England is a wonderful place to visit, and if you will be embarking on a cruise from near London, spending at least one or two days in and around London should be on your itinerary.
The Victoria Station area is a terrific central place to stay, and the Duke of York should please most people as a place to eat.
Thistle Victoria Hotel is quite conveniently located, and the Cartref House or James House (under the same ownership) at nearby Ebury Court are modestly priced B & Bs that are quaint, cozy and serve delicious breakfasts.
When you've already invested several hours to fly to Europe or another distant destination, it's always tempting to make one more stop, as long as you're "in the area."
Sometimes, however, travelers inaccurately assess the size of the area. For example, visiting Crete because you're already in Venice is only cost effective if you're on a cruise that visits both of those ports.
At some point, it becomes akin to saying, "I might as well tour the Ford factory in Detroit because I'm already on an Alaska cruise." The two destinations may be closer to each other than to your home, but you would still be better off taking two separate trips.
England and France are separated by only a few miles, but the English Channel divides them as two distinct destinations. Nonetheless, we wanted to visit Paris while we were in the “general vicinity.”
Flying into London and back from Paris basically split the difference between the air fares, but there's still the matter of going between the countries.
If you're in France and want to go to Germany, you just step on the accelerator and go, but the best way to get from England to France is the Chunnel.
I'm not sure if it's as a result of reading spy novels where the protagonists travel on this high speed rail trip under the English Channel or from watching the Travel Channel, but everyone seems to be interested in this trip aboard the Eurostar train.
Basically, most of the trip is above ground cutting through the English and later French countryside, with a short time inside the actual Chunnel.
It's a comfortable ride, with tables suitable for card games or eating snacks.
As with many "in the vicinity" add-ons, it isn't cheap to tack on Paris to a Great Britain trip. For four of us, the total price came in at over $900 after student discounts for the relatively short ride aboard the Eurostar. If you have a Eurail Pass, then you can buy adult Eurostar tickets at a discount, but if you're renting cars or staying primarily around the cities of London and Paris as we were, then adults have to pay full price.
The Victoria Station area is a terrific central place to stay, and the Duke of York should please most people as a place to eat.
Thistle Victoria Hotel is quite conveniently located, and the Cartref House or James House (under the same ownership) at nearby Ebury Court are modestly priced B & Bs that are quaint, cozy and serve delicious breakfasts.
When you've already invested several hours to fly to Europe or another distant destination, it's always tempting to make one more stop, as long as you're "in the area."
Sometimes, however, travelers inaccurately assess the size of the area. For example, visiting Crete because you're already in Venice is only cost effective if you're on a cruise that visits both of those ports.
At some point, it becomes akin to saying, "I might as well tour the Ford factory in Detroit because I'm already on an Alaska cruise." The two destinations may be closer to each other than to your home, but you would still be better off taking two separate trips.
England and France are separated by only a few miles, but the English Channel divides them as two distinct destinations. Nonetheless, we wanted to visit Paris while we were in the “general vicinity.”
Flying into London and back from Paris basically split the difference between the air fares, but there's still the matter of going between the countries.
If you're in France and want to go to Germany, you just step on the accelerator and go, but the best way to get from England to France is the Chunnel.
I'm not sure if it's as a result of reading spy novels where the protagonists travel on this high speed rail trip under the English Channel or from watching the Travel Channel, but everyone seems to be interested in this trip aboard the Eurostar train.
Basically, most of the trip is above ground cutting through the English and later French countryside, with a short time inside the actual Chunnel.
It's a comfortable ride, with tables suitable for card games or eating snacks.
As with many "in the vicinity" add-ons, it isn't cheap to tack on Paris to a Great Britain trip. For four of us, the total price came in at over $900 after student discounts for the relatively short ride aboard the Eurostar. If you have a Eurail Pass, then you can buy adult Eurostar tickets at a discount, but if you're renting cars or staying primarily around the cities of London and Paris as we were, then adults have to pay full price.
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