Grosvenor Hotel London

... Circus, Harrod’s, old pubs, old buildings, The Serpentine, and finally many famous streets like Fleet, Regents, Pall Mall, Grosvenor, Strand, Oxford, and Knightsbridge. After leaving Big Ben, I went around the corner and was planning to eat at a ...

... ), then get up tomorrow and do and see everything we can in this awesome city!! Definitely on the itinerary: Tower of London, Westminster Abbey, St. Paul's Cathedral, Trafalgar Square, Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, Shakespere's Globe, and a river cruise on the ...

... .  We found cheap flights on EasyJet and used Chris' accumulated Marriott points to stay at the wonderfully located Grosvenor Square hotel.  We did a lot of walking around, riding the buses, and generally exploring the city.   The hotel ...

... America awaiting us as advertised.  In short order she summoned our driver and we were whisked into town, arriving at the Grosvenor House about 5pm.  On check-in we were given a very nice room which, unfortunately, was a smoking room.  We ...

... immigration lines, etc.  Thank you, boys!      Our driver from the airport to our hotel in London was Italian.  We enjoyed talking with him about our upcoming adventure.  We soon discovered that half the population ...

... after sleeping in til 9 or so, having breakfast and packing, we're on a high-speed train to Edinburgh, Scotland. We left from London's King's Cross Station, so of course I had to get a picture of me pushing on the bricks, looking for platform 9 3/4 ...

... mountain range between Italy and Germany, which is the route that I assumed I'd be taking. So in hindsight, a ticket from Paris to London would have been more rational. But seeing as rationality hasn't been a big theme in this trip, I suppose it fits ...

... had to decide how to get out – we moved with the crowd a little and then decided to try to get over to the Grosvenor Gardens side.  Eventually, after about 15 mins we were free of the crowds and we managed to get some directions to a pub and ...

... Truly amazing, and very beautiful and moving. After Westminster Abbey, we hopped on a Thames river cruise down to the Tower of London. Our cruise commentator was hilarious. It was a fun ride to see everything from the water and hear the guy crack jokes ...

... ; I had purchased tickets online through Golden Tours for a walking tour of the palace, followed by a high tea service at the Grosvenor Victoria Hotel.  The tour was okay; our guide gave us a brief intro to the palace, but she didn’t go through ...

... station to Victoria.  Victoria station is a decent sized rail station that is only yards away from our hotel, the Grosvenor by Thistle.  The Grosvenor was actually a different hotel than what we originally wanted reservations at.  However, ...