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Originally posted by AOIIBrandi
DA - We are leaning toward sticking with a chain, so far the Hilton Hotels are winning.
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The London Hilton is a very nice (quick) walk across Green Park to Buckingham Palace -- but there are probably Hilton's closer to some of the other sites.
The Hilton's are all fairly pricey, though, I think.
The comments about being close to a tube station are exactly right, though. It's great.
We're staying a lot farther out with our free rooms than I would have liked. There's a Comfort Inn about .5 miles from Buckingham Palace and one at Victoria Station (the one I really wanted), but I guess they weren't available the weekend we'll be there.
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Some people think this is lame, but I took the double decker red bus sightseeing tour and it was just great. There's one where you can get off at the Tower, do that tour, grab a boat ride on the Thames and catch another bus farther along -- like at Parliament if I recall.
I had tickets to a show that evening, and the bus happened to pass the theatre -- so after a day of touring (the tickets are good for 24 hours, I think), I just jumped back on that route and got off at the theatre. You can always get off the bus at any stop and catch a later bus with no charge. Being a child of the 60's I had to get off at Carnaby Street and buy Mrs. DA something from where the Beatles used to hang out.
Our tour guide was a stitch. Really funny.
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