Portobello Road, Notting Hill — pastel houses and autumn sky
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Notting Hill
West London at its best. Stay here and don't leave.
City London, England
Tips 3
Best for A long weekend
Getting there Notting Hill Gate tube, Circle or District line

Notting Hill is the kind of neighbourhood that does everything right without trying too hard. A proper pub that serves Guinness and oysters, Britain's oldest cinema with leather sofas instead of seats, a rooftop hotel under £200. That's three reasons to go and three reasons to stay.

It's leafy, walkable, and completely un-self-conscious — which for London is saying something. The market on Portobello Road is worth a Saturday morning. The streets off the main drag are worth an afternoon of wandering with nowhere specific to go.

Tips in Notting Hill

The Cow pub, Notting Hill
Pub · Bar
The Cow
Best Guinness in west London. Order oysters with it at the bar. Upstairs is a proper sit-down restaurant if you want to stay longer. That's the move — and it's always the move.
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Electric Cinema, Notting Hill
Cinema
Electric Cinema
Britain's oldest working cinema. Leather sofas, footstools, the kind of seat you settle into for two hours and don't want to leave. Book in advance — the good seats go.
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Ruby Zoë Hotel, Notting Hill
Hotel
Ruby Zoë
Rooftop bar, well-designed rooms, under £200 a night. For a Notting Hill address that's remarkable. The rooftop alone is worth telling people about.
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Portobello Road, Notting Hill
The feel of the place
"The kind of neighbourhood where you arrive for one thing and end up spending the whole day."

Start at The Cow for a Guinness and oysters at the bar. Walk up Portobello in the afternoon. If there's a film on at the Electric that evening, book a sofa seat and stay. Ruby Zoë if you're sleeping over. That's a perfect Notting Hill day and none of it requires a reservation more than a few hours out.

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