Park City Hotel London

... painful!) with a two night stopover in Singapore on the way so we can explore, swim, and visit Universal Studios. Then on to London where we are staying in a fancy apartment in Chelsea for three nights while we explore the city. Followed by Paris, a 2 ...

... fun spending time with each other when we haven't been together in a while.  I have been in london for a week now but i havent really been exploring the city and all of its tourist attractions. ive been saving most of the sights in london of when my ...

... our spirits.  Met our driver, Dave who took us through the morning traffic with ease and deposited us at The Park City Hotel in Lexham Gardens, Kensington which is a quaint and rather cute are having given us the cab window tour showing us sites ...

... to Gatwick airport and from there it is easy to go by train (The Gatwick Express) straight into Victoria Station in London. Our hotel was called Monopole and is located in Sussex Gardens near Paddington Station. The hotel itself wasn't much to brag ...

... Palace, Fleet Street, St James' Palace, The London Eye, St Paul's Cathedral, Ritz Hotel, London Aquarium, Bank of England Museum, Hyde Park, Westminster Pier, Monument, Wellington Museum, London Bridge, Southward Cathedral, London Dungeon, HMS Belfast, ...

... we were settled in to our room by 2pm. Washed and changed, Frommer book in hand we set out to tour the City of London. With our hotel situated in a central location overlooking Hyde Park we decided to use our feet as transport. A blistering mistake in ...

... . 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 her death, had never been something to attract my ...

... the best for last. However, in retrospect, it's hard to argue which place I visited was indeed the best. To me, London is the one city where I can thrive the most and would love to live someday. I love the fact that I hear so many different languages and ...

... a nice young man helped us with the tube (metro) directions and were at our hotel in a blink of an eye.  Our hotel was on London Bridge St. right next to the London Bridge and minutes from the London Tower. We were also steps from London Bridge ...

... not been to either) about the history of the Jews of London. The walk was fantastic and took us from Tower Hill into London city and the original Jewish settlements and onto the East End to the newer (although now gone as well) settlements. The Jews ...

... the hotel now.  I was sooo surprised when I walked in to find Sarah waiting for me in the lobby of the hotel!  It was sooo crazy to see her in London--it was almost like we were back home again! After we hugged it out, we went up to my room and ...

... not one of them.  So, I got some good pictures (from outside), and then headed back a different way to my hotel.  London really is fabulous.  Around every corner there are quaint little shops, pubs, cafes, etc...  The people are very ...

... was Windsor, I didn't realize how large it was or how close Heathrow was to it. On our way to our hotel, the Hilton London Metropole Hotel, we went by a few very ornate and beautiful gilded monuments and memorials along the way. Driving through London was ...

... are in lovely shades of salmon pink and eggplant. Lovely! We also caught remants of the original London Wall, which surrounded the City of London centuries ago. Amazing that they are still there.   Finally making it to the Museum of London, we were ...

... black cabs in London. For those that haven't heard the stories, the deal is that black cabs are officially licensed by the City of London. The drivers have to pass a test that calls on them to know the location of every hotel and restaurant in the city. ...

... early and walked over to Green Park to have a look. The unseasonably warm and sunny day meant that the park was already crowded; the city of London through the day was increasingly filled with residents out in summer clothes, eager to take advantage of ...

... , Sainbury Market, for another snack, then walked back through Chinatown for some Dim Sum Pork Rolls and then back to the hotel.  London is great but the exchange rate hurts a bit (At this time 1 English Pound is equal to $1.90 American ...

... cities in the States could get a clue from this as it cuts down on traffic and is a large revenue generator for the City of London. We arrive in the center of London near Big Ben and Parliament and instantly the sights and sounds of London surround us and ...

... outdoor café, but we figured that since we were poor students paying more than our bodies were worth in pounds to the city of London for the weekend, that we also qualified as worthy enough to use the bathrooms.  We wandered down to the statue that ...

... . When we found the right bus, we again got our great seats in the front, top of the bus. We went through the central city of London and ended up getting our own tour. I pulled out my guidebook, and it told us what each monument and building was that we ...

... . How to see the most important places of London in just 2 days guide: This is the third time I walked all along London from Hyde Park to Tower of London through Oxford st., Regent st., Piccadilly, Soho, British Museum, The Royal Courts of Justice, The ...