It’s been a long while since Covent Garden was the simple garden of the monks of Westminster Abbey. Next, it became London’s main fruit and vegetable market, and remained so for many centuries. Covent Garden also evokes improvised theatre under the portico of St Paul’s Church and, on Bow Street, the splendid Royal Opera House, built in 1858, a prestigious kingdom of opera and dance. Fashionable boutiques in Acre Lane, good meals in Central Market and electrifying nightclubs that attract the most trendy Londoners… Covent Garden today is a district that is in perpetual motion, overflowing with energy. Welcome to the heart of the West End’s theatres and parties!