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Formerly the capital of beatnik counterculture, Soho has evolved into a multicultural tourist hotspot that offers visitors everything from swanky restaurants and cozy cafés to great live music and gritty sex shops.

During the day, the main thoroughfare of Old Compton Street doesn’t hide from the fact that it’s the center of London’s gay community, with tons of restaurants, bars, and live theaters pulsing with patrons ready to spend their “pink pounds.”

Although the live music scene may be a shadow of its former self – the careers of The Rolling Stones, The Sex Pistols, and Eric Clapton were all launched here – the beat lives on at stalwart DJ-driven clubs like The Roxy, as well as in the odd jazz joint like Ronnie Scott's, which has survived Soho’s transformation.

Nearby Covent Garden had much more placid origins as the one-time home to London’s largest fruit and vegetable market, but this district has become even more tourist-driven than Soho in recent years. Home to the Royal Opera House and the majestic St. Paul’s church, the area is best known as the home to London’s theater district. Most of the city’s grandest live performance venues surround the Covent Garden Piazza, a famous market hall and entertainment center that routinely fills with street performers, professional actors, and hordes of tourists, allowing visitors to catch everything from experimental one-woman shows to mainstream musical hits.

The streets of Covent Garden and Soho may be bustling with out-of-towners, but it’s for a good reason – from dining to dancing, shopping to sightseeing, this is one area of London that no visitor should miss.

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What to Do in Covent Garden / Soho

The Phoenix Artist Club

30s / 40s / Actors / Bar / Blazers / DJ

Party Earth Review The Phoenix Artist Club is kind of like a high school theater club, if that club was located in the basement of a West End theater, served lots of booze, and was populated by the ... more

1 Phoenix Street
London WC2H 8BU

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Zenna

20s / 30s / 40s / After Work / Ambient

Party Earth Review Basement bars abound in Soho, but Zenna is literally spicier than most considering its selection of Indian-inspired cocktails – including one drink so hot that patrons have ... more

77 Dean Street
London W1D 3SH

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Cafe Boheme

Bar / Blazers / Blues / Boisterous

Party Earth Review Any love-hate relationship between England and France is hidden at Cafe Boheme, which – from the sidewalk on in – could as easily belong on a side street in Montmartre as it does in ... more

13 Old Compton Street
London W1D 5JQ

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Movida

20s / 30s / Bottle Service / Club / DJ

Party Earth Review Movida is an ultra-trendy West End club packed to the rafters every night with a posh international clientele of Europeans, Americans, and Middle-Easterners. In fact, it would be hard ... more

8-9 Argyll Street
London W1F 7

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Candy Bar

80s Music / Bar / Casual / Comedy / DJ

Party Earth Review Launched in 1996 – and revamped in 2011 after being taken over by gay bar magnate Gary Henshaw – Candy Bar is a buzzing, late-night destination for the double-X chromosome ... more

4 Carlisle Street
London W1D 3BJ

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The Toucan

30s / 40s / Beer / Beer Lovers / Jeans

Party Earth Review Despite bearing the name of a South American bird, The Toucan is a treasured Soho dive that serves as a testament to all things Guinness. Entering the venue is like stepping ... more

19 Carlisle Street
London W1D 3BY

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Alphabet Bar

20s / 30s / After Work / Artists / Bar

Party Earth Review One of London’s first urban bars, Alphabet claims to have coined the term “shabby chic” and has maintained the offbeat, modern style that consistently attracts young creative and media ... more

61-63 Beak Street
London W1F 9SL

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The Crown

20s / 30s / 40s / After Work / Beer / Pop

Party Earth Review Situated on a bustling corner in Covent Garden opposite the landmark Seven Dials sundial pillar, The Crown is the epitome of a traditional English pub. Wooden tables, heavy drapes ... more

43 Monmouth Street
London WC2H 9EW

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Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese

20s / 30s / 40s / Anything goes / Beer

Party Earth Review Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese had already been a London landmark for more than a hundred years when the Great Fire of 1666 destroyed it – and much of the city. Rebuilt shortly after, the ... more

145 Fleet Street
London, EC4A 2

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Market Place

20s / 30s / Backpackers / Bar / Café / DJ

Party Earth Review Located behind the shimmering streets of Soho’s theatrical playground, Market Place is a down-to-earth drinking and dining den with the rustic allure of a retro wood tavern. The front ... more

11-13 Market Place
London, W1W 8AH

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The O Bar

20s / 30s / After Work / Bar / Casual

Party Earth Review With three floors offering three different vibes, The O Bar is perfect for dancing, singing along with the music, or just lounging with a cocktail, and attracts an energetic clientele ... more

83-85 Wardour Street
Soho, London W1D 6QD

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Covent Garden

All Ages / All Types / Bars / Cafés

Party Earth Review Rimmed by St. Martin's Lane on the east and Drury Lane on the west, Covent Garden is a vibrant shopping and entertainment district that has been drawing shoppers, theatergoers, and ... more

Covent Garden
London WC2E 9DA

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