Articles tagged ‘Travel Tips’
Narrowboats in London: A different kind of holiday
By BootsnAll | June 24th, 2008 |
Add a Comment »
By guest writer Sara Rossini
London: Pubs. Locals. Wine. Cards. Sheep? Most travelers experience London by staying in hostels, fighting the crowds at the Tower of London and drinking outrageously expensive beers – I spent a week outside London living on a narrowboat.
What is a narrowboat, exactly you ask? A modern narrowboat is a [...]
YHA Holland Park Hostel - Trekker’s Hostel Highlights
By Trekker | June 18th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
School groups, scout groups, large groups, small groups, if you are a group looking for a hostel in London then the YHA Holland Park is perfect. Situated in the middle of Holland Park in Central London and occupying a historic mansion built in 1607, the YHA has been here for the past 50 years.
Offering [...]
Thorpe Park – The London area’s best thrill rides
By Roger | June 15th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
Those looking for a proper theme park near London filled with thrill rides should look no further than Thorpe Park. Located about 20 miles southwest of the city center, and only a few miles south of Heathrow Airport, this is by far the easiest to reach amusement park for roller coaster junkies passing through London.
Opened [...]
Diaspora London Music Village 2008
By Roger | June 13th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
The dates for the 24th annual Diaspora London Music Village Festival have been announced, and the official lineup for this popular event will be released on June 23, so we’ll update you in this space.
The 2008 dates for this free festival in Hyde Park are Saturday July 12 and Sunday July 13, running from [...]
Cheap bus trips from London featured on new travel deals site
By Roger | June 4th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
A new site called Cheaptravelscout.com has recently launched as part of this same network of travel sites, and they recently featured an interesting deal for cheap bus tickets from a new company that serves both the United States and the United Kingdom. You can check out the post on the Megabus company, and you might [...]
Ashlee House Hostel in London - Trekker’s Hostel Highlights
By Trekker | April 25th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
Sticking with the well connected Kings Cross Station area here is a little blurb about Ashlee House, a hostel for the more quiet inclined backpackers.
Designed by Amsterdam 24-H architects about 10 years ago, initially you might get the sense that some updating might be in order and that there is a feeling of it [...]
Clink Hostel in London - Trekker’s Hostel Highlights
By Trekker | April 22nd, 2008 | Add a Comment »
Greetings and salutations, fellow travelers. Over the next few weeks I hope you will join me as I explore the UK and Ireland. During this time I will be writing thumbs up or down on the numerous London hostels and others scattered throughout these regions. Due to the high number, I was unable to stay [...]
London travel tips for first time visitors
By Chris | April 1st, 2008 | Add a Comment »
Spring is here and travellers and tourists will soon be arriving in London in ever bigger numbers. For the first time visitor there’s a myriad of places to go and things to see once they get here especially if the trip is only short, maybe over an extended weekend. Here’s a quick look at some [...]
Land Rovers – Buy one or list yours for free
By Cristina | March 16th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
While Land Rovers are probably not suited for downtown London, they are quite popular (and useful) all over London’s suburbs. These beautiful and powerful British vehicles never go out of style and are high prized among collectors. Here’s a cool site that is nothing but Land Rovers for sale, also featuring free listings if you [...]
Heathrow Terminal 5
By Chris | March 5th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
London’s main airport, Heathrow, gets a brand new terminal at the end of this month when Terminal 5 finally opens. Heathrow has a reputation as being very overcrowded with terminals that are patched up, not user friendly and definitely not designed for the passenger numbers they take.
Terminal 5 will handle all British Airways flights that [...]
