INDEX See also Accommodations and Restaurants indexes, below. General Index Afternoon tea, 46 Art museums and exhibits Ain’t Nothin’ But Blues Bar, 367 Apsley House, The Wellington A AirAmbulanceCard.com, 75 Museum, 284 AARP, 76 Air Canada, 59 Courtauld Gallery, 285–286 Abbey Treasure Museum, 264 Air New Zealand, 60 Dalí Universe, 286 Abercrombie & Kent, 82 Airports. See also specific Design Museum, 284 Above and Beyond Tours, 75 airports Dulwich Picture Gallery, 284 Absolut Icebar, 373 accommodations near, Estorick Collection of Modern ACAVA, 335 169–170 Italian Art, 285 GENERAL INDEX Access-Able Travel Source, 74 duty-free shopping, 329 Fitzwilliam Museum Accessible Journeys, 74 security procedures, 60–61 (Cambridge), 411 Accessorize, 344 Air Tickets Direct, 58 Guildhall Art Gallery, 286 Accommodations, 121–170. Air travel, 57–62 Hampstead Museum, 312 See also Accommodations Alfie’s Antique Market, 334 National Gallery, 248–250 Index All England Lawn Tennis National Portrait Gallery, near the airports, 169–170 Club, 55 250–251 Belgravia, 153–154 All Hallows Barking-by-the- The Queen’s Gallery, 295 best bets, 6–9, 124–125 Tower, 268 Royal Academy of Arts, 296 Bloomsbury, 128–129, 132–134 Almeida Theatre, 361 Saatchi Gallery, 296–297 Cambridge, 412–413 Amateur Dramatic Club Sir John Soane’s Museum, Camden, 134 (Cambridge), 415 299–300 Chelsea, 154–155 American Airlines, 59 Tate Britain, 253–254 in and around the City, 125–128 American Airlines Vacations, 81 Tate Modern, 254–255 Covent Garden and the American Express, 71, 434 Victoria and Albert Museum, Strand, 134–136 emergency number, 437 259–261 Earl’s Court, 156 traveler’s checks, 72 Wallace Collection, 300 elevators, 123 American Foundation for the Wernher Collection environmentally friendly, 79 Blind (AFB), 74–75 at Ranger’s House family-friendly, 133 Anchor, 383 (Greenwich), 316 Kensington, 151–153 Anchor (Cambridge), 416 Arts and crafts, 335–337 King’s Cross, 134 Anne, Queen, 24 Artsline, 74 Knightsbridge, 147, 150–151 Anne Boleyn, 23 The Ascot Festival, 56 landing the best room, 123 Anne Hathaway’s Cottage A6 Airbus, 65 Maida Vale, 167 (Stratford-upon-Avon), Asprey & Garrard, 348, 350 Marylebone, 157, 160–162 418 Association of British Travel Mayfair, 139–141 Annex 3, 373–374 Agents (ABTA), 81 Notting Hill Gate, 166–167 Annie’s Vintage Clothes, 347 Association of Independent Oxford, 400–402 Antiquarius, 334 Tour Operators (AITO), Paddington and Bayswater, Antiques, 334–335 80–81 162–165 Anya Hindmarch, 344 AT&T USA Direct, 83 rate regulations, 122 Applause Theatre and ATMs (automated teller St. James’s, 141–143 Entertainment Service, 358 machines), 69–70 saving on, 122–123 Apple Market, 354 At Work Gallery, 337 Shepherd’s Bush, 167–168 Apsley House, The Wellington Audley, 382 Soho, 137–139 Museum, 284 Austin Reed, 341 The South Bank, 168 Aquarium, London, 322–323 Australia, 437 South Kensington,COPYRIGHTED 155–156 Architecture, 32–36 MATERIALairlines from, 59-60 Stratford-upon-Avon, books about, 37 currency exchange, 69 423–426 Area codes, 434 Customs regulations, 51 tips on, 85–86 Armouries, 257 health-related travel advice, Trafalgar Square, 136–137 Arnolfini Portrait, 249–250 73 The