All Entries in the "England" Category
London’s Best Vegetarian Restaurants
You’re stuck on a London Layover and have booked your London Hotels and sorted out your list of activities. But if you are a vegetarian or vegan, where are you going to eat out? London more than caters for those who prefer not to eat meat, and Layover Guide lists London’s five best vegetarian restaurants: [...]
London’s Best Restaurants
Given it is one of the biggest cities in Europe and also one of the most cosmopolitan, it is safe to say that London has its fair share of excellent restaurants. But with so much variety it is almost impossible to pick five that are better than the rest – and a lot would depend [...]
A Royal Visit to London: Prince William & Kate Middleton’s Favourite Haunts
With the U.K. gripped in wedding fever, an extra public holiday and even the hope of a bit of British summer weather there has never been a more perfect time to pay England a visit. There’s nothing like a royal wedding to unite the nation, preparations have already begun for street parties across the United [...]
Justin Bieber’s Liverpool Hotel
On Thursday Justin Bieber caused a fan frenzy in Liverpool, England as large number of fans gathered outside his hotel room at the Hard Days Night Hotel, which ironically is a hotel that caters towards diehard fans of the Beatles. In fact, all 110 rooms of the hotel are decorated with a Beatles theme, and [...]
Royal Wedding Greatly Increases UK Travel
With the Royal Wedding only months away, it appears as if it isn’t just invited guests booking their tickets to London. According to Kayak.com, there’s been a massive amount of queries for airfare to London during the April 29th timeframe. The popular travel site has recorded an increase of 300% in flight searches for the weekend of April 29 and an increase [...]
Best Welcome Home: Heathrow Terminal
T-Mobile’s Life’s For Sharing brought us a welcome home to remember. The video, which has already gotten over 3.5 million hits on YouTube, features a group of singers serenading passengers coming home at London’s Heathrow Terminal 5. The musical video has also caught on in the celebrity realm. Actress Olivia Wilde Tweeted the video out [...]
Stopover At London Stansted Airport
Stuck on a stopover at London Stansted Airport (STN) in England? The airport is the third-largest in London, and is located roughly 30 miles from downtown London, which makes the city an accessible destination for those on long stopovers. If you’re trying to determine whether you can leave the airport during your London stopover, click [...]
Stopover At London Luton Airport
Stuck on a stopover at London Luton Airport (LTN) in England? The airport is located roughly 35 miles from downtown London which makes the city an accessible destination for those on long stopovers. If you’re trying to determine whether you can leave the airport during your London Luton stopover, click here for useful tips. For [...]
Stopover At London City Airport
Stuck on a stopover at London City Airport (LCY) in England? The airport is located roughly 7 miles from downtown London which makes the city an accessible destination for those on long stopovers. If you’re trying to determine whether you can leave the airport during your London stopover, click here for useful tips. For the [...]
Manchester Layover
Stuck on a layover at Manchester Airport (MAN) in England? The airport is the hub for BMI and is located approximately 17km (10 miles) from Manchester’s city center which makes it an accessible destination for those stuck on a long layover. If you’re trying to figure out if you can leave the airport during your [...]
Gwyneth Paltrow’s London Picks
Gwyneth Paltrow, who was been living in London for many years, has gathered her favorite London restaurants, hotels, and marketplace in her Goop newsletter. These are great selections to take advantage of during a London Layover. One of the restaurants she chose was the Bocca di Lupo: Bocca di Lupo 12 Archer Street London W1D [...]
Livermore Airport – Top Ten Things You Never Knew
In case you thought you knew everything about Livermore Airport (I imagine there’s not many of you who’d make this claim), there’s actually a Top Ten Things You Never Knew About Livermore Airport. For example: Liverpool Airport was rebranded in 2002 as Liverpool John Lennon Airport, with Yoko Ono unveiling a 7ft statue of her [...]
Leaving Luggage At London’s Heathrow Or Gatwick Airport
For those looking to ditch their extra luggage to venture out for a London layover, here is a quick guide to the Left Luggage facilities in both Heathrow and Gatwick airports: Heathrow Left Luggage is available in each terminal: Terminal 1 Mezzanine Floor, 6am-11pm Terminal 2 departures near Lufthansa, 6am-11pm Terminal 3 arrivals area, 5:30am-11:30pm [...]
