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London Hotels: Chinese New Year

Written by MichaelZ on March 23, 2011 – 5:04 am -

Chinese New Year is increasingly celebrated around the world. If you want to enjoy a different type of celebration, consider heading to London for the beginning of February to celebrate the Chinese New Year. Head to Chinatown and Leicester Square to enjoy the fireworks, feasts and star gazing. To get into the celebration of prosperity and good fortune, book one of the central London hotels and celebrate Chinese New Year. You’ll need to explore around London to find the best activities and celebrations.

The National Maritime museum has a unique way to celebrate the Chinese New Year. The Chinese culture lends meaning to star gazing and you can enjoy stargazing from a Chinese perspective here. Spend an evening deciphering the night sky the Chinese way with an unforgettable evening at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich on 12th February. Here you’ll have the chance to view the stars through their giant telescope and understanding the skies from a Chinese cultural perspective.

The best part of the Chinese New Year for many is the astonishing fireworks display. Every year thousands of revellers come to Leicester square to celebrate the Chinese New Year in style. On the 6th February you can enjoy these spectacular fireworks. It’s not just incredible displays of pyrotechnics you can enjoy; the whole of Leicester Square comes alive with stalls and dance and art performances too. You can join the crowds in Leicester Square or head back to one of the London hotels and enjoy the fireworks from the comfort of your room.

If you love Chinese food, then head to one of the restaurants to enjoy one of the Chinese feasts. You can find so many different stalls and restaurants to choose from, so you’ll be spoilt for choice. Traditional dishes include raw fish salad, said to bring luck, prawns for liveliness and noodles to guarantee long life to all diners at the table. Make sure you book early to secure a table and if you’re planning on enjoying the celebrations into the evening, so try to book one of the many hotels in the area.

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A short stay in central london

Written by MichaelZ on July 3, 2009 – 1:11 pm -

My supplier in London invited me to the capital for business transaction. I went to two other European countries, France and Holland for the same purpose. I was very anxious to visit the Capital of England to see some of the things that I have read in books during my school days. I wanted to see a lot of London so I booked two different hotels for my stay. A week in Russell Square and a week in London Victoria.

I got to London Heathrow on British airways and took a taxi to the Russell square area and checked in to Tavistock hotel. It was a long and tiresome journey from the airport. Hotels in the Russell Square area of Central london are of good standard.

The area was what i really expected was impressed the first day. With my street map, I decided to start my tour of the City just after some few hours at the tavistock hotel. I was really not disappointed. In Russell Square on my first day, I visited the British library and the British Museum. From there and with the aid of my map and people on the street, I was able to navigate my way to Covent Garden where there we a lot of street performers.

For the rest of the week at Tavistock hotel London, I visited the West end area. I just went to Marble Arch and the Oxford Circus areas to explore the areas. I went to Leicester square which is just close to Covent garden. There are a lot of cinema theatres in the area. Another place I visited was Piccadilly Circus and found the place to be very busy with many tourists. I paid a visit to the shopping streets in the West End area on my 5th day and was surprised to see that the place was so dense with shoppers and other tourists. The shopping streets of Oxford circus called Oxford street, Regent Street and Bond Street were very busy. The China town is dominated by chinese restaurants. I also took the chance to explore the Soho area too.

I went to stay in Victoria area in my second week as booked through Cheap London hotels agency. Victoria area was the place I was dying to be because there were a lot of exciting Landmarks to see. The buckingham Palace was where I visited first to go an look at the changing of the guard. I was so anxious to visit the Tower clock also called the Big Ben for what I have read. You see the Houses of Paliament from the location of the Big Ben as they are at the same location. The Westminster Abbey was targeted next as it was just at the Parliament Square. I also paid a visit to the London Eye located in the Westminster area. It has been well built and looks very strong. I am not amazed anymore that people talk about the London all the time. I enjoyed my stay in Central London and I would like to stay in the cheap hotels in Russell square as they have good accommodation standard but lower rates.

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Where to book to stay in Central London

Written by MichaelZ on July 3, 2009 – 1:11 pm -

London is the most visited city in the world and London has got a lot to offer its tourists in the form of Landmarks and many tourist attractions and many places of interest but thankfully there are a lot of cheap hotels in London and also many places to stay in Central London. Many tourists would like to stay in the London West End. There are many cheap hotels in all areas of Central London. Hotels in the West end get full quickly during major evens in the city.

Select to book your Central London cheap hotels and bed and breakfast based on what you want to see in the City or what you are coming to do in Central London for you may want to be close to a particular area or you may want to stay in some cheap London hotels close to a particular Landmark or tourists attractions in the Capital or may be you may want to be close to London hotels in West End

London Victoria SW1 area has cheap London hotels close to the Buckingham Palace which is the residence of the Queen of England Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth and at the same time the administrative headquarters of the United Kingdom monarchy. Just a stone’s throw from the Victoria area are also the Westminster Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, Tate Gallery, Big Ben Houses of Parliament and the London Eye which gives you a circular cruise for 40 minutes.

Russell Square and the Bloomsbury WC1 area also have many cheap london bed and breakfast as well as  cheap London hotels and when you stay in that area, you are close to British Museum, British Library, the Covent garden and the University of London to mention but a few. From the Russell square Bloomsbury, the most famous shopping areas in the United Kingdom; The Oxford street, the Bond Street and the Regent Street are not far if you decide to have a stroll. The China town and the Soho in the West end are also easy to access.

The Oxford Circus area and the Marble Arch areas also have many of the cheap hotels in London and are the busiest Wes End London areas with shoppers and tourist filling the street during the day time making the place heavily choked with traffic.

The Paddington, Bayswater, Lancaster Gate and the Hyde Park area also have fair share of Central London cheap hotels and also cheap London b&b accommodation and the Hyde Park and the Kensington Garden are the major tourist attractions the area can boast of.

The Kensington area and the earl’s Court area are home to landmarks and places of interests like Kensington Olympia Exhibition and Earl’s Court exhibition centres, Kensington gardens, Royal Albert Hall, Victoria and Albert Museum, Natural History Museum, Science museum, the Kensington Palace and a few others.

 

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