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01-14-2023, 11:21 AM #1
Hotel and any other recommendations for London
My daughter received a nice work related year end bonus this year. A few grand for travel. She is doing 10 nights with my sis-in-law on the Greek Islands of Spetses and Hydra, and a 4 nights in London. Any maggot recommendations for reasonable (definitely under $350/nt.) accommodations, out of the ordinary things to do or places to be? TIAM
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01-14-2023, 12:09 PM #2Registered User
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Subscribing for myself.
What dates for her? I just booked Hilton properties for mid-March.
Lost Property St. Paul's for $265gbp a night.
Then Hilton London Metropole for $225-250gbp a night. We go to Ireland in the middle of this trip.
Never been the but the Metropole hotel is close to the Paddington Underground station. That will make it easy from Heathrow and to get top other stations via the tube (I think...)
Open to any tourist/site suggestions from the group. We will hit most of the high points. Total of around 5 days in the city. Fun pubs, rooftop bars or restaurants?
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01-14-2023, 12:17 PM #3Registered User
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when you go to yurp go to London first so you won't be dissapointed cuz england is quaint while say Paris is grand
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01-15-2023, 11:43 PM #4
For a cool vibe and a shot of whisky, check out this place. They have a cozy little bar downstairs. You have to go through a hidden door that is behind a bookcase. The people behind the counter were really fun and friendly.
https://milroys.co.uk/
The Hilton hotels in London are all pretty nice too.
Go for a walk in Hyde Park. Sounds cheesy but do afternoon tea at Harrods. Or some other nice hotel with afternoon tea.
If you like Indian food, London has some of the best."We don't beat the reaper by living longer, we beat the reaper by living well and living fully." - Randy Pausch
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01-16-2023, 12:43 AM #5Merde De Glace On the Freak When Ski
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01-16-2023, 12:15 PM #6
the war museum in London is great if that interests you
the "British Museum" is also great - get to see all the stuff they pillaged over the centuries like the Rosetta Stone
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01-16-2023, 12:29 PM #7
Globe Theatre [sic] for some cheap Shakespeare ... stand in the groundling section
Dishoom (in Covent Garden) for trendy Indian food
Mango Indian in Southwick for more traditional Indian Food
Fortum and Mason rather than Harrods for High Tea (either is better than can be reasonably assumed)
And a second for The British Museum
Ferry to Greenwich for all the stuff there ... including the prime meridian which isn't actually on the line they say it is based on our GPS And the Queenshouse has some great art/architecture.
A surprise was the Courtauld Gallery for impressionist art
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01-16-2023, 12:53 PM #8Registered User
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If you like that cuisine the best food i had in Britain was East Indian and apparently forget fish & chips, Tikka Masala is the most popular takeout in England
my father who grew up in Southampton used to make fun of British foodLee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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01-16-2023, 09:38 PM #9
See a show at Brixton Academy.
Hit up one of the Saturday markets. Not sure which are still around.
Also not sure if they are only on Saturday.
Best part of London over Paris is all the green space. Paris, if you see green, you know you are near the Seine. London has little parks everywhere.
By the time they leave Greece, they will be sick of English food. That seemed to be all we could get, at least in the British touristy areas I went.
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01-16-2023, 09:42 PM #10
Maybe don't listen to me.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...wd-crush-asake
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01-17-2023, 12:12 AM #11
last time I was there we went to the "Duck and Waffle" for breakfast once we got off the plane in the morning - great views of the city and good breakfast
https://duckandwaffle.com/
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01-17-2023, 09:19 AM #12
If the British Museum line is long, try the back entrance, the lines are usually nonexistant.
