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I chose to do this trip last fall: 2 nights London, 5 nights Oxford, 5 nights Galway, Ireland. Had a great time, and lucked out with mostly warm sunny weather (late Sep)
The reason I chose those...
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Stonehenge is not worth the effort. It's hard to get to and really isn't that much to see compared to what else is on offer in England. There's also nothing else around it worth seeing. You can other...
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So there's 2 ways to see stonehenge... show up during public hours with all the tourists, and walk around it at a distance since it's roped off.
This method sucks.
The good method is you can...
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Ever been? What things do you like to do?
You can easily spend several weeks based in London and not exhaust everything to see, especially if you include easy day-trips from the city....but it'll...
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We decided we would be there too short a time to do the London Pass. We decided to do the Original Tour for 48 hours because it offers the boat ride, 3 free walking tours and a combo ticket with the...
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Awesome info. Thanks!
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I strongly suggest you get a "Big Red Bus" hop-on/hop-off bus ticket for London at Victoria bus station....
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Thanks for the suggestion. I normally use TripAdvisor but I do have an iPhone. I was not going to use it except on WiFi and for pictures. Would I need to use cellular data?
Thanks.
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Yes, it probably requires data, but you can plan with this app and not need it real-time. It's an adjunct to yelp and trip advisor and open table. Just another app with people adding their favorites....
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Food for thought while it may not apply to you, England does not allow “criminals” into their country. DUI’s, felonies, misdemeanors, will keep you out. My neighbors went and were forced to return....
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Never been. We like seeing all the sights and eat/drink. I want to do a day trip out to Stonehenge.
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Would you guys recommend the London Pass?
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On our first trip we stayed here-
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g186338-d3523343-Reviews-Ibis_London_Shepherds_Bush_Hammersmith_Hotel-London_England.html
It's not "near" most of the...
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Many sites and locations have limited or odd hours. For example St Paul or Westminster Abbey can be open only for a few hours a day. Day trips to Windsor castle, Hamptons court, or Bath considering...
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Thanks for all the info. We started to map out day trips from London so we might end up doing 4 different day trips and be in the city 4 days as the math works out.
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I love Trastevere. AirBnB makes a lot of sense -- especially in a place you are familiar with and know the neighborhood where you want to stay. We needed a 2 BR and wanted to be near Termini in...
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I stayed in a fantastic penthouse apartment in Trastevere last year for $59 a night thru AirBnB. It's the way to go in big cities in Europe.
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Hey Guys,
Wife and I debating a trip to London this fall from Boston. How many days/nights would you recommend? We also debated going to another country as a multi city trip. Good Idea? I did...
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Sounds like a good trip, just a little unlucky with the timing. I've been to london several times and never heard of that amount of activity in one weekend.
FWIW, London was just voted number one...
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Yes. It was pretty bad timing because we were there for such a short amount of time. I usually research so well, but it has been a busy time of year for us. Despite all the activity, we managed to...
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We came back last night. I had decided against the London Pass because we were only in London Friday afternoon until Monday morning.
About one million people were estimated to have participated...
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Great info. I was actually looking at Virgin Atlantic and bumping up to premium seating since I am tall and it is a long flight. I will have to take a look at the Dublin stopover. We did that on...
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Thinking 8 nights in London. Fly direct from Boston though. Any good recommendations for hotel? Prefer not spending $300 a night, but want to be close to everything.
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Our plan is to leave day after Thanksgiving. That is when we usually travel!
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When I’m traveling to new places, I use an app called Dave’s List (free, iPhone only). It gives user recommended places to eat. It also has other categories, but I haven’t looked at hotel reviews...
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Look forward to hear about the trip when you get back!
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I've been reading this post as we are leaving 2 weeks from tomorrow. We booked out of Newark because we couldn't get a direct flight from Boston to Manchester -- we are starting in the Lake District...
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Thanks for the info. We will probably do a day tour of stonehendge and bath. I agree about stonehendge, but it's one of those things we have to see.
I will look into AirBNB!