{"id":794,"date":"2008-11-10T10:23:30","date_gmt":"2008-11-10T14:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/?p=794"},"modified":"2013-03-26T16:42:05","modified_gmt":"2013-03-26T20:42:05","slug":"list-of-top-five-cinematic-london-2-notting-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nyhabitat.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/10\/list-of-top-five-cinematic-london-2-notting-hill\/","title":{"rendered":"List of Top Five Cinematic London\u2014#2: Notting Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Notting Hill, London<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

While Notting Hill<\/a> <\/strong>may be well-known worldwide for the eponymous film featuring the famous blue door, it made our top five list for two very different reasons: \u201cAlfie\u201d and \u201cThe Italian Job,\u201d<\/strong> both watershed movies in the career of Michael Caine and in their portrayals of swinging \u201960s London<\/a>. If you\u2019re a fan of either film or just love that time period in general, then Notting Hill is the place for you\u2014and New York Habitat has the perfect pad (um\u2026vacation rentals).<\/p>\n

In 1966\u2019s \u201cAlfie,\u201d Caine plays a playboy with an irresistible Cockney accent, about a million assorted girlfriends and a West London flat off Chepstow Road<\/strong> (at 29 St. Stephen\u2019s Gardens, to be exact). That neighborhood was\u2014and still is\u2014the epicenter of happening London<\/strong> and hasn\u2019t changed all that much in terms of being the place to see and be seen.<\/p>\n

Filled with cutting-edge shops, retro fashions, antique decorations, laid-back caf\u00e9s, cool cinemas and artsy residents, Notting Hill ranks as one of London\u2019s must-see neighborhoods<\/strong>. That\u2019s especially true on Saturdays, when Portobello Road market<\/a> comes alive, just as it has been doing since the \u201960s\u2014the 1860s, that is! The streets overflow with international travelers, vendors, local celebrities (just look for the not-so-inconspicuous sunglasses) and more vintage finds than you ever imagined could be assembled in one place. Sienna, Gavin and Gwen all call Notting Hill home\u2014and Alfie would fit in just as well there today with his mod look and stovepipe pants.<\/p>\n

Just as smooth is Caine\u2019s Charlie Croker in 1969\u2019s \u201cThe Italian Job,\u201d one of Britain\u2019s most beloved films. If it\u2019s playing in Notting Hill Gate\u2019s historic Coronet movie theatre or Portobello Road\u2019s funky, art-house Electric Cinema while you\u2019re in London, be sure to catch it\u2014and listen as the locals sing along to the theme song and recite some of the movie\u2019s classic lines (it\u2019ll come in handy if you know when to say, \u201cYou\u2019re only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!\u201d).<\/p>\n

In that comedy, Charlie stayed in a campy\u00a0Notting Hill\u00a0flat<\/a> at 18 Denbigh Close in , off the north end of Portobello Road near Alice\u2019s Junkshop. (His coming out of jail party was celebrated close by at the Royal Lancaster Hotel on Lancaster Terrace in always buzzing Bayswater<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Through the decades, directors have loved the look and feel of Notting Hill, using its colorful houses and vibrant streets as backdrops for \u201cWithnail and I\u201d and \u201cPerformance\u201d <\/strong>(where Mick Jagger had a hideaway), and the more contemporary settings of \u201cAbout a Boy,\u201d \u201cSliding Doors,\u201d and, of course, \u201cNotting Hill.\u201d<\/strong> You\u2019re sure to fall in love with the neighborhood, too\u2014especially during your stay in a New York Habitat vacation rental in Notting Hill<\/a>, such as:<\/p>\n

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London Accommodation: 1-bedroom in Notting Hill (LN-112)<\/div>\n<\/div>\u2022 A charming 1-bedroom accommodation in Notting Hill, Kensington-Chelsea (LN-112) <\/a>on Chepstow Road. This renovated third-floor apartment with amazing rooftop terrace is in an 1840s walk-up building. Our client testimonial states: \u201cThe London accommodation was good. Thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2022 A lovely Studio apartment in Notting Hill, Kensington-Chelsea (LN-666)<\/a> on Ladbroke Grove between Westbourne Park Road and Blenheim Crescent. This duplex apartment is lined with hardwood floors and features large windows that allow natural sunlight to brighten the apartment. \u00a0Since this apartment is centrally located you will be near various shops, restaurants and\u00a0entertainment\u00a0outlets.<\/p>\n

\u2022 A nicely decorated and comfortably furnished 1-bedroom accommodation in Notting Hill, Kensington-Chelsea (LN-622)<\/a> on the second floor of a walk-up townhouse located on a residential street in the heart of this cosmopolitan neighborhood.<\/p>\n

Stay in a New York Habitat rental accommodation in Notting Hill and experience swinging London the way Sir Michael Caine did! <\/strong><\/p>\n

What was your best find in Portobello market? Let us know in a comment below\u2014and be sure to check out our other selections for cinematic London and next week\u2019s number one.<\/p>\n

Check out the prvious selections:<\/p>\n

Check out: #5: Liverpool Street<\/a>, #4: Earl\u2019s Court<\/a> and #3: Canary Wharf<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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