Kensington Gardens Hotel

... yet another few mins and you get to Piccadilly Circus. And can you believe how close Buckingham Palace is to Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens? The place that I visited just this morning. And here I was thinking "cool I am going to visit 2 different parts ...

London - 23/2/82 - Sunny 6 degrees Walked across Kensington Gardens to Albert Memorial - magnificent carvings of all famous people - writers and musicians such as Shakespeare, Mozart, Bach and Handel. Built by Queen Victoria. Opposite is Royal Albert Hall ...

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... this, the focus lies on the 'proper royals' (for lack of a better term). Once out of the Palace we strolled back through Kensington Gardens, whilst being able to grab a video and few images of the squirrels that live in the trees (as opposed to little ...

... were completely harmless but definitely dressed the part). A quick scoff of food and we left. Back at the Thistle Hotel Kensington Gardens - which is odd as it is more like Bayswater rather than Kensington - however very close to Nottinghill - we ...

... waling distance of my hotel: marks and Spenser, h&m, top shop, restaurants, etc. I walked a little ways down to Kensington palace. The gardens surrounding are beautiful! Lots of people biking, jogging, and playing with their dogs. (The frolicking dogs ...

In London we stayed in the Thistle Hotel across the street from Kensington Gardens. In the mornings we walked through the gardens on the way to our orientation at Imperial College and in the afternoons we went shopping and on tourist outings. My favorite ...

... Mum's wedding dress and veil - very 1920's - simple, elegant, not over done." After lunch we walked around Kensington Gardens/Park and stumbled upon the Princess Diana Foundation Children's Playground near the Inverness Terrace Gate in the extreme NW ...

... runners. The Gardens are still generally regarded as being part of the neighbouring Hyde Park from which they were originally taken. However, Kensington Gardens are fenced, more formal, and long regarded as the smarter of the two. It's less than easy for ...

... lower on the scale than Bloomsbury. The Garden Court is very typical of the type of hotels that you'll find around Kensington Gardens Square. Most are converted Georgian homes that look out onto the square. They also have several stories which have to be ...

... nearby" was The Diana, Princess of Wales' Memorial. It seemed to me as if the day before, when we had passed through Kensington Gardens, I had noticed that Memorial on the London city map. But as all that mania around Princess Diana, both before and after ...

... we really wanted to nap BUT we did not let ourselves.  We spoke to the concierge and made a plan to go stroll through Kensington Gardens and find the Orangery.  In the gardens we saw Kensington Palace, where Lady Di lived.  At the Orangery, ...

... stands and other merchants. After our stroll through Notting Hill, we headed back up to catch the bus with a short stop back at Kensington Gardens so that Deb and Shirley could get a picture of the Peter Pan statue. The author of the story lived right ...

... of the palace) and had tea, scones, lemon cake and finger sandwiches. It was really fun! After that we walked through Kensington Gardens and found the Peter Pan Statute. Unfortunately, there were no stores nearby that sell any replicas. Sorry, Jessica! ...

... and I found it to be quite romantic. From High Street Kensington, we wandered into the immaculate Kensington gardens and to Kensington palace. I have to admit,I found Kensington Palace to be informative but disappointing. I learned a great deal about the ...

... being my first trip to this great city, I figured I would focus on the high-points.  My hotel was right across the street from Kensington Gardens, where Kensington Palace is located and right next to the famous Hyde Park.  Since I really only ...