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A festival fit for a queen
4 min read • Oct 3, 2012
The only other Diamond Jubilee to be celebrated by a British monarch was in 1897, when Queen Victoria celebrated her 60 years on the throne. At that…
Travel Stories
London
- Exploring London's Coffee Crescent
3 min read • Jul 31, 2012
Fans of the baddest bean in town have been turning the buzz up to eleven in recent months, as London’s coffee scene has exploded into life. One particular…
- Exploring London's villages
5 min read • Jul 30, 2012
The British capital has splendorous museums, royal pomp and all the urban chaos you’d expect from a city of eight million people. But while you shouldn't…
- LLondon's best bars - as chosen by Lonely Planet staff
3 min read • Jun 20, 2012
London’s best bars and pubs as chosen by Lonely Planet Staff and Twitter followers
- TTop 10 outings in London
5 min read • Jun 20, 2012
Few world cities can compete with the English capital for variety, vitality and pace.
- A guide to royal London
4 min read • Jun 20, 2012
Want to know more about London’s royal history? Here’s a handful of essentials, spanning time from first-laid stones to chopped heads and very outrageous…
- London on a budget – get more out of the UK's capital while spending less
3 min read • Jun 5, 2012
London has a reputation for being expensive, and while it’s true that you can spend a fortune here on hotels and wining and dining, it’s equally true that…
- London's evening haunts: travel expertise from Wenzani
2 min read • Dec 6, 2011
The busy streets of London can certainly work up a thirst, but how do you find the drinking dens that the locals keep to themselves? Lonely Planet has…
- London’s alternative museums
3 min read • Aug 24, 2011
London’s cultural big-hitters – the likes of the British Museum and National Gallery – are truly world-beating, dizzyingly expansive showcases of art and…
- LLonely Planet's handy guide to the royal wedding
2 min read • Apr 15, 2011
It’s here! Almost. The biggest English royal wedding since, well, the last one. On Friday 29 April, 2011, billions around the world will turn their rapt…
- HHow to 'crash' the royal wedding
3 min read • Apr 5, 2011
Booked tickets and a hotel room for the royal wedding in London April 29 yet? It’s not too late.
- PPerfect day in royal London
5 min read • Apr 4, 2011
The world's gaze will be squarely set on the British Monarchy April 29, when the cute couple, Prince William and Kate Middleton, tie the knot. As interest…
- 10 ways to cheer up if you're sad in London
3 min read • Jan 17, 2011
London's a great city no matter which way you look at it, but melancholia has no GPS and sometimes you can find yourself feeling down, even in your dream…
- 6 unmissable treasures of London's Natural History Museum
2 min read • Jan 11, 2011
A colossal squid and a cursed gem that refuses to die. In this extract from Lonely Planet Magazine, Jimmy Doherty, presenter of BBC Two's Museum of Life,…
- Open House 2010: take a peek behind London's closed doors
2 min read • Sep 15, 2010
London's Open House weekend is the highlight of many an architecturally curious or just plain nosy Londoner’s year.
- TThe Oxford versus Cambridge Gloat Race
3 min read • Aug 25, 2010
So good they named it once: Oxbridge. In many people’s minds England’s two most venerable university cities are interchangeable, or even somehow conjoined…
- Denmark Street and Soho: London’s Tin Pan Alley
3 min read • Aug 25, 2010
Picture the scene: in a cramped booth lined with egg cartons, Mick Jagger is crooning 'Little by Little' while Gene Pitney tinkles the ivories and Phil…
- DDining in the dark in London
4 min read • Aug 22, 2010
Next time you’ve an idle moment – and a willing partner – in the kitchen, try the following experiment: don a blindfold, take a spoonful of jam, and try…
- GGoing underground: explore London between stops
4 min read • Jul 22, 2010
No matter which tube line you're near in London, chances are one of the city’s treasures is awaiting you just a few short London Underground stops away.
- NNotting Hill at carnival time
3 min read • Jul 12, 2010
The British capital’s top summer knees-up, a celebration of the local Caribbean community, has enlivened this part of town since the 1950s. During the end…
- GGo to a game in London
4 min read • Jul 12, 2010
If you want a short cut into the heart of British culture, watch the British at play. They’re fierce and passionate about their sport, whether…
- NNotting Hill Carnival: the wisdom of crowds
1 min read • Aug 27, 2009
Notting Hill is a lively patch at the best of times, but during the annual Carnival in August the crowds go into overdrive. It is a spectacle not to be…