The Gallery Hotel London

... Garde, Trafalgar Square, Lambeth 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 ...

... idea I was going to go down to the Tate modern but the rain and darkness finally defeated me and I headed back to Mayfair and the hotel. London day 3 was still drizzling/raining so we went to Harrods and had a look see - the Diana dodi memorial was pretty ...

... Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, the Guggenheim in Bilbao, the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin, and many more.  And now the National Gallery in London, and not once have either of the boys expressed boredom during our greatest hits tour of European art.  One ...

... me back to my hotel before it was time to hit the sack. Today I have been very busy - the London Eye (with no queue), the National Gallery, the Nat Portrait Gallery, the National History Museum and St Paul's Cathedral. I am now sitting with Patrick and ...

... come out of there complaining that he had paid a normal ticket and then it turns out that the whispering gallery was closed. We did our share of walking in London (like we always do). We walked from the parliament (we even got to hear Big Ben toll) to ...

... a bus on Kensington High Street and spent the day at the Victoria and Albert Museum. We began our tour in the new silver gallery. We spent 15 minutes with Barbara Streimer, a very delicate elderly woman who had given the remains of her silver to the ...

... walked through Hyde Park which was absolutely gorgeous with squirrels frolicking everywhere. We did the cultural thing and went to an art gallery, Madame Tussauds and mixed with the stars, the Tower of London and how could you not do a Jack the ...

... County Hall. Before the hotel was a hotel, it was the building the county of London was run from. Today it is a hotel, the London Sea-Life Aquarium, sits at the base of the London Eye and is across the Westminster Bridge from the Houses of Parliament and ...

... probably could’ve spent the rest of the day just staring at pictures. One of my favorite views in London is from the porch of the National Gallery. Trafalgar Square is directly in front, the Admiralty Arch is just to the right, St. ...

... . With a whole day to myself I headed off in search of the Courtauld Gallery, a friend of my mothers had recommended the Gallery - my friends in London had never even heard of it. I left from Bayswater with a street map in hand and a good pair of walking ...

... after that, and then took the tube back to the hotel to get some sleep before our first big day in London. On Friday, I woke up and got my free hotel breakfast, before starting the day.  The first half of the day was spent on a walking tour of the ...

... , when I found a place online that would guarantee a room for pre payment, I took it. Well, once I got to London and took the tube over and found the hotel, I was a bit sorry. But it was pre paid. I'm staying right on Piccadilly Circus in a huge hotel ...

... . David had planned to meet us there, and we'd been to a tourist office to find the closing time of the National Portrait Gallery - however we'd been given incorrect information, so it came as a surprise when we were turfed out - first of the café & ...

... day in London. Our first station was going to be the Salvador Dalí exhibition permanently held in the gallery in the former home of the Greater London Council. It meant we were again going to the Thames and coming out at the Westminster tube station. ...

... works of impressionists, and spend a good part of half a day enjoying them.  On this trip to London, I visited the National Gallery, the British Museum, the British Library, Victoria and Albert Museum, the Courtauld Gallery, the Imperial Museum, ...

... Station. The British Library was really, really great!  I spent a good 2 hours looking at the Sir John Ritblat Gallery.  There were manuscripts from various writers such as Jane Austen, Emily Bronte, Wordsworth, Oliver Wilde,  Lewis ...

... had a lovely time, and rather late-ish after lots of photos we walked back to the train and returned to the hotel. Sunday London A day for doing all the remaining odds and ends. Started by walking in the Kensington Gardens in the lovely sunshine, walking ...

... 's validity started on Tuesday so having risen early we set off to visit The Queens Gallery, Kensington Palace and somewhere else I can't think of. The London fog is starting to effect my mental capacity... So yes, arriving at the Queens ...

... rulers and how they evolved over the centuries.  Good to view once, but could do without the stop. National Gallery- London's spectacular contribution to the arts allowed us to see Rembrandt, Monet, Da Vinci, Degat, and countless other greats. ...

... ;s "Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers" and Monet’s “The Water-Lily Pond”!  After warming up a bit in the gallery we continued on, navigating our way through the busy Friday afternoon/early evening hustle and bustle of people, taxis and ...