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| Covent Garden and Theatreland Travel Guide: diy travel guide
| | Written by diy Editorial Team on 07 Mar 2006
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Covent Garden and Theatreland shopping | | | As well as the main covered market which houses stalls offering a wide range of handicrafts and unusual gifts, in the surrounding streets you’ll find boutiques for high fashion, shops selling art and collectables, and shoe shops galore! Floral Street is worth a visit and Neals Yard is truly magical with its quirky shops and cafes. Long Acre and Monmouth Street are both lined with designer stores offering clothes and homeware alongside independent shops specialising in everything from candles to cookware! |
Covent Garden and Theatreland nightlife | | | Nightlife in Covent Garden usually starts in the Piazza. Here is where you’ll find tourist and residents alike enjoy a lively evening in one of the host of pubs or spilling out onto the terraces and verandas watching the enchanting street entertainers. The area is also home to many of London’s most trendy bars and nightclubs, and is only a short stroll away from the West End and the buzz of Leicester Square and Piccadilly. |
Covent Garden and Theatreland restaurants | | | Pre-theatre menus are very popular here as the restaurants try and grab a slice of the early evening trade and can offer excellent value for money. There is an abundance of restaurants to choose from with food from around the world. Here you’ll also find some of the big names, Porters for classic English food, Smollenskys on the Strand is an American Paradise and not forgetting the internationally acclaimed Ivy on West Street. |
Covent Garden and Theatreland History and Culture | | Covent Garden and Theatreland is situated between the West End and the City in the east. In the early 1800’s Covent Garden was the principal Fruit & Vegetable market in the capital and later expanded both in size and products to include flower markets. In keeping with most of the other great London markets, Covent Garden was forced to relocate due to the limitations of space and accessibility and in 1973 moved to its present home at Nine Elms on the south side of the River.
The Covent Garden area area has always been popular for entertainment, with its Piazza, surrounding public spaces, and theatres such as the Theatre Royal at Drury Lane and of course the Covent Garden Theatre, known now as the Royal Opera House which has itself undergone a dramatic transformation in recent years.
The world famous Theatreland is here and the choice of magnificent shows is truly amazing. Kids and adults alike love the big musical productions, there’s contemporary, fringe and Opera. Whatever your taste, you’ll find theatre to delight. |
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