Shopping in London

London it's a good, if the not the best, european city to do some shopping and to find the cheapest and rarest things.
The best markets are Portobello Road and Camden market.
Portobello market takes place in Notting Hill and is on every saturday morning.


In this market you can find such things as fruits, vegetables, fresh cakes, clothes, trifles, knick-knack and that very rare vinyl that you can't find elsewhere but here. It has things and styles for all tastes in a very good price. It was also here that was filmed the Notting Hill movie with Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts, among other movies.

Camden market take place everyday but the best day to go is on Sundays. This market is dominated by the punk theme. This is the place to do that piercing and tattoo that you always wanted.
In case you're hungry you can always try, for free, the food offered by the shoutting ladies in the food department.
Don't miss the orange juice, lemonade and garlic bread sold in the market entry!

You also have the Petticoat Lane Market (near Aldgate Station) where you can find the best leather clothes. It's held on Sunday mornings.
Brixton market the most musical market that exists in london. As brixton is the borough of the black community there's no wonder that this market is full of they're culture.

Then you have the Covent Garden market, whose main products are crafs, but it's main attraction are the street performers that are there all day long just to entertain people who are passing by.


Stores
Beside the markets there are many stores around London that you can find the best prices. Some of those are the Sports World store (Oxford street and St Paul's Cathedral) and Lillywhites(Picadilly) who have special promotions all year long.
If you love shoes then go to Office store, that you can find in Bayswater and Covent Garden. They have the special promotion of buy 1 get the 2nd one for 1/2 price.


And we can't forget the Harrods store. The biggest one in the world, and where you can buy from an elephant to a olive.True!!!
There you can find really everything that you can imagine. It's a bit expensive but you can always buy a souvenir pen at the dutty free department. You can't miss the Diana and Dodi Memorial (we can't say in which floor it is because the place is so big that we´ve always get lost in there!)



If you go to London don't forget to take some extra cash as it might be impossible to get out of there whithout new stuff on the bag!