If you want to catch some of the Olympic action firsthand, rather than watching it on the TV, work this into your holiday plans by booking a boating break on the River Thames in August. The Thames is the destination for a number of Olympic sports, including rowing and canoeing.
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Last night saw the official opening of ‘Flight BA2012’, a new pop up venue in London’s East End designed under the direction of celebrities Heston Blumenthal, Tracey Emin and Richard E Grant, to mark the BA Great Britons programme in the run up to the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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Forget the tube or the bus, the best way of getting to the Olympic Games is by Water Chariot. Spectators can now travel in style to the Games down the River Lea, on a canal or private hire sloop boats.
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Drinks International’s The World's 50 Best Bars 2012 poll placed Artesian in the top spot, ahead of nominations from the UK, Europe, Asia, North America, Latin America the Caribbean, Africa and the Middle East
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Danish restaurant Noma, twice voted the best restaurant in the world at the ‘World’s 50 Best Restaurant Awards’ in 2010 and 2011, will be setting up a temporary pop-up restaurant in the ballroom at Claridge’s Hotel in London.
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Visitors to London’s Fashion Week (16-21 September) will able to lap up the taste of fashion icons as Park Plaza Hotels & Resorts launch three new chic cocktails to celebrate the stylish fashion week. Lady Gaga, Gwen Stefani and Rihanna have all caused a stir in the fashion world and now Park Plaza Hotels & Resorts are offering three chic cocktails inspired by these famous style icons.
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A number of stylish city boltholes are available for rent during London Fashion Week. HomeAway Holiday-Rentals has sampled a list of the top stylish city flats and houses available for rent this February.
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Though not technically a hotel, this room could possibly have the best view in the whole of London. When you picture this you’re probably imagining an exclusive pent house suite on top of some iconic building, not a wooden boat perched precariously on top of the Queen Elizabeth Hall at the Southbank Centre, as if left there by retreating floods.
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