Across The Planet » London http://www.acrosstheplanet.net Travel blog about interesting locations from across the world Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:16:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 London Hilton Hotel on Park Lane Road, London http://www.acrosstheplanet.net/london-hilton-hotel-on-park-lane-road-london/ http://www.acrosstheplanet.net/london-hilton-hotel-on-park-lane-road-london/#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:57:47 +0000 Hellas http://www.acrosstheplanet.net/?p=781 London is the house of, fashion, food, art and architecture and is a city that intimates and exhilarates Monopoly board studded with stellar sights. It is a cosmopolitan mix of first and third worlds. Within a choice of few days, one can enjoy the London Sightseeing where in some of the attractions include Tower of London, Shakespeare”s Globe Theatre Tour, Cabinet War Rooms, Churchill Museum, London Bridge Experience, Hampton Court Palace, Kensington Palace, The Tower Bridge Exhibition, Windsor Castle, St Paul”s Cathedral, Thames River Cruise and London Zoo. These magical sights of London can be seen with full commentary by the original hop-on hop-off sightseeing tour.

London is famous for its weekly markets feature where everything can be found from trendy clothes to vintage, health-food to sweets and antiques to modern amenities. London also has some of the world”s best galleries and museums like Tate Modern, the Victoria and Albert Museum and the British Museum. Buckingham Palace adds a special attraction to the city which is served as the official London residence since 1837.Another aspect of London is the London Underground which is the World’s oldest metro system.

London Hilton on Park Lane is also popularly known as Hilton International London, Hilton London, Hilton Hotel London, Hilton Park Lane and London Hilton. The fashionable and lovely Hilton Park Lane Hotel London is located adjacent to Hyde Park within Mayfair district of the city. It is an ideal destination for both business and leisure travelers as it is only a step away from sites as Marble Arch, Victoria and Albert Museum, Albert Memorial, Bond Street, Albert Memorial and Buckingham Palace. It is 16.5 miles from the Heathrow Airport, London. The hotel consist of 450 guestrooms and suites which are well equipped with a kitchenette, climate controls, bathroom with luxury linens and toiletries, satellite TV, personal safe, beverage station, high-speed Internet access and wake up services. It boasts an impressive array of facilities and services for visitors to enjoy numerous function rooms, fitness center, spa with beauty and massage treatments and business service center, daily breakfast service, concierge, a news stand and gourmet restaurant and popular bar. The other amenities include 24 hour reception, ATM / Cash Machine, Currency Exchange, air conditioned, Conference Room(s), banquet facilities, Dry Cleaning, Babysitting / Child Services, Coffee / Tea Maker, Fitness Room, Gymnasium, Sauna, Spa bath / Jacuzzi, Disabled Access, Elevator / Lift, Free Breakfast, Hair Dryer, In Room Movies, Mini Bar, Housekeeping, Porters, Secretarial Service, Microwave, Refrigerator, Medical Assistance Available, Multilingual Staff, Non-Smoking Rooms, News Stand, Safe-Deposit Box and much more.

It gives the feel of being at home with bright and modern rooms where you can relax with natural light in the cool and calm tones. It provides comfort and the size of the room according to the choice of the customer with a list of choices which includes Hilton Guest Room, King Hilton Deluxe, King Hilton Guest Room, and Queen Hilton Guest Room; win Hilton Deluxe, Twin Hilton Guest Room. The choice also includes suites which are divided into two categories- suite and Park Lane Suite. These stylish suites cover a space of 64m²/688sq.ft with living room, Executive Lounge access and study. The Hotel offers free refreshment and continental breakfast and it also provides facility of high-speed internet access. Park Lane Suite also provides a spectacular view of Hyde Park which lets the customers to relax and enjoy.

This five star hotel is truly luxurious from elegant lobby to the plush rooms and excellent location and truly stands on the customers.

]]> http://www.acrosstheplanet.net/london-hilton-hotel-on-park-lane-road-london/feed/ 0 London Gatwick Airport http://www.acrosstheplanet.net/london-gatwick-airport/ http://www.acrosstheplanet.net/london-gatwick-airport/#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:58:46 +0000 Hellas http://www.acrosstheplanet.net/?p=670 London Gatwick Airport is second airport by size in United Kingdom and also second by number of passengers, behind Heathrow Airport. On the world scale it is the 28th Airport by the number of passengers. It is located 47 km south of London, 5 km north of central Crawley. Owner of Gatwick Airport is British Airports Authority (BAA) and they own seven more airports in United Kingdom. Gatwick Airport is opened on June 9, 1958 which means that its old more then 50 years. Charter airlines mostly use Gatwick airport.

Gatwick Airport has two terminals South and North one. It’s a modern fascility with the many shops, hotels and restaurants. Cheap car hire at Gatwick Airport is also available.

Sussex Police have control over the Gatwick airport, including aircraft, and in some cases, aircraft in flight.

There are plans to build third terminal which will give the Gatwick airport opportunity to overpass Heathrow in handling number of passengers.

Here are few pictures of this magnificent airport:

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Capital of UK and England and largest urban in the European Union (two words so eagerly expected for most of my countrymen’s) with 7, 5 millions of people. Since history of London is so big I recommend that you read History of London article at Wikipedia.
There are bunch of things that are worthy to see in London and I will mention few you can’t pass… 
For the start -London museums! London has maybe the biggest number of museums located in one town. In most museums entrance is free.

Buckingham palace. Official queen residency, and of the main royal palaces. Tourist tours are allowed only over the summer months.

The London Eye. The world’s third by size observation wheel, located on the South Bank of the Thames with magnificent view of London.

Tower Bridge. This 19th century bridge is situated by the Tower of London near the City. It contains two high towers and a drawbridge. Visit of the engine rooms is allowed.

St Paul’s Cathedral. Sir Christopher Wren’s great accomplishment, built in the 1666 after the Great Fire of London. Cathedral is known by great acoustics.

Wembley Stadium. Primarily a football venue, but is used for music concerts and various sports events.

Palace of Westminster and Big Ben. The location of the United Kingdom parliament and Unesco World Heritage site

I will also skip accommodation sector. More information you can find on London City Hotels Page or on London Wikitravel article.

London also has many sports events. Most known is Wimbledon tennis tournament, various cricket and rugby tournaments. There are 13 soccer clubs, which of whom five are mega popular Arsenal, Chelsea, Fulham, Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United.

London has 5 big airports of which Heathrow is most known. Heathrow is UK and Europe largest airport, and if you count number of passengers it is the also world busiest airport. If there you should not miss London buses and black cabs…

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