill is also known for the film made their named you guess it right “Notting Hill” staring Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts. The road is very near to the Notting Hill Gate underground tube station. Saturdays get the maximum crowd. The road is filled with Antique shops, food stalls, and vegetable market when you cross the hill. You can expect to see variety of antiques and collectables from all around the world on this road. When I went there, I took one berry smoothy and walked all the way to the “Flea market”. Under the west way you’ll see second hand clothes, books, jewellery.

Now let’s dive into the interesting history of Portobello Market Briefly. Portobello was actually a farm. Many of the Antique shops, Pubs are mostly historic. The area of Portobello was originally a farm, named after Puerto Bello in the Caribbean in memory of Admiral Vernon who captured the in the late 1730’s.