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The Portobello Is Privately Owned
And Forms Part Of An Elegant Victorian Terrace In The Royal Borough
Of Kensington, Overlooking A Quite Private Garden. The Design
Concept Combines The Practical Requirements Of The Modern Traveller
With The Character And Eccentric Charm Of A Victorian Adventure.
All Rooms Are Completely Equipped With Modern Facilities.The first
townhouse hotel in the capital, the smart, un-showy entrance on
a quiet Notting Hill street two blocks from the famous Portobello
market, gives little indication of the eccentric nest which lies
inside. The small, chaotic reception area is dominated by an old
Polyphone music machine featuring a gleaming disc ‘It’s
Hard to Say Good-Bye!’. Patterned carpets covered with old
rugs, crowded with eclectic furniture, lamps, baskets, fresh flowers
and tall palms set the style for the rest of the hotel –
a mixture of Victorian period character spiced up with Asian and
African artefacts.
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