BRICK LANE MARKET IN LONDON

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Day 5: London: Hyde Park, Royal Albert Hall, Brick Lane Market in London, St Dunstan in the East, St Paul's Cathedral, Hay's Galleria, London Bridge, Tower Bridge, Oxford Street, Regent Street and Piccadilly Circus

Today begins again at 6 in the morning, like the previous days, with a small change and it is that after looking at the weather forecast, it seems that today it will be somewhat sunny, although mid-afternoon rains are already expected , something we hope will allow us to spend the morning in the Brick Lane market in London, as we have planned.
After a couple of hours of work, leaving everything ready to continue with our trip to London in 6 days, when it is 7:30, when breakfast starts at the Garden Court Hotel and from where, after charging energy With a breakfast of champions and a couple of coffees, we go to Hyde Park, a few meters from our accommodation in London and the one that is the first point of the itinerary that we have planned for today.

Hyde Park in London

At this time of day there is practically no one in Hyde Park, although we already see some people doing sports, something that makes us inevitably compare it with Central Park where we were practically 15 days ago, and the difference in terms of the number of people who These hours I was playing sports or walking through one of the lungs of the city.

Although we have been to Hyde Park on previous occasions, this is one of the parks that we like most in the city, so being early as it is, we do not want to stay without taking a tour of its most known points and that we recommend Don't lose you

Tour of Hyde Park in London

This tour will take us through the Kensington Palace, the Kensington Gardens, the Peter Pan Statue, a walk along the shore of Lake Serpentine to the Diana Memorial Fountain, and then approach the Royal Albert Hall, very close to Hyde Park and then continue the walk through the park, following again the Serpentine Lake until you reach the Rose Garden, another of the most beautiful corners of the park, especially at this time of year, where it is completely green and full of flowers.

Kensington Palace in front of the lake

Diana Memorial Fountain

As we mentioned in the route proposal, which is what we have done this morning, we recommend you approach the Royal Albert Hall, just a few meters from one of the Hyde Park exits, a space with incredible acoustics, which every year Organizes more than 300 events, both in a variety of musical styles such as circus, dance, dinner and even tennis matches.

Royal Albert Hall

After this brief stop on the route through Hyde Park, we retrace our steps and enter the park again to follow the route on the opposite side of the Serpentine Lake we were coming to, until we reach Rose Garden.

Rose Garden Hyde park

At this point we end the morning tour today when it is 10 in the morning, taking the subway at Hyde Park Corner to South Kensington, the yellow line, then take the green to Algate East, gateway to the Brick Lane market, one of the places we most wanted to meet on this trip and one of the best markets in London.

Brick Lane streets

We arrive when it is about 10:30 in the morning, heading first to Brick Lane, where we enter a neighborhood full of street art in which it coexists with the Bengali and Indian community, from which we can See lots of details, both in shops and restaurants and even in street cartels, written in both languages.
After our experience, we can only recommend not taking a pre-established route to tour the Brick Lane market, since the really exciting and curious thing is to get lost in the different streets and discover details and art in each corner, without notice .

Art at Brick Lane Market in London

Graffiti on Brick Lane Market in London

After traveling a few meters from Brick Lane and getting lost in many of its parallel alleys, we arrive at Brick Lane 81, one of the most famous markets in the area, where food is the protagonist and where although it is still Soon, we cannot avoid approaching and entering to enjoy a lot of food stands in front of which we practically have to force ourselves not to try, considering that they are not even 11 in the morning and we have practically just had breakfast.

Brick Lane Market in London

Keep in mind that there is talk of the Brick Lane Market in London to an area of the Brick Lane neighborhood, but that within this, there are several more markets, each of them focused on a different thing, such as food, crafts, vintage items … etc. But do not get overwhelmed with this, the route itself will take you all of them, since they are visible and we are sure, you will not be able to avoid the temptation to enter any of them.

We follow the street and arrive at Backyard Market, another of the most famous markets in Brick Lane, where we find many stands, both food and clothing and vintage items, so fashionable lately and that we are sure, it would be a true paradise for more one's.

Backyard market

Details you can find at Brick Lane Market

According to our experience and only taking an hour and little in the Brick Lane Market in LondonWe have to say that it is a highly recommended area to come to, especially on Sunday, which is the only day where you can find the stalls in the streets. We did not know him from the previous times we have traveled to London and after being here, we have to say that now we really understand the reason why he has become so fashionable.
Taking into account that Camden Market is another of the markets that we recommend visiting on the weekend, we, always under our experience, would choose to visit Brick Lane on Sunday, leaving visits, provided that the trip coincides with you in order to week, as follows:
Friday: Camden Market in London (Open every day from 10 to 7 in the afternoon).
Saturday: Portobello Market in the Notting Hill Neighborhood (The best day to visit is Saturday morning, which is the day on which all the stalls are mounted on the street. The rest of the days you can walk to see the shops).
Sunday: Brick Lane Market (Only open Sundays from 10 to 5 in the afternoon).

