firsttimer

HI all..<BR><BR>I am looking for a hotel in London and reading thru many of the older posts here. for assistance. Lots of great advice to be found there! <BR><BR>One major question that comes to mind: which neighborhood(s) would be good to focus upon if we are looking primarily to be in the heart of shopping, restaurants (vs. theatre, historical, etc.)

my

Knightsbridge -shopping<BR>So Kensington - shopping<BR>near the British Museum-theatre,<BR>the entire city-historical

Sue

Knightsbridge and South Ken for shopping.

ajs

I would heartily recommend South Kensington, in particular, the Chelsea Green hotel. A beautiful, quiet area with tons of great restaurants and shopping, yet very close to Knightsbridge, while not being as expensive. Also, a five minute or less walk to the So Ken tube. We loved it!

Merilee

(In my opinion) one of the best hotel search websites for London is smoothhound.com<BR>It lists hotels by neighborhood and you can see photographs of the rooms and the exterior...great prices, too.