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★★★Raising your pinkies at a proper British afternoon tea in London (preferably with scones)
★★★Of all London's boutique inns, this Chelsea hotel succeeds the best at leaving behind the aura of impersonal hotel to create instead a cozy private home feel—with discreet hotel comforts—in a building from the 1800s
★★★The play's the thing... to do at Shakespeare's Globe, a faithful recreation of a genuine Elizabethan theater in the round.
★★☆The Cabinet War Rooms and Churchill Museum in the underground bunker from which Britain waged World War II
★★☆
★☆☆A collection of the English language's greatest books and manuscripts, from Beowulf to Beatles lyrics by way of the Magna Carta, Shakespeare, James Joyce, and more
★★☆Spend a day in Greenwich, a Thameside village on London's eastern outskirts by which the world sets it clocks, with a rich maritime history, stellar little museums, and the Prime Meridian
★★★Luxury apartments 100 meters from St. Paul's Cathedral
★★★A great Indian restaurant with a wonderfully funky decor in the Mayfair district of London
★★★This Old World, clubby Mayfair hotel with a residential ambiance is consistently lauded for its service, food, and ambiance
★★☆Quite possible the greatest museum gift store on the planet—perfect for souvenir and holiday shopping
★★☆Set your watch by the actual Greenwich Mean Time clock, straddle the Prime Meridian line that divides the eastern and western hemispheres, and tour the fascinating little museum about it all
★★☆Fantastic modern art museum in a massive former power plant, with blockbuster exhibitions and a fab gift shop and bookstore
★★☆The history of London Town from prehistoric times to the 21C, told in artifacts, scale models, archaeological finds, photographs, and paintings
★★☆
★★☆Favorite Southwark pub filled with cozy snugs and literary associations just a block from Shakespeare's Globe
★★☆A 17th century pub and National Trust Landmark, set on the ground floor of an old coaching inn
★★☆
★★☆Breakfast at London's Fox & Anchor pub comes with a pint of Guinness and the company of the slaughterhouse workers
★★☆The Leonard links four 18C Marlyebone townhouses for a British atmosphere with an Imperial touch
★★☆
★★☆This classy Mayfair hotel has been popular with writers since 1937 and hosts one of London's most traditional afternoon teas
★★☆The Pelham is an oasis of tranquility in a busy road hub in South Kensington, mere steps from a Tube stop and blocks from the shopping of Brompton Road
★☆☆London's iconic exclamation point, the clock tower housing Big Ben, sprouts from the honey-hued complex of be-spired 1840 buildings where British Parliament meets (and you can attend sessions)
★☆☆A vast park in North London, with lovely views, wooded rambles, swimming ponds, cozy pubs, and Old Master art in a genteel manor house
★☆☆Fantastic, small, bit-of-everything museum—ancient Roman and Egyptian sculptures; paintings by Turner, Reynolds, and Hogarth; architectural remnants and Cantonese furniture—all crammed into the formerly private home of an eclectic collector
★☆☆A fabulous, inexpensive lunch spot atop tombstones in the crypt of St. Martin-in-the-Fields church on Trafalgar Square
★☆☆A rambling, 150-year-old Greenwich pub with decent grub, Dickens associations, and a small terrace overlooking the Thames
★☆☆
★☆☆A cozy and friendly moderate Covent Garden hotel on a pedestrian street
★☆☆Basic, bland motel with a great location—and attached to one of London's most historic pubs where Shakespeare once drank
Hostels, B&B's, apartments, farm stays, castles, university dorms, campgrounds...there are so many of these budget options I needed to create a whole separate section on this website just to fit them all in
Raising your pinkies at a proper British afternoon tea in London (preferably with scones)
Of all London's boutique inns, this Chelsea hotel succeeds the best at leaving behind the aura of impersonal hotel to create instead a cozy private home feel—with discreet hotel comforts—in a building from the 1800s
The play's the thing... to do at Shakespeare's Globe, a faithful recreation of a genuine Elizabethan theater in the round.
The Cabinet War Rooms and Churchill Museum in the underground bunker from which Britain waged World War II
A collection of the English language's greatest books and manuscripts, from Beowulf to Beatles lyrics by way of the Magna Carta, Shakespeare, James Joyce, and more
Spend a day in Greenwich, a Thameside village on London's eastern outskirts by which the world sets it clocks, with a rich maritime history, stellar little museums, and the Prime Meridian
Luxury apartments 100 meters from St. Paul's Cathedral
A great Indian restaurant with a wonderfully funky decor in the Mayfair district of London
This Old World, clubby Mayfair hotel with a residential ambiance is consistently lauded for its service, food, and ambiance
Quite possible the greatest museum gift store on the planet—perfect for souvenir and holiday shopping
Set your watch by the actual Greenwich Mean Time clock, straddle the Prime Meridian line that divides the eastern and western hemispheres, and tour the fascinating little museum about it all
Fantastic modern art museum in a massive former power plant, with blockbuster exhibitions and a fab gift shop and bookstore
The history of London Town from prehistoric times to the 21C, told in artifacts, scale models, archaeological finds, photographs, and paintings
Favorite Southwark pub filled with cozy snugs and literary associations just a block from Shakespeare's Globe
A 17th century pub and National Trust Landmark, set on the ground floor of an old coaching inn
Breakfast at London's Fox & Anchor pub comes with a pint of Guinness and the company of the slaughterhouse workers
The Leonard links four 18C Marlyebone townhouses for a British atmosphere with an Imperial touch
This classy Mayfair hotel has been popular with writers since 1937 and hosts one of London's most traditional afternoon teas
The Pelham is an oasis of tranquility in a busy road hub in South Kensington, mere steps from a Tube stop and blocks from the shopping of Brompton Road
London's iconic exclamation point, the clock tower housing Big Ben, sprouts from the honey-hued complex of be-spired 1840 buildings where British Parliament meets (and you can attend sessions)
A vast park in North London, with lovely views, wooded rambles, swimming ponds, cozy pubs, and Old Master art in a genteel manor house
Fantastic, small, bit-of-everything museum—ancient Roman and Egyptian sculptures; paintings by Turner, Reynolds, and Hogarth; architectural remnants and Cantonese furniture—all crammed into the formerly private home of an eclectic collector
A fabulous, inexpensive lunch spot atop tombstones in the crypt of St. Martin-in-the-Fields church on Trafalgar Square
A rambling, 150-year-old Greenwich pub with decent grub, Dickens associations, and a small terrace overlooking the Thames
A cozy and friendly moderate Covent Garden hotel on a pedestrian street
Basic, bland motel with a great location—and attached to one of London's most historic pubs where Shakespeare once drank
Hostels, B&B's, apartments, farm stays, castles, university dorms, campgrounds...there are so many of these budget options I needed to create a whole separate section on this website just to fit them all in