One area of London where you can cram the whole of the 'London Experience' into one day without even having to change post code is Covent Garden. In this single, small neighbourhood you can have breakfast, visit a museum, buy presents, eat lunch, enjoy a beauty treatment, buy a designer dress, have a spot of supper, go to the theatre and then have a nightcap! Not bad for an area that used to be known for providing vegetables for a local convent!
Over 350 years after the first fruit and vegetable stalls appeared on the grand Piazza of Covent Garden, the tradition of market trading still lives on today in the shape of the Apple Market, the Jubilee Market and the East Colonnade Market. Crammed with antiques, jewellery and some of the classiest handcrafted goods that you will ever find, this is the perfect place to buy original present for the 'folks back home'.
If you can't find what you're looking for in the markets, you'll surely find it in one of the many delightful shops in the area. From cutting edge fashion to luxury cosmetics, from quirky toy shops to purveyors of gourmet food, there's something here to please everyone.
In 1798, Rules was opened in Covent Garden; it still delights with its traditional British fare, making it the oldest restaurant in London. Whether you prefer game pie in opulent splendour or sushi in minimalist Scandinavian surroundings there will surely be a restaurant to suit your tastes.
Many of Covent Garden's numerous pubs and bars also serve food, in fact, one particularly cool bar only sells ice cream. But if it's just a quiet pint of English ale that you want, or a glass of good red wine, you are completely spoilt for choice by the wide array of quality pubs and bars.
Covent Garden has long associations with theatre and entertainment; even in 1642, Samuel Pepys was writing about the Punch and Judy shows being enacted in the area. In 1663 the Theatre Royal opened on Drury Lane; it's still there now although it's been rebuilt three times! Other theatres in the area include the Coliseum, the Adelphi, the Vaudeville, the Lyceum, the Duchess and the Fortune. If opera or ballet are more your thing, an evening at the Royal Opera House will certainly not disappoint.
There are two museums in Covent Garden: the London Transport Museum and the London Film Museum. The former attempts to explain the development of both London and its transport system during the last 200 years. It's open seven days a week and the standard admission charge for adults is lb15 (children go free). The London Film Museum tells the story of British Cinema as well as the history of photography and the moving image. It too is open seven days a week, and is free to enter.
There's nowhere else in London quite like Covent Garden. With its street performers, colonnades, pavement cafes and visitors from around the world, you are enticed into holiday mood even if just there for the day. It really is a magical place.
Over 350 years after the first fruit and vegetable stalls appeared on the grand Piazza of Covent Garden, the tradition of market trading still lives on today in the shape of the Apple Market, the Jubilee Market and the East Colonnade Market. Crammed with antiques, jewellery and some of the classiest handcrafted goods that you will ever find, this is the perfect place to buy original present for the 'folks back home'.
If you can't find what you're looking for in the markets, you'll surely find it in one of the many delightful shops in the area. From cutting edge fashion to luxury cosmetics, from quirky toy shops to purveyors of gourmet food, there's something here to please everyone.
In 1798, Rules was opened in Covent Garden; it still delights with its traditional British fare, making it the oldest restaurant in London. Whether you prefer game pie in opulent splendour or sushi in minimalist Scandinavian surroundings there will surely be a restaurant to suit your tastes.
Many of Covent Garden's numerous pubs and bars also serve food, in fact, one particularly cool bar only sells ice cream. But if it's just a quiet pint of English ale that you want, or a glass of good red wine, you are completely spoilt for choice by the wide array of quality pubs and bars.
Covent Garden has long associations with theatre and entertainment; even in 1642, Samuel Pepys was writing about the Punch and Judy shows being enacted in the area. In 1663 the Theatre Royal opened on Drury Lane; it's still there now although it's been rebuilt three times! Other theatres in the area include the Coliseum, the Adelphi, the Vaudeville, the Lyceum, the Duchess and the Fortune. If opera or ballet are more your thing, an evening at the Royal Opera House will certainly not disappoint.
There are two museums in Covent Garden: the London Transport Museum and the London Film Museum. The former attempts to explain the development of both London and its transport system during the last 200 years. It's open seven days a week and the standard admission charge for adults is lb15 (children go free). The London Film Museum tells the story of British Cinema as well as the history of photography and the moving image. It too is open seven days a week, and is free to enter.
There's nowhere else in London quite like Covent Garden. With its street performers, colonnades, pavement cafes and visitors from around the world, you are enticed into holiday mood even if just there for the day. It really is a magical place.
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