West End, 128–143 Arsenal (football team), High Commission, 435 Adam, Robert, 34, 99, 137, 324–325 276, 313 Art, 29–32 B Admiral Duncan, 372 books about, 37 Baby-equipment rentals, 76 Aer Lingus, 60 Artesian at the Langham, 374 Backroads, 78 African-American travelers, 77 Art galleries, 336 Bacon, Francis, 32 442 15_470664-bindex.indd 442 8/21/09 12:08:23 PM Ballare (Cambridge), 416 Boat tours and cruises, 306–311 Cambridge Folk Festival, 406 Banqueting House, 274 for shoppers, 331 Cambridge Leisure Park, 415 GENERAL INDEX Barbican Centre, 362 Tate to Tate boat, 255 Cambridge University, 406–411 Baroque architecture, 34 Windsor and Eton, 391, 393 Camden, accommodations, 134 Baroque art, 30 The Body Shop, 337–338 Camden Arts Centre, 335 Bar Rumba, 368 Bond Street, 330 Camden Markets, 353 Bars and cocktail lounges, Books, recommended, 36–40 Camden Town, restaurant, 232 373–376. See also Pubs Bookstores, 338–339 Canada Bartok, 374 Boots the Chemist, 338 airlines from, 59 Bath and body products, Bow Wine Vaults, 377 currency exchange, 69 337–338 The Box, 372 Customs regulations, 51 Battersea Park, 303 Breakfast, 46 health insurance, 436 Bayswater British Airways, 59, 60 health-related travel advice, accommodations, 162–165 senior discounts, 76 73 brief description of, 104 British Airways Holidays, 81 High Commission, 435 restaurants, 229 British Airways London Eye, passports, 437 shopping, 332 309 Canada Direct, 83 Bayswater Road, 355 British Library, 284–285 Canal tours, 310–311 BBC Television Centre, 284 British Midland, 60 Canary Wharf, 309 Beach Blanket Babylon, 374 British Museum, 240–241 brief description of, 94 The Bear Inn (Oxford), 404 BritRail, senior discounts, 76 restaurants, 185–186 Beauchamp Tower, 257 Brompton Cross, 331 Canary Wharf Tower, 36 Beau Monde, 341 Brompton Road, 331 Candy Bar, 372 Bed-and-breakfasts (B&Bs), 85 Browns, 344 Canopy Market, 331 Beer, 46 Browns Focus, 344 Cantaloupe, 336, 375 Belfast, HMS, 308 Browns Labels for Less, 344 Carbon offsetting, 79 Belgravia Brunswick Chauffeurs/Abbey Cargo, 368–369 accommodations, 153–154 Cars, 68 Carlyle’s House, 280–281 brief description of, 102 Bucket shops (consolidators), Carnaby Street, 345 Belinda Robertson, 340 58 Caroling Under the Norwegian Benjamin Franklin House, 275 Buckingham Palace, 241, 244 Christmas Tree, 57 Berk, 340 The Bull & Gate, 366 Car rentals, environmentally Bermondsey Market, 355 Bull’s Head, 367 friendly, 79 Berwick Street Market, 355 Burberry, 341 Car travel, 65–66 Bethnal Green Museum of Burgh House, 312 from continental Europe, 62 Childhood, 321 Burlington Arcade, 330 Cashmere and woolens, 340 Beyond Retro, 337 Burns International Facilities, Casino at the Empire, 371 Big Ben, 245 328 Cecilia Colman Gallery, 335 Big Bus Company Ltd., 324 Business hours, 434 Cecil Sharpe House, 367 Biking, 68 Bus tours, 323–324 Cellphones, 83–84 Cambridge, 406 Bus travel, 67–68 Celtic art, 29–30 Bill Amberg’s, 348–349 Butler & Wilson, 350 Centers for Disease Control Black Friar, 377 Butler’s Wharf, 309 and Prevention, 73 Black Obelisk, 240 Ceremony of the Keys, 259 The Black Swan (“the Dirty C Chain hotels, 86 Duck”; Stratford-upon- Cabinet War Rooms, 275–276 