Lifestyle
London is a dynamic metropolis made up of a mixture of distinctive districts, villages and parkland. Iconic buildings, theatres and museums make exploring the capital constantly intriguing, surprising and delightful every day of the year.
Covent Garden - 16 minutes away
Entertainment, shopping, fine dining, culture.............. Covent Garden is a national treasure, known for its dynamic street performers, opera house and buzzing market.
At the heart of the areas is the thriving and stately Piazza and elegant market buildings: a chic place to shop for craft, antiques and real food.
When you've seen the street artists and jugglers on the cobbled square, spend time in Paul Smith's flagship store or hundreds of other boutiques, catch the latest performance at the Theatre Royal or legendary Royal Opera House - or perhaps eat in one of the hundreds of different restaurants that range from traditional British to Japanese, Italian, Mexican and Thai cuisine.
Bank - 19 minutes away
London is not only one of the financial capitals of the world; it's theatre is said to be the greatest in the world, it's fashion and creativity the most experimental; it's museums and galleries the most talked about, and it's dining the most diverse.
London's financial and business sectors are crucial to the economy of Europe. The City of London is Europe's financial nerve centre and of worldwide commercial importance, with the Bank of England sitting in the middle of a square mile where every world major bank and financial insinuation is represented.
The trendy West End is home to the film industry, international embassies, marketing and retail institutions. And on the eastern borders of the City - in Shoreditch and Hoxton - is the new and constantly changing creative quarter where agencies and artists rub shoulders.
If it's nightlife you want, the West End is a fast-moving landscape of clubs, bars, shopping and restaurants; other areas have an intimate village feel where life centres on the local pub, and there are acres of parks, gardens and heathland to explore.
Other areas of interest
Nearby Stoke Newington looks like a village with a host of bohemian bars, cafes and the famous Vortex Jazz club; upmarket Islington is effortlessly chic and home to notable restaurants, art galleries and the experimental Kings Head theatre-pub; while Angel teems with trendy restaurants and an atmospheric Victorian lane of pricey antique shops.
The East End is rapidly reinventing itself, the way only London can. Dalston has its jazz venues, Hoxton its clubs, wile Shoreditch packs cool design agencies, private members' clubs for the media and Brick Lane, famous for Turkish, Indian, Vietnamese, Thai and Bangladeshi cuisine - as well as the 24-hour Bagel Bakery, where clubbers queue at 5am for smoked salmon and cream cheese.
