Why go
* City of London - The historical and financial core of the city. * West End - Greatest concentration of hotels, restaurants, world class shopping and theatres as well as the famous Chinatown. NORTH WEST: The upmarket areas of Hampstead & Hampstead garden suburb, Maida Vale and St. John's Wood, but also includes immigrant and working class Kilburn, Cricklewood and Wembley.
The full story
* Bloomsbury - Academic and intellectual area, many of the University of London's constituent colleges are based here. * Clerkenwell - Home of several old churches and popping up with new restaurants and clubs. * Holborn - Heart of legal London. * Marylebone - Check out Madame Tussauds and walk along Baker Street, retracing Sherlock Holmes's footsteps. * Mayfair - Most elegant and fashionable area of London. * Westminster - A city in its own right, and home of the United Kingdom parliament and Royal Family. WEST: Includes Chelsea, Kensington, Notting Hill, Paddington, Acton, Chiswick, Ealing, Fulham, Hammersmith, Shepherd's Bush and Uxbridge. NORTH: Covers Archway, Camden, Crouch End, Islington and Wood Green. EAST: A mixture of galleries and bustling nightlife, as well as the some of the most deprived areas in the country.