Covent Garden is a popular tourist spot that is defined between Long Acre (north), Strand (south), Drury Lane (east) and St Martin’s Lane (west). It quite literally has a colourful past, known for its fashionable fruit and vegetable market then later becoming a red light district. Nowadays you can still experience the beautiful buildings and hidden windy streets that house many major cultural venues, independent shops and cafes, world-class restaurants and high-end hotels.
Converging to a central sundial pillar, the Seven Dials area is packed with shops (both independent and international labels), theatres, restaurants, cafes, hotels and beauty and grooming salons. Neal’s Yard’s small and windy cobbled pavements house fashion boutiques, the popular Neal’s Yard Dairy and various coffee shops, making it a consistently busy place, though not unbearable.
