getting around london on holiday
 

Hi,

Heading to your fine city in July...I know London is big...are there any
areas/sections of the city that are "preferrable" to stay in for a week?
Easy to navigate compared to others?? Been to London before 11 years ago,
stayed in Bloomsbury area near Russell Square. We found ourselves always
heading away from there to eat and drink in the evenings, tho. I search of
great pubs, old Beatle haunts, amongst other things. I'm guessing that
staying in a hotel off the Tube Circle line would be the best bet?? Or, any
other terminal that would be head-and-shoulders above the rest???

Any specific hotel names would also be much appreciated.....

Thanks in advance,

Moe

getting around london on holiday
 

On Wed, 1 Jun 2005 23:11:36 -0400, "Mike"
said:

Heading to your fine city in July...I know London is big...are there any
areas/sections of the city that are "preferrable" to stay in for a week?
Easy to navigate compared to others?? Been to London before 11 years ago,
stayed in Bloomsbury area near Russell Square. We found ourselves always
heading away from there to eat and drink in the evenings, tho.

Bloomsbury would actually be quite a good place to stay - it's within
easy reach of all the touristy places and plenty of good restaurants
and pubs, but is quieter than anywhere in the west end proper.

But if you really don't want to stay there, my next choice would be
around Lancaster Gate or somewhere near the river in Southwark.

--
David Cantrell | http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david

getting around london on holiday
 

David Cantrell wrote:

But if you really don't want to stay there, my next choice would be
around Lancaster Gate

Yep. The area between Lancaster Gate and Notting Hill has a number of places to
stay that are quite suitable for touist and up accomodation. London Elizabeth
used to be quite nice, but its been a few years since I stayed there. There also
used to be a Quality Inn a couple of streets off of Bayswater.

Easy access to the Central Line as well as a couple of bus routes that run down
Oxford street.

getting around london on holiday
 

Mike wrote:
Hi,

Heading to your fine city in July...I know London is big...are there any
areas/sections of the city that are "preferrable" to stay in for a week?
Easy to navigate compared to others?? Been to London before 11 years ago,
stayed in Bloomsbury area near Russell Square. We found ourselves always
heading away from there to eat and drink in the evenings, tho. I search of
great pubs, old Beatle haunts, amongst other things. I'm guessing that
staying in a hotel off the Tube Circle line would be the best bet?? Or, any
other terminal that would be head-and-shoulders above the rest???

Any specific hotel names would also be much appreciated.....

I suggest that you go for one of the several hotels on Norfolk Square.
They're all perfectly decent and are within easy walking distance of
Paddington (Great Western, Heathrow Express, Bakerloo, Circle,
District) and Lancaster Gate (Central Line) stations.

James.