London Guide

A New Yorker resident of London shows you how to get tickets to the best shows, the quickest way to get around town, and where to find a great meal. As well as the main attractions and less familiar ones, she provides information on accommodation, holidaying with kids and countryside excursions.

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Do you know how to convince a London cabbie that you're local? A simple, honest way to avoid paying the hefty admission fees most museums charge in the British capital? How to get into Wimbledon without planning ahead or mortgaging the house? This book answers these and thousands of other practical questions about London. It shows readers how to get tickets for the best shows, the quickest ways to get around town, and where to find a great meal in London. Find out where to view the original handwitten manuscripts of early Beatles songs, why your favourite ale tastes different from pub to pub, and where to find the prettiest secret garden in London. Information is included on: familiar and unfamiliar museums, from the Elgin Marbles to the first Rolls Royce; how to see the Queen in person; where Michael Caine buys his groceries; which dining hot-spots you're likely to run into royalty or Elvis Costello? The reader also will find out about Christopher Wren churches, #25 a night Bed and Breakfast within walking distance of Harrods, and how to have a wonderful holiday with the kids.
The reader will find tons of museums, monuments, famous homes, a mini-guide to the pubs of London and special activities reviewed in "London Guide". Excursions to the surrounding countryside are also included, from the university town of Oxford to the great antiquing centre of Sandwich, from the fairytale Castle of Windsor to the stately grounds of Hampton Court.