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The famous Portobello Road Market, with its antiques and flea market treasures, takes place through out the week with stalls open Monday through Friday. However, Saturday is its most famous day when the market is at its best creating the excitement that attracts tourists and Londoners alike.
With all the usual shops and stalls open and the countless weekend dealers added to the fray, even street performers, all help create the brilliant atmosphere for which the Market is most famous. Located in the heart of Notting Hill, the Portobello Road Market stretches, depending on what is included, for around one and a half kilometres (about a mile).
Originally, it was a farm area named in memory of Admiral Vernon after the Caribbean town of Puerto Bello, which he captured in 1739. Beginning as a fresh-food market in the 1800s, antiques dealers in the 1950s arrived and the Portobello Road Market became, and remains, world famous for its antiques.
Since then the area has been built up with houses, shop fronts, and the growing street market. Now the Market is perhaps equally famous for its stalls offering everything imaginable. There is bric-a-brac, fruit, bread, posters, second hand clothes, ceramics, and music. However, visitors still come from around the world to find the most extensive selection of antiques in Britain.
Multicolored buildings, storefronts, restaurants, pubs and the variety of communities inhabiting the street and the district contribute to the energetic atmosphere. On Saturday, Portobello Road Market's shops and over 2000 stalls offer an extraordinary variety of goods. For the hardy and patient, there are some fantastic bargains. Prices range from a few pounds for second hand clothing to several thousands for an authenticated antique.
You will join thousands of people just milling around, browsing the stalls and shops, or buying those irresistible bargains. Add the street performers to the mix and on a crowded Saturday afternoon walking from end to end will take the morning and beyond. Fortunately, with the hot food stalls, restaurants, and pubs the Portobello Road Market truly provides a place to shop, eat, and shop some more.
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