The Beauchamp Place, in the heart of Chelsea.
Another must-see: get to know the most exclusive London. The heart of Chelsea exudes an air of exclusivity where the white victorian mansions are the sophisticated haunts of the well-to-do and the luxurious shops and expensive restaurants, the playground of the rich and famous.
Fortunately, mere mortals also have access to so much divinity (or at least a part of it), since it is in this area where they are found. some of London's top attractions and, in addition, in a show of equality, they are totally free. Both the spectacular museums around South Kensington (the Natural History Museum, the Science Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum ) like the unfathomable green spaces ( Hyde Park , Kensington Gardens and Holland Park) are universal and everyone is invited to enjoy their grandeur. The coliseum of art, the impressive auditorium of the Royal Albert Hall , is not free, but listening to a concert in its majestic interior is not paid for with money. If classical music is not your thing, don't worry, because the interior of the auditorium is transformed to accommodate all kinds of contemporary music concerts, theater performances and even exhibition tennis and basketball matches.
The museum complex, the Royal Albert Hall and Hyde Park are visited daily by hundreds of thousands of tourists and Londoners, so their exclusive character is necessarily diluted. To experience it, all you have to do is let yourself be guided by the channel scent , the sparkles of golden streaks and the red trail of Louboutin soles.
No street reflects that ostentatious spirit as clearly as Sloane Street , with one of the world's largest concentrations of high-end fashion stores (matched only by the West End's ultra-exclusive Bond Street) . The Prada, Armani, Dior, Gucci, Jimmy Choo, Gianfranco Ferré and Roberto Cavalli boutiques they follow one another in an authentic haute couture parade. In its initial stage, Knightsbridge , the Hyde Park 1 building (famous for housing the most expensive apartment in the world, a penthouse valued at £136 million) presides over this dance of excess. If here it is evident marked arab opulence stamp (much of the property on Sloane Street was bought in the 1990s by Dubai's royal family) , as we head south it becomes 100% british.
Fortunes passed down from generation to generation, exquisite mansions, young graduates of Oxford and Cambridge and powerful four-by-fours 'must haves' for negotiating speed bumps in these exclusive residential areas (the term Sloane rangers, a pun on lone ranger, is used to sarcastically refer to the many Slone women driving typical Range Rovers) form its landscape and its people.
In King's Road , it is hard to imagine that this is the same groundbreaking street of the hippie era , a meeting place for Teddy boys, and later a benchmark for punk culture with the legendary Sex boutique, owned by Malcolm Mclaren and his girlfriend Vivian Westwood. Today Vivienne Westwood is the only living memory on this street afflicted with the same evil that she has stripped of her personality from other mythical avenues of the capital (another illustrious victim near here is High Street Kensington).
So now you know: she walks without a set plan through the streets of Chelsea. You will discover their new boutiques and restaurants on Old Brompton Road, and the furniture stores on King's Road. If you want to check the eco awareness of Londoners, stop by its Farmer's Market, the Chelsea Gardener and the Chelsea Physics Garden.
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Address: Kings Road, Chelsea, London View map
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