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What Ariadne said. London (indeed, British) hotels are often not what they should be. My instinct would be to say "find a tedious but serviceable small hotel in a nice area if you can, and spend your money on not being in the hotel very much". London has few if any hotels of character and charm (unlike Paris, which actually has a register of charming hotels) and many grumpy, ill-administered behemoths and slovenly guesthouses. So I suppose you probably need a Rough Guide or a Lonely Planet and the Good Hotel Guide to London or maybe a pub guide which will list pubs with guest rooms, and a map of the places you want to have access to and the transport system, and take your pick.
Since you're thinking of visiting London in the height of summer, may I also suggest that you look for somewhere out of the centre, and preferably on a hill and near some green stuff. If you've got the budget, try Highgate. There are also some digs near Great Portland Street which are reasonably close to Regent's Park and not far from Oxford Street if you can't cope with being too far from Soho.
Otherwise, depending on what you're planning to do, you could take somewhere outside London proper and use the trains to come dashing in, see the sights, and zoom out again. |
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