Favorite Southwark pub filled with cozy snugs and literary associations just a block from Shakespeare's Globe
A Michelin-starred Mayfair classic with 360-degree views over Hyde Park and London
Fine French cuisine with Thameside views of the Tower of London
A rambling, 150-year-old Greenwich pub with decent grub, Dickens associations, and a small terrace overlooking the Thames
An elegant 18C pavilion where Queen Anne once entertained
In that paragon of travel documentaries, National Lampoon's European Vacation, there is a scene in which Ellen Griswold (Beverly D'Angelo) forgets to lock the door on the shared bathroom in their London hotel. A man comes in to brush his teeth and is pleasantly surprised when Ellen—washcloth over face and believing the man to be her hubby, Clark—calls to him from the bathtub to join her. Shock and hilarity ensue. The accidental intruder was played by none of ther than Robbie Coltrane, 16 years before he embodied Hagrid in the Harry Potter films.