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Live Like a Local Tour. Notting Hill

Live Like a Local Tour. Notting Hill

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The Ultimate Live Like a Local Tour. Notting Hill. 

Secrets Locations. Surprise Happenings. Breakfast and Lunch. Including Tips for Locals


This is the ultimate like a local tour around Notting Hill. You will literally live like a local for a few hours, enjoying secret places only the locals know about including cafes and bars for breakfast and lunch plus local fashion and gift boutiques hidden away in the backstreets of the area.

We visit the super-trendy Golborne Road and its cafes and bars and shops which most visitors have no idea about and the cool Ladbroke Grove to view some of the old areas where the first West Indians migrants came and lived back in the 1960's.

Portobello Road is a must.

We take a look at the architecture of Trellick Tower, a 1960's  tower of apartments for local people.

Breakfast includes a drink such as coffee or tea or soft drink plus a patisserie or more traditional English item such as a bacon sandwich.

Lunch is at one of the area's great pubs for a light lunch of traditional English pub grub.

Lastly, don't forget Tips 4 Locals where we encourage you to tip locals working to serve you.

Recent surprise experiences have included_

- Meet the locals.

- Surprise musical event.

- Surprise local food sampling.

Finally, don't forget our Tips for Locals scheme where we ask you to tip local people rather than us.

We are here to help and reassure you. We know you don't know where you are or what to expect so we meet you at the tube station with your name on a sign and explain exactly where we are going and what we are doing. 
At the end of the tour, we make sure you are safely back on the correct tube line to wherever you are staying

- Included: all food and drinks on our set menu.

- Excluded: tips for locals

- Tour Length: 3 hours

- Two start times available: 10 am and 2pm

- Easy walking. Approx 1 km. No climbs or hills.

- Start and Meet at Holland Park tube station. It's not crowded.

- Finish at Ladbroke Grove Tube Station.


1. Holland Park and Notting Hill 
We start the tour on the exclusive and expensive Holland Park, Notting Hill border, working our way through the back streets to view the coolest homeware and fashion boutiques London ghas to offer.
We then reach Ladbroke Grove where we visit a local contemporary cafe for a light breakfast.

2. Ladbroke Grove
 Ladbroke Grove is the heart of Notting Hill, a long road which has the very best secret cafes, bars and restaurants and pubs in Notting Hill plus many other local features.
Its here that we have a traditional or continental light breakfast in one of the area's on-trend cafes.

3. A Necessity. Westway Market and Portobello Road. 
We spend 1 hour in the crowded areas of the market and Portobello Road and then walking slowly to the coolest area of Notting Hill, Golborne Road.

4. Golborne Road
This is THE up and coming area with amazing bars and restaurants plus local secrets like the famous Portuguese cafe selling its world famous Pastel de nata 'aka' egg custard tarts.

5. Trellick Tower
We finish by viewing one of the iconic but unknown London landmarks, Trellick Tower. A masterpieces of 1960's high rise design.

6. Light Lunch at a Contemporary London Restaurant
We finish with a beautiful lunch at one of Notting Hill's best restaurants where a selection of meat and vegetarian and healthy meals are available from the menu.

And finally ...... At the end of the tour, we make sure you are safely back on the correct tube line to wherever you are staying. 
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Key Information

Excursion Length: 4 hours 

Start and finish times: flexible depending on ships arrival time.

Meeting Instructions: Leave the ship and walk directly to themain terminal (approximately 10-minute walk) to be met by our local excursion leader at the cruise terminal holding a sign with your name and the brand Like a Local.

Private taxi provided to and from the terminal.

Maximum Group Size: Shared 12 people. Private: 20 people.

Shared or Private Group

Activity Level and Tour Type: easy walking tour + private taxi collection from and return to the port. No climbs or hills.

Transportation: walking and taxi.

Safety Rating: very safe.

Restrictions: not available for walkers or wheelchairs or reduced mobility.

Recommended Dress: dependent on season. Light clothes in Summer with sun hat. Fleece tops in winter and waterproof shoes for walking.

Included: all food and drinks on our set menu.

Excluded: tips for locals. Additional drinks and food.

Availability: All year.

No blackout days.

Emergency Contact number: 00 34 603 370 300

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Key Information

Languages: English.

Health and Safety Recommendations 

Take care to remain hydrated.

Take extra care crossing roads and especially bike and scooter paths.

Dietary Requirements: Please notify our tour experience person if you are allegic to any foods or drinks immediately prior to the breakfast and taps elements of the tours.

Call our team on 00 34 603 370 300 for any questions, dates and times available.