Two girls in London where to stay (hotels, neighborhoods)

[andromeda1]

Hey there, We are Two girls traveling to London in two weeks, hope you can helps us figure it out what are some good areas to stay that will allow us to explore London. We like handcrafted cocktails , coffee shops, try new restaurants, yoga, people watching, but we are into healthy eating, my gf is into running so somewhere where she can go for a run every morning, and some sightseeing. We don't necessarily stay in the middle of central London, we can stay somewhere 30 minutes away as long as is close to a train station and easy transportation.

Thanks

[Brave New World]

Originally Posted by andromeda1

Hey there, We are Two girls traveling to London in two weeks, hope you can helps us figure it out what are some good areas to stay that will allow us to explore London. We like handcrafted cocktails , coffee shops, try new restaurants, yoga, people watching, but we are into healthy eating, my gf is into running so somewhere where she can go for a run every morning, and some sightseeing. We don't necessarily stay in the middle of central London, we can stay somewhere 30 minutes away as long as is close to a train station and easy transportation.

Thanks

There's a lot of parks in Central London including Hyde Park, Regents Park, St James's Park, Green Park etc, whilst further out you have places such as Hampstead Heath and Richmond Deer Park. I would book a nice hotel near one of the Central London Parks so you can enjoy a run, and there are even coffee outlets in some of the parks.

There are lots of coffeee shops and places where you can indulge yourself when it comes to cocktails.

Time Out London will offer you a good guide to events, cocktail bars, coffee shops, restaurants, hotels, attractions etc.

Time Out London - Events, Attractions & What's on in London

Hotels in London - Hotel Reviews and Information - Time Out London

The 50 best cocktail bars in London - Time Out

Food and drink - Hyde Park

Serpentine Bar & Kitchen | Restaurant Hyde Park | Riverside Dining

[helloaloha]

Thank you.... when I look for areas on the hotel website I don't get park names unfortunately... I only get neighborhoods

such as

City centre

Oxford Street

Hyde Park

London Eye

London Paddington Station


Piccadilly Circus

London Victoria Rail Station

The Shard

Excel Exhibition Centre

Trafalgar Square

Wembley Stadium

Royal Albert Hall

St. Pancras Station, London

London Bridge

Bayswater

Waterloo

Gatwick Airport (LGW)

Big Ben

Tower Bridge


..............so whats a good area to stay close to everything, bars and stuff? Thanks

[helloaloha]

what are the best areas to stay from this list? in terms of

-Central location
-Close to everything such as bars, restaurants, shopping, trains etc
-nice


(1) Regents Park - Baker Street - Camden Market
(6) Notting Hill - Bayswater - Paddington Station
(7) Kensington - Shepherds Bush - Westfield London
(4) Westminster - Victoria - Big Ben
(8) Mayfair - Piccadilly Circus - Soho
(3) City of London - Towerbridge - St. Pauls Cathedral
(5) Bloomsbury - St. Pancras Station - British Museum
(1) Ealing - Chiswick
(2) Borehamwood
(2) Brent Cross - Cricklewood
(2) Croydon
(0) Ilford - Newbury Park
(1) Kingston - Richmond Gate
(2) Stratford - Olympic Park
(0) Sutton
(0) Wimbledon
(0) Walthamstow - Chingford
(2) Hounslow - Twickenham
(1) Harrow - South Ruislip
(1) Hammersmith
(0) Maida Vale - Queens Park
(1) Wembley - Brent
(4) Chelsea - Knightsbridge - Harrods
(3) Fulham - Battersea - Chelsea Harbour
(0) Arsenal Football Stadium - Finsbury Park

[Londoncowboy30]

Originally Posted by helloaloha

what are the best areas to stay from this list? in terms of

-Central location
-Close to everything such as bars, restaurants, shopping, trains etc
-nice


(1) Regents Park - Baker Street - Camden Market
(6) Notting Hill - Bayswater - Paddington Station
(7) Kensington - Shepherds Bush - Westfield London
(4) Westminster - Victoria - Big Ben
(8) Mayfair - Piccadilly Circus - Soho
(3) City of London - Towerbridge - St. Pauls Cathedral
(5) Bloomsbury - St. Pancras Station - British Museum
(1) Ealing - Chiswick
(2) Borehamwood
(2) Brent Cross - Cricklewood
(2) Croydon
(0) Ilford - Newbury Park
(1) Kingston - Richmond Gate
(2) Stratford - Olympic Park
(0) Sutton
(0) Wimbledon
(0) Walthamstow - Chingford
(2) Hounslow - Twickenham
(1) Harrow - South Ruislip
(1) Hammersmith
(0) Maida Vale - Queens Park
(1) Wembley - Brent
(4) Chelsea - Knightsbridge - Harrods
(3) Fulham - Battersea - Chelsea Harbour
(0) Arsenal Football Stadium - Finsbury Park

Paddington/Bayswater/Queensway area... I've lived here all my life and LOVE it!!

It's got everything and you can get anywhere very easily...... Have fun

[Hengist]

Anywhere in Zone 1 on the underground map should be fine, with west being generally better than east, and north of the Thames generally better than south.

[helloaloha]

whats zone 1?

[ToriaT]

check out

https://www.londontoolkit.com/

We are staying at the Days Hotel in Waterloo. Its a plain vanilla budget hotel but its the only one I could find that had openings at a reasonable rate for our date.

[helloaloha]

Cool. will heck that out ... I just checked Knightsbridge but its too pretentious for my taste ...

[Hengist]

Originally Posted by helloaloha

whats zone 1?

The white bit in the middle.

http://content.tfl.gov.uk/standard-tube-map.pdf

You could probably go to Zone 2 on the left (west) side of the map.