London: Apartments
Rent a flat on vacation and you can often get more space and more facilities for a lower cost that at a hotel (though less maid and concierge services)
Rent a flat on vacation and you can often get more space and more facilities for a lower cost that at a hotel (though less maid and concierge services)
Rental flats and short-term tourist lets of apartments in London can offer substantial savings, especially for four or more
A Kensington Hotel with remarkably inexpensive apartments and an amazing Penthouse flat
Luxury apartments 100 meters from St. Paul's Cathedral
Your own modern London flat overlooking the Tower of London and the Thames River
Luxury flats in tony Mayfair near Hyde Park
Modern serviced flats in Greenwich, London
There are dozens of hotel alternatives, from London flats to country cottages, farmhouse B&Bs to university dorms, rental rooms to residences, and campgrounds to castles. Here's how to find the lot of them.
Harrods of London installed a novelty in 1898: the world's first true escalator (to be fair, an inclined moving belt with metal bars for traction did make its debut two years earlier on Coney Island). The oddness of a moving staircase so unnerved many shoppers that employees were stationed near it with smelling salts and cognac to help revive those overcome with fear.