Getting
Around Town: For £4.50 buy a bus/underground
day pass. Purchase at news stand at Edgware Road.
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| Restaurants
We Like:
- There
are restaurants and snacks available in the hotel,
but they are expensive.
- There is Thai available close to the hotel (ask
the Concierge)
- Khan's - Indian - long walk - moderately priced
- off Queensway
- Standard Indian - long way - near Khan's - off
Queensway
- The Mandarin - Chinese - long walk - moderately
priced
- Fish and Chips places close to the hotel
Tipping:
-
Many restaurants add a ‘discretionary’
service charge to your bill, but in places that
don’t you are expected to leave a 10% to 15%
tip unless the service was unsatisfactory. |
Shopping
Finds:
Leicester Square - 1/2 price theater tickets in cement
building. Shopping is interesting and varied in London,
but expensive. |
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What
to See:
National
Gallery -
free tours at 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. - (bus) |
Tower
Bridge |
| Buckingham
Palace |
The
London "Eye" - huge ferris wheel -
offers great 360 degree view of the city |
|
Westminster Abbey |
Parliament
("Big Ben" - it's the bell, not the
clock) |
| Harrod's
Department Store |
British
Museum |
| Tate
Gallery and Tate Modern |
Tower
of London |
| Trafalgar
Square |
St.
Paul's Cathedral |
| Picadilly Circus |
Madame Tussauds |
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What's
On Around Town:
Visit: www.visitlondon.com
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| Travel
Time to the Hotel: 1 hour + (or if you have Euros to burn, hop on the Heathrow Express from Heathrow to Paddington Station, for a quick 20 min ride into town; pricey, but fast!) |
| Flight
Time from IAD: 7 hours (+ or -) |
| Nearest
ATM : hotel lobby, better one at Picadilly Circus |
Nearest
Grocery:
-Summerfield - (large) close walk
-Portland - (small) close walk -- both are on Edgware
Road |
| Closest
Gym: There is large gym in the hotel. |
| Best
Place to Run: Hyde Park |
| Good
Walks: "London Walks" listed in a brochure
available at the front desk. The tours, or walks are
really fun and informative: Jack the Ripper, all the
areas of London (Chelsea, Knotting Hill and Greenwich).
The charge is 5.50 BS. Also, Covent Garden is especially
full of activity with buskers and street acts, especially
during the summer. (Thanks Bonnie!) |
| Easy
Day Trips: Do a day tour with the Big Bus Company or the Original London Sightseeing Tour |
| Safety:
See our sister site Realworldsafety.com
and check the US State Department Travel Page at www.travel.state.gov |
