London For DummiesHistory, traditions, and pomp and pageantry abound in London, yet it’s a very modern European city. Whether you’re a history buff, art lover, architecture connoisseur, Royal watcher, dedicated shopper, or pub hopper, there’s something for you in London. And this friendly guide helps you enjoy it fully with information about:
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Living It Up after Dark | 4 |
Discovering the Best of London | 9 |
Digging Deeper into London | 17 |
Deciding When to Go | 28 |
Planning Your Trip to London | 37 |
Arriving and Getting Oriented | 83 |
Checking In at Londons Best Hotels and BBs | 103 |
Discovering Londons Top Attractions 185 Chapter 12 Shopping the Local Stores | 237 |
Shopping in Knightsbridge and Chelsea | 246 |
Following an Itinerary Four Great Options | 257 |
London in Five Days | 259 |
Going Beyond London Five Great Day Trips | 263 |
Day Trips from London | 264 |
StratforduponAvon | 277 |
Living It Up after Dark | 287 |
Londons Top Hotels | 109 |
Hotels from Knightsbridge to Earls Court | 118 |
RunnerUp Hotels | 137 |
Dining and Snacking in London | 143 |
Restaurants in and around the City | 148 |
Londons Top Sights | 184 |
Discovering Londons Top Attractions | 185 |
St Pauls Cathedral | 201 |
Hampstead | 227 |
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Abbey Admission airlines airport B&Bs bathrooms Bloomsbury Bridge Buckingham Palace Cafe Central London Charing Cross Chelsea Circus and Leicester costs Covent Garden daily dishes England English breakfast included famous Fish and Chips five-minute walk north Fortnum & Mason Gallery Gate Green Park guest rooms Harrods Harvey Nichols Hotel House Kensington Gardens kids King’s Knightsbridge Lane Leicester Square lunch Main courses Marylebone Mayfair Mon–Fri Mon–Sat Monday through Saturday Museum noon offers open Monday Oxo Tower passport Pātisserie Paul’s Cathedral Piccadilly Circus Place Queen Rack rates Regent Regent’s Park Reservations restaurants Royal Sloane Square Soho South Bank South Kensington Station Tate Britain Tate Modern ten-minute walk Thames theater ticket tours Tower of London Traditional British trip Tube stop Underground walk east walk south walk west West End Westminster and Victoria