Fodor's London 2012 (Full-color Travel Guide)

Fodor's London 2012 (Full-color Travel Guide)

Language: English

Pages: 488

ISBN: 0679009280

Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub


Full-color guide
• Make your trip to London unforgettable with 48 maps, illustrated features, and 260 color photos.

Customize your trip with simple planning tools
• Ideas for making the most of your time
• Convenient overview of each neighborhood and its highlights
• Easy-to-read color city and Underground maps

Explore Westminster, the East End, and beyond
• Discerning Fodor’s Choice picks for hotels, restaurants, sights, and more
• “Word of Mouth” tips from fellow Fodor’s travelers
• Illustrated features on the Tower of London, the British Museum, and the Thames River
• Best theater, markets, and day trips
 
Opinions from destination experts
• Fodor’s London-based writers reveal their favorite local haunts
• Revised annually to provide the latest information

Added bonus: At the end of each Fodor’s hotel review, we’ve included snippets from TripAdvisor reviews. Plan your trip with the extra peace of mind that comes from knowing each of Fodor’s expert selections is reinforced by consumer experience and feedback.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Travelcard holders (full integration into the Oyster card system is expected in 2011). When there are events at the O2 (North Greenwich Arena), a half-hourly express service runs to and from Waterloo starting three hours before the event. There is also a special Tate-to-Tate express, a 20-minute trip between Tate Modern and Tate Britain that costs £5. Boats run every 40 minutes from 10 to 5. A £12 River Roamer ticket offers unlimited river travel 10–10 weekdays and 8 am–10 pm on weekends.

020/7794–3785) delicately informs visitors that this (now terribly upscale) pub was originally built to provide “facilities for the celebration of unpremeditated and clandestine marriages.” Meanwhile, a much sadder tale is associated with the Magdala (2A South Hill Park | NW3 2SB | 020/7435–2503), the site of a notorious murder in 1955 for which Ruth Ellis was the last woman in Britain to be hanged. It’s a sedate place these days, but the famous bullet holes near the door have been left

is your quickest option: South West trains run from Waterloo twice an hour, with most requiring a change at Surbiton. There are also regular, direct trains from Waterloo to Chiswick station (best for Chiswick House), Kew Bridge, Richmond (for Ham House), and St. Margaret’s (best for Marble Hill House). London Overground trains also stop at Gunnersbury, Kew Gardens, and Richmond. A pleasant, if slow, way to go is by river. Boats depart upriver from Westminster Pier, by Big Ben, for Kew (1½ hours),

opposite the oddly named Eel Pie Island, the house was built in 1610 by Sir Thomas Vavasour, knight marshal to James I, then refurbished later in the century by the Duke and Duchess of Lauderdale, who managed to produce one of the finest houses in Britain at the time. It’s one of the most complete examples in Europe of a lavish Restoration period house, with a restored formal garden, which has become an influential source for other European palaces and grand villas. The original decorations in

and roasted vegetables for about £16. For the "olde English" pub experience, soak up the ambience farther up at the Holly Bush (22 Holly Mount | NW3 6SG | 020/7435–2892 ), housed in a 200-year-old building. The upscale pub fare emphasizes organic and local products, with homemade pies (try beef and Harvey's ale) and a Sunday roast. Dining Two Ways French Save: Le Relais de Venise L'Entrecôte (120 Marylebone La., Fitzrovia | W1 | 020/7486–0878 ) is a beloved no-choice, no-bookings steak,

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