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For technical support, please visit www.wiley.com/techsupport. Wiley also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats. Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronic books. ISBN: 978-0-470-52662-0 Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0011__552266662200--ffffiirrss..iinndddd iivv 11//2255//1100 1100::3311 PPMM About the Author Donald Olson is a novelist, playwright, and travel writer who has lived and worked in London. His newest novel, Memoirs Are Made of This, was published in the U.K. by Hodder-Headline in 2007 under the pen name Swan Adamson and translated into Russian in 2008. Two earlier Swan Adamson novels, My Three Husbands and Confessions of a Pregnant Princess, were published in the U.S. and translated into French, and his essay, “Confessions of a Faux Pa,” is featured in the new anthology What I Would Tell Her: 28 Fathers on the Joys and Challenges of Raising their Daughters. Donald Olson’s novel, The Confessions of Aubrey Beardsley, was published in the United Kingdom by Bantam Press, and his play, Beardsley, was produced in London. His travel stories have appeared in the New York Times, Travel + Leisure, Sunset, National Geographic books, Town & Country, and many other publications. His addi- tional guidebooks England For Dummies, Best Day Trips from London, Irreverent London, Germany For Dummies, Germany Day by Day, and Frommer’s Vancouver & Victoria are all published by Wiley. England For Dummies won a 2002 Lowell Thomas Travel Writing Award for best guidebook. Dedication This book is dedicated to all those Americans who love London as much as I do. And to my witty and convivial London friends, Didi Morris, David Gwillim, Caroline Montgomery, Antonia Till, and Lady Val Style. Author’s Acknowledgments I would like to thank my partner, Gary Larson, for his help and comradeship while I was researching this new edition of London For Dummies. 0011__552266662200--ffffiirrss..iinndddd vv 11//2255//1100 1100::3311 PPMM Publisher’s Acknowledgments We’re proud of this book; please send us your comments through our Dummies online registration form located at www.dummies.com/register/. Some of the people who helped bring this book to market include the following: Editorial Composition Services Editors: Ian Skinnari, Development Project Coordinator: Editor; Jonathan Scott, Production Sheree Montgomery Editor Layout and Graphics: Carl Byers, Copy Editor: Elizabeth Kuball Melissa K. Jester Cartographer: Tim Lohnes Proofreader: Cara L. Buitron Editorial Assistant: Indexer: Estalita Slivoskey Jessica Langan-Peck Senior Photo Editor: Richard Fox Cover Photos: Front: Big Ben at dusk, ©Travelpix Ltd. / Getty Images Back: A London park, © SIME / eStock Photo Cartoons: Rich Tennant (www.the5thwave.com) Publishing and Editorial for Consumer Dummies Diane Graves Steele, Vice President and Publisher, Consumer Dummies Kristin Ferguson-Wagstaffe, Product Development Director, Consumer Dummies Kelly Regan, Editorial Director, Travel Publishing for Technology Dummies Andy Cummings, Vice President and Publisher, Dummies Technology/General User Composition Services Debbie Stailey, Director of Composition Services 0011__552266662200--ffffiirrss..iinndddd vvii 11//2255//1100 1100::3311 PPMM Contents at a Glance Introduction .......................................................1 Part I: Introducing London ..................................7 Chapter 1: Discovering the Best of London ...................................9 Chapter 2: Digging Deeper into London .......................................17 Chapter 3: Deciding When to Go ...................................................30 Part II: Planning Your Trip to London ................39 Chapter 4: Managing Your Money .................................................41 Chapter 5: Getting to London ........................................................52 Chapter 6: Catering to Special Needs or Interests ......................60 Chapter 7: Taking Care of the Remaining Details ........................69 Part III: Settling into London ............................79 Chapter 8: Arriving and Getting Oriented ....................................81 Chapter 9: Checking In at London’s Best Hotels and B&Bs .....101 Chapter 10: Dining and Snacking in London ..............................140 Part IV: Exploring London ...............................183 Chapter 11: Discovering London’s Top Attractions .................185 Chapter 12: Shopping the Local Stores ......................................238 Chapter 13: Following an Itinerary: Four Great Options ..........258 Chapter 14: Going beyond London: Six Great Day Trips ..........264 Part V: Living It Up after Dark: London Nightlife ........................................295 Chapter 15: Applauding the Performing Arts ............................297 Chapter 16: London’s Best Pubs, Clubs, and Bars ....................308 Part VI: The Part of Tens ................................317 Chapter 17: Making Amens: Ten Noteworthy London Churches ...................................................................319 Chapter 18: Ale’s Well That Ends Well: Ten Historic London Pubs .....................................................323 Chapter 19: Ten Important Royals — Past and Present ...........327 Appendix: Quick Concierge .............................337 Index ............................................................345 0022__552266662200--ffttoocc..iinndddd vviiii 11//2255//1100 1100::3322 PPMM 0022__552266662200--ffttoocc..iinndddd vviiiiii 11//2255//1100 1100::3322 PPMM