Street Markets and Pubs of London

I really never get sick of London.
We often due a day trip or an overnight trip.
See my journals on Cambridge, Greenwich and Bath.
I have another more informative journal with lots of sightseeing information but with all the pubs and wonderful street markets I thought I would like to do a separate journal with just information on those things.

Quick Tips:

As far as any of the street markets go check the days of operations first.
Some are open only on the weekend and some are on weekdays.

Best Way To Get Around:

The tube is the best way to get around.
The cost for a daily ticket is £4 (). There is also a weekender ticket for £6.

Cost was £75.00
The best thing about the hotel was the location. Just steps away from the South Kensington Tube.
As with the Swiss House you need to ask for a room facing the back as the traffic on Brompton goes all night and is very loud.
The room had a nice bathroom and hairdryer and breakfast was included and brought up to the room, it was coffee, juice, toast and a hard boiled egg.
The price and location make this place a deal. The Swiss House down the street is a little bit higher but nicer and much better breakfast.

This is a Best Western Hotel and one of the nicer hotels I have stayed at in London. The price of £75 is the internet price. See website above. The regular price is £145 The rate includes tax and very nice continental breakfast. The Burns is a short walk from the Earls Court Tube and there are several nice pubs and Italian, Indian, and Thai restaurants within two blocks.

Also the staff at the Burns is very nice and both times we stayed there we got early check-in. They said we could store our bags there if the room wasnt ready and there are rest rooms to change in and freshen up in the bar area. I did note that when I checked the London hotes website recently that the price was at 95 pounds, but the price is 145 pounds directly booking with the Best Western 800 number.

This hotel is two doors down from the Burns. I saw they had a special of £60 when we stayed at the Burns in October and December 2001. I booked a room for April for £60. The regular rate was £90 to £100.

We had a really large room with two beds and a big bathroom. Since the hotel is almost at the corner of Earls Court Road, the street traffic noise is rather loud but livable. The breakfast wasn’t as good as at the Burns.

I saw lots and lots of hotels on Barkston Gardens and some of the other side street in the Earls Court area and got cards and brochures from them. I plan to check them out next time I visit London.

I would probably stay here again if they had the special rate, but not for £90. There are other nicer hotels for that rate and lower in this area. The staff is very friendly and rooms are clean.

This hotel has great location. The Earls Court tube stop is just a 2-minute walk, and there are lots of stores, pubs, and restaurants nearby.

The room was rather small and we had some rowdy Germans that liked to party next door to us, and the breakfast was just coffee, juice, and some toast, but the rate was £65.00, so I would still stay here again because the location is good and I don't stay somewhere just because the breakfast is good or bad. There were two good coffee shops in the area we went to, and had some nice scones and coffee. Besides the Germans in the next room, the street is quiet. Click here to view their website.

This hotel was listed in the June or July 2002 issue of Frommer's Budget magazine. See the hotel www.the-oxford-hotel.co/website for the most current rates. We paid £65.00 for two people.

The Oxford Hotel is located right next to the tube, and you can hear the train and the train announcements. So, if you are looking for a hotel close to tube--this is it. The staff couldn't have been nicer and the room was nice. We had a continental breakfast and in-room coffee and tea. I am not sure I would stay here again due to the noise. There are three or four hotels on the other side of Pennywern, so I think I would check those out, as they wouldn't be as close to the tube.

www.merlyncourthotel.com

I have stayed at five or six different hotels and B&Bs in this area, but I like this one the best. They have 18 rooms, some with private facilities and some that share the toilet and showers. Due to the exchange rate, we opted for shared facilities. The room was £55, and there were two twin beds, a dresser, an armoire, and a sink, with the toilets and shower down the hall. We had the facilities to ourselves, and the room we shared with was a single. Both times, we requested room 17 on the 4th floor. We also saw room 8 on 2nd level, and that was a bigger room, but we figured that, being higher-up, we would have facilities to ourselves, and it would be quieter. We were right.

Included in the price are taxes and breakfast of one egg, toast, and coffee. The front desk is very friendly, and I will stay here in the future.

The dark panelled walls and dark pillars and the yellow tinted windows make this pub very inviting and homey.
The staff is very friendly. We stopped in on the last Sunday in November after church for a pint and they were all putting up the Christmas decorations and having discussions as where to put what, it was amusing.
The best thing is the non-smoking dining section. In the warmer weather they have a number of picnic tables outside.
The food is normal pub food.
Jacket potatos (baked potatos stuffed with different things such as ham/cheese or tuna etc.)
One night for dinner we had chicken curry with rice and veggie pasta with 2 beers it was 20.00 Pounds.
Rumor has it that Jack the Ripper drank here??