Close by the BM is https://dickensmuseum.com/Merde De Glace On the Freak When Ski
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01-17-2023, 10:55 AM #13Registered User
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Hotel and any other recommendations for London
In the mid eighties went to check out Brixton area just because that’s what dumbasses did without any particular knowledge or destination. Cruised around until I came to the Academy and saw a Pete Townsend poster that I knew one of my Who obsessed friends would love to have. It was mid day and no one was around so I tried the door and it was unlocked! Score. I went inside and made quick work of removing the poster and was about to leave when i realized there was a band rehearsal going on inside. I snuck up to the balcony to see what was up and realized it was Sade rehearsing. I listened from the balcony for a couple minutes then figured if I was gonna kicked out soon I might as well get closer. So I made my way down a corridor and next thing I new i was back stage. The band was working on something, roadies were busy, and no one paid me any attention. I saw some equipment boxes/crates on the side of the stage so I walked over to them, sat down on them, took out my notebook so it looked like I was doing something and proceeded to get an entire walk thru personal concert. I saw there for well over an hour before someone finally started to approach and I thought to myself, that’s it, the jig gig is up and braced myself for potential embarrassment and castigation. The rather large guy gets closer and closer and when he finally does speak, he doesn’t say GTFO of here...He asks me if I’ve seen anyone from Pete’s group arrive yet! Since no one seemed to know where Townsend was and Sade was wrapping up their session, I got out while I still could quietly w the poster. My buddy still has it framed on his wall. I’d love to see an full on concert there someday. It’s a great venue
I love all the riverside pubs in areas like Richmond. Perfect in the summer for quality day drinkingLast edited by mcski; 01-17-2023 at 11:05 PM.
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01-17-2023, 05:17 PM #14
Well shit.I thought I was cool for seeing The Offspring there with Guttermouth opening. Great story minus the Sade part, but hey, free concert.
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01-17-2023, 09:38 PM #15
Great reference for choosing bars, restaurants, museums, hotels:
https://www.timeout.com/london“The best argument in favour of a 90% tax rate on the rich is a five-minute chat with the average rich person.”
- Winston Churchill, paraphrased.
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01-08-2024, 09:24 AM #16
Bumping this for a trip this summer. My wife and I will be arriving in London and departing by train to Cornwall fairly quickly. Probably spend just a night or two in London. Since the train departs from Paddington I was thinking maybe finding a hotel near the station would be smart. I'm assuming that's a pretty good location or does it even matter with the transit options available?
P.S. in Cornwall we're staying in the town where the show Doc Martin was filmed (called Portwenn in the show, actually Port Isaac). Really looking forward to that portion of the trip. Cornwall looks amazeballs.
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01-08-2024, 09:29 AM #17
Hotel and any other recommendations for London
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01-08-2024, 09:34 AM #18
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01-08-2024, 09:42 AM #19Registered User
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We stayed at the Hilton Metropole which was maybe a 5min walk from Paddington.
10 min walk south to Hyde Park.
2 min walk across the street to the Edgeware Road station which easily got us everywhere else in the city.
We found some places to eat along the Canal between Paddington and the hotel, nothing special but decent sustenance.
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01-08-2024, 09:59 AM #20
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01-08-2024, 11:08 AM #21
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01-08-2024, 12:09 PM #22
i stayed at this place years ago on a weekend between euro work trips. not 5 star but decent enough and enjoyed it
https://www.premierinn.com/gb/en/hot...id=GLBC_LONCOU
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01-08-2024, 12:50 PM #23
On the edge of SOHO
My kiddo loved stay at The Tree House. https://www.treehousehotels.com/london
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01-08-2024, 01:36 PM #24
That place looks pretty good. Thanks. And FYI I'm not in the least concerned about luxury or amenities. I want something clean and not minuscule that is in decent location. I consider a hotel room to be a place to shower and sleep and that's it.
The Treehouse is north of 500 pounds per night, so that's out!
edit: my wife had a good suggestion of staying above a pub. There's a website stayinapub.co.uk that cater to this. That sounds cooler to me than staying in some generic hotel.Last edited by The AD; 01-08-2024 at 02:17 PM.
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01-08-2024, 04:05 PM #25
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