2012年4月28日 星期六

Special Travel Issue: London 倫敦旅季專集 紐約時報

Andrew Testa for The New York Times

Going to the London Games and More

Guides to going to the 2012 Olympic Games, exploring London’s neighborhoods and getting outside the city in a special issue of the Travel section.


Travel Dispatch

The Waterloo Bridge, with St. Paul's in the background.

My London, and Welcome to It

By A.A. GILL
"If New York is a wise guy, Paris a coquette, Rome a gigolo and Berlin a wicked uncle, then London is an old lady who mutters and has the second sight." A Londoner reviews his town.

Practical Traveler

Want to Go to the Olympics? Act Now

By MICHELLE HIGGINS
Advice for procrastinators on scoring tickets and booking flights for London this summer.





A guest camps out in a backyard in Wiltshire, found through the service Campinmygarden.com.
Heads Up

Short of Cash? Rent a Lawn

By ELAINE GLUSAC
Hotels aren't the only options for London this summer. Visitors can choose backyards and more.
The living room of a four-bedroom, four-bath house on Ladbroke Road in Notting Hill that rents for £20,000 a week (live-in maid included).
Heads Up

For the Well Heeled, the $40,000 Rental

By MONICA DRAKE
If money is no object, rent a large home - or a castle.


George Reed-Dellinger and Apolo Ohno, a speed skater and an eight-time Olympic medal winner, at the Vancouver Olympics in 2010.
Q&A

11 Olympics, and Counting

By RACHEL LEE HARRIS
Want to get your photo taken with Apolo Ohno? Wonder what under-the-radar events insiders love? A veteran Olympic spectator shares his secrets.

36 Hours in East London

By JENNIFER CONLIN
Diverse shops, ethnic restaurants and cutting-edge clubs combine to produce the city's trendiest area.

Surfacing

Slide Show: A "Buzz" in Bermondsey

A 58,000-square-foot art space, a 95-story skyscraper and other attractions are sending a charge into this London neighborhood.
Lamb kidneys on toast at Albion Cafe.
Choice Tables

Looking for the English on London Menus

By MARK BITTMAN
What, exactly, is English cooking, and why would you seek it out? Here are five restaurants that provide tasty answers.
Sandwiches at Sketch.
Cultured Traveler

A Few Good Spots for a Spot of Tea

By JENNIFER CONLIN
Whether you opt for Pret-A-Portea or a "Tea-Tox," you can find tea with twist in London.

Overnighter

St. Ives, Where Art Meets the Ocean

By EVAN RAIL
Travel southwest from London, stop just before England ends, and you'll find St. Ives, a place that rewards everyone from surfers to diners to art lovers.


Slide Show: Choice Tables, London
Mark Bittman went hunting for English cooking in London. Here's a taste of what he found.
Slide Show: Electric East London
From fashion and flora to designers and drinks, you can find it here.
Slide Show: At England's Edge
Top-shelf art and a dramatic seaside setting lure visitors to remote St. Ives.

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