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Being in the Brick Lane Market, and as expected, we can not stop at what is the most famous beige stall in London, so we make an express stop at Beigel Bake, where we ordered a tuna beige with corn and mayonnaise and another salmon with Cheese, which is the most famous, for £ 3.50 both. As you can see the prices are super tight, but it is best that they are spectacular.

Beigel Bake Brick Lane Market

So if you stop by and even if you are not very hungry, we recommend you to try them, we are sure you will not regret it. And even if you see that the queue is quite long, it often goes around the store, it goes very fast, so it is worth waiting for.
From here and after having a coffee in a nearby cafeteria, we just toured the Brick Lane Market, where just the next point of our route begins today through the neighborhood that will take us to the graffiti area, one of the most famous in Brick Lane.

Brick Lane Market in London

We make this graffiti route in approximately 45 minutes, since it is quite short if you want to see the main graffiti and from here we go in search of the subway, since our next stop on this trip, which is taking us through the tourist places of London is St. Dustan in the East, a place we discovered thanks to Majo from The Journey of Your Life and what we have to say, it is an amazing and amazing place, right in the center of London.

Graffiti on Brick Lane

Route of the fifth day on the trip to London in 6 days

Today's route will take us, part by foot and part by subway, to Hyde Park, Royal Albert Hall, Brick Lane Market in London, St Dunstan in the East, St Paul's Cathedral, Hay's Galleria, London Bridge, Tower Bridge, Oxford Street, Regent Street and Piccadilly Circus.

As soon as we get to St. Dustan in the East we perceive that this is a lovely place, that already fully justifies coming to this area of the city, but even more telling that it is very close to St. Paul Cathedral, so you can do Both visits the same day.

St. Dustan in the East

This small garden, full of charm and mystery, is the perfect place to sit for a while and enjoy the surroundings, eating something or reading. In addition, although London is not a particularly chaotic city, at times the feeling of peace between the walls of St. Dustan in the East is appreciated.
After a good time here, when they are something else at 2 in the afternoon we decided to look for a place to eat, and we have adapted quickly to British time and at this time of the afternoon we can no longer stand without eating.

We make a consultation on the internet and we see that very close we have the Burger & Lobster, a highly recommended place in the area, where a combination of hamburgers and lobster meat is made which, according to what they say, is delicious. After looking at the menu several times, we opted for a lobster roll plus a lobster burger, water and beer plus 2 coffees for 69 pounds.

Burger & Lobster

Yes, it is true that it is expensive, but keep in mind that the hamburger only costs 26 pounds and the roll 23 pounds, considering that it has lobster and that the amount of it is quite a lot in addition to adding the drink and coffees , we believe it is a fairly tight price.

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It's almost 4 in the afternoon when we return to the streets of London to get closer to St Paul's Cathedral, another of the symbols of the city, which this time we do not want to miss, even seeing it from the outskirts, since it is now closed.

St Paul's Cathedral

We walk around the area we go to the Millennium Bridge that is right in front, where we also find the Tate Modern at one end and St Paul's Cathedral at the other. Two of the most beautiful views of London in one place. Without a doubt this is one of the places you can not miss.

Tate Modern

St Paul's Cathedral from the Millennium Bridge

After walking for a while in this area, where we will return tomorrow, we continue our way along the banks of the Thames passing through Shakespeare Globe and following the walk to the Tower Bridge, passing before the London Bridge, from where there are stunning views of the surroundings.

Tower bridge

But before arriving, on the right side we find Hay's Galleria, a beautiful gallery that is worth walking for a while and enjoying the small shops and places full of charm inside.

Shakespeare Globe

Hay's Gallery

After this brief stop, we continue the walk until we reach the Tower Bridge, or Tower Bridge, where we were already the first day we arrived at night, after making the journey from Gatwick airport to London, but we do not want to miss by day, and from which after crossing it and taking photos from all perspectives, we go to the subway to approach Oxford Street and Regent Street, two of the most commercial streets of the city that we could not and did not want to miss on this trip.

Tower bridge

Although on Sundays they close a little earlier than usual, most stores close at 6 in the afternoon, we still arrive to enjoy a few minutes of the atmosphere, so we are already satisfied, and more considering that our idea does not It was precisely to come and shop, but spend some time in what they say are two of the most famous streets in London.

Regent Street

Oxford Street

Of course, if you like shopping, do not forget to come for a walk through these two streets, especially during the week, which have longer hours. Here you can find stores of any brand you are looking for, in addition to many less known, but to which we are sure, you will not be able to stop entering.

From here we follow the road to Trafalgar Square and Piccadilly Circus to go down later to the Big Ben area, where after a walk and see that it is very crowded and still missing three hours to be able to take photos with the night already closed, we decided abort this last step, leaving it for the next time we come to London and take the subway to return to Notting Hill, having dinner again at the Santorini Restaurant, the Greek restaurant where we were the other day and that we liked so much, and then return to the Garden Court Hotel, where we will spend the last night of this trip to London in 6 days.

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