Championship Tennis Tours, 55 Avon), 429 Cabs, 68 Changing of the Guard Black Travel Online, 77 from the airports, 63, 64 Buckingham Palace, 244 Blake, William, 31 Cadogan Hall, 359 Horse Guards, 278–279 Bloody Tower, 256 Calendar of events, 53–57 Windsor Castle, 390 Bloomsbury Cambridge, 405–416 Channel Tunnel (Chunnel), 62 accommodations, 128–129, accommodations, 412–413 Channel Tunnel Rail Link, 63 132–134 getting around, 406 Charbonnel et Walker, 348 brief description of, 96–97 nightlife, 415–416 Charles, Prince, 27–28, 245, restaurants, 188 restaurants, 413–415 248 Boat Race, Putney to Mortlake, traveling to, 405 Charles I Commemoration, 53 53 visitor information, 406 443 115_470664-bindex.indd5_470664-bindex.indd 444343 88/14/09/14/09 111:58:001:58:00 AAMM Chelsea Coach House London Rentals, Dickens, Charles, 38, 39, 97 accommodations, 154–155 122 House, 281 brief description of, 102–103 College Garden, 263–264 Dining, 171–236. See also restaurants, 216–219, 236 The Comedy Store, 365 Restaurants Index shopping, 331–332 Conduit Street, 343 best, 9–10, 173–175 Chelsea Baby Hire, 76 The Conran Shop, 349 Bloomsbury, 188 Chelsea Flower Show, 54 Consolidators (bucket shops), Cambridge, 413–415 Chelsea football team, 324–325 58 Camden Town, 232 Chelsea Physic Garden, Constable, John, 31 Canary Wharf, 185–186 GENERAL INDEX 302–303 Contemporary Applied Arts, Chelsea, 216–219, 236 Chelsea Royal Hospital, 336 The City, 178–181 276–277 Continental Airlines, 59 Clerkenwell, 181–182 Cheval Place, 331 Continental Airlines Vacations, Covent Garden & the Strand, Children, families with 81 188–189, 192–193 accommodations, 133 Corn Exchange (Cambridge), by cuisine, 175–177 best activities for, 12–13 416 Docklands, 184–185 Covent Garden May Fayre and Cornish pasties, 44 environmentally friendly, 79 Puppet Festival, 54 Corpus Christi College family-friendly, 187 information and resources, (Cambridge), 406 Hackney, 183 76–77 Courtauld Gallery, 285–286 Hammersmith, 231–232 restaurants, 187 The Couverture Shop, 349 Holborn, 193–194 sights and attractions, Covent Garden and the Strand hours, 172 321–323 accommodations, 134–136 Kensington and South traveling with minors, 66 brief description of, 97–98 Kensington, 219–222, 236 Chinatown, brief description pubs, 380 Knightsbridge, 234–235 of, 99 restaurants, 188–189, 192–193 Ladbroke Grove, 230–231 Chinese New Year, 53 shopping, 330 Limehouse, 184 Chip and PIN system, 71 Covent Garden Market, 354 Marylebone, 223, 226–228 Chocolates, 340–341 Covent Garden May Fayre and Mayfair, 202–208, 233–234 Christ Church (Oxford), 398 Puppet Festival, 54 Notting Hill Gate, 229–230 Christmas tree, Trafalgar Credit cards, 70–71 Oxford, 402–404 Square, 249 Cricket, 324 Paddington and Bayswater, Christ’s College (Cambridge), Crown Jewels, 257 229 406 Cuisine, 44–47 Piccadilly Circus and Leicester Churches and cathedrals, Culpeper the Herbalist, 338 Square, 194–196 268–274 Currency and currency prices, 172 Churchill, Sir Winston, 275–276 exchange, 69 Primrose Hill, 228 Museum, 275–276 Customs regulations, 51–52 reservations, 172–173 Churchill Arms, 381 St. James’s, 209–210, 234 Cittie of Yorke, 381 D Shoreditch, 182–183 The City DAKS, 332