Please “CLICK HERE“ to see a good list of Airlines, Car Rentals, Trains, Boats, Hotels, Apartments, Trip Insurance, Restaurant Reviews, Museums, Event, Tickets and Tours and Online Travel Guides for all of the United Kingdom.
LONDON
- Hotels and Apartments
- One Aldwych – Very close to the theatres. Great location, extremely comfortable, great indoor pool
- Trafalgar Hotel – it’s hip and trendy and very close to Trafalgar Square. Part of the Hilton Resorts
- ME London – new Melia Hotel. Great design and location.
- No. 5 Maddox – one, two and three bedroom suites
- London Perfect – The Byrne sisters have a wonderful selection of apartments in London, Paris and Italy
- London Connections is an apartment rental agency run by a father and son team from Utah. Great apartments all over the city and really wonderful and responsible people. All apartment rental rentals should be this easy.
- One Fine Stay has some really beautiful properties in London and New York, Paris, Rome and Los Angeles
- Andaz (formerly the Great Eastern Hotel). We stayed here in 2001 after the re-opening. The east end was fun but everything closed down at 5pm; hard to find a restaurant. But the hotel is very comfortable. Now a Hyatt Hotel
- London Hideaways – short term apartment rentals in London
- Home From Home – short term apartment rentals in London
- House Trip – Apartment or rooms in many European cities
- Destinations
- National Gallery
- National Portrait Gallery
- British Museum
- British Library (not your usual library at all)
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Tate Museums
- London Walks
- St Paul’s Cathedral
- Tower of London
- Tower Bridge
- Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre
- War Museums Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms
- Speakers Corner at Hyde Park
- Soane’s Museum
- Historic Royal Palaces of London; Kensington Palace, Hampton Court, Tower of London and Kew Palace
- Visiting Parliament – Most Saturdays
- Visiting Windsor Castle
- The London Theatre Guide – All West End productions
- Portobello Road Market – one of the best antique and bric-a-brac markets in the world
- Travel, Trains, Tube
- Gatwick Express – the best way to get to the city from Gatwick Airport
- Heathrow Express – Trains from Heathrow into Central London; you can also get to Heathrow-London on the Tube. It’s much less expensive, especially with an Oyster Card
- FlightsFrom – an excellent site that tells you what airlines fly direct to your destination
- Transportation throughout London – Tube, Buses, Taxis, etc
- Heathrow Airport – all information
- London Tube Map
- Oyster Card – If you plan on using the Tube you want an Oyster Card
- London Helicopter Tours – One of my readers sent me this link. We have not taken on of these tours but for those who flyovers of cities, it does look interesting.
- Food, Restaurants and Shopping
- Oxo Tower Restaurant – the best view and good food
- Top Table – booking website for London’s best restaurants
- Open Table.com – yes, this favorite restaurant website is also in London
- L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon – This is one of the finest eateries in the world and usually really expensive. That being said, this L’Atelier serves a very reasonable lunch for a very good Prix Fixe. Wine pairing is extra
- Pub Food – We love coming to London for a good meal of Shepherd’s Pie, Bangers and Mash, Cottage Pie, Steak and Ale Pie and a good pint
- Urbanspoon Pub guide
- Fortnum and Mason – food purveyors to the Kings and Queens
- Burlington Arcade (it’s the largest Arcade in London)
- Vinopolis – it’s a complete wine education and a day of fun
- Quilon Restaurant – excellent southwest Indian cuisine
WILTSHIRE
- Hotels and Apartments
- The Bishopstrow House is a grand English Country Manor. Very comfortable, good Full Board packages and a stylish hair salon if you need a haircut. We chose this place because of it’s proximity to Stonehenge.
- Destinations
- Visit Wiltshire and Stonehenge
- Stonehenge – No matter how many times you’ve seen photos of it, it’s nothing like the real thing.
- White Horse of Westbury
- Longleat – OK, it does have a silly zoo and a train running around the property but the Elizabethan manor is definitely worth the visit
CUMBRIA – The Lake District and Northumberland
- Hotels and Apartments
- Holbeck Ghyll Country House – In the English countryside near the Lakes
- Cumbria practical information
- Nothumberland practical information
- Destinations
- Hadrian’s Wall – The 2nd century Roman wall
- Bamburgh Castle – Home to the Kings of Northumberland
- England Walking Tours – all levels of walks including along Hadrian’s Wall
COTSWOLDS AND HEREFORDSHIRE
- Hotels and Apartments
- The Cotswold House Hotel is a more contemporary place is you’re getting tired of the quaint country hotels
- The Calcot Manor is a renovated farmhouse with a very famous spa and restaurant
- Destinations
- Cotswolds Practical Information
- Blenheim Palace – if you want to see another large English Manor. This is the birthplace of Winston Churchill
- Roman Baths in Bath (of course)
- Hereford Cathedral and the Mappa Mundi (13th century map of the world)
- York (Cifford’s Tower, York Minister, Castle Howard and the walk through the city)