Britain on the Cheap

Rooms are still open for the royal wedding April 29! The official Prince William and Kate Middleton wedding site has all the latest details. If you simply can’t resist, there are still spots! The Colonnade Hotel in London’s Little Venice is offering a room-only rate of £184/$290 during the royal wedding weekend. Ashdown Park Hotel [...]

The French Horn, a Pride of Britain Hotel on a picturesque stretch of the Thames at Sonning in Berkshire, is offering double rooms with full English breakfast at £100/$161 per night for two people, saving £60/$95 until the end of March. The family-owned riverside inn and restaurant also has savings of at least 30% on [...]

The hopeless romantics among us—and we know who we are—may want to trace the royal romance of Prince William and Kate Middleton right back to its start—the Squire restaurant in the Fairmont St. Andrews where Kate walked in a 2001 charity fashion show.  It’s said that’s when the Prince, watching from a front-row seat, first [...]

Wales is becoming such a foodie haven, and travelers can link up with affordable cooking schools to taste locally sourced and prepared Welsh delicacies. The Chef’s Room, Fish & Cookery School was founded by Michelin-star chef Franco Taruschio and Lindy Wildsmith, food writer and cooking instructor in Blaenavon. The school’s in the test kitchens of [...]

Sample a little taste of Cuba when you try the holiday canapé special at London’s Floridita on Wardour Street, Soho. The deal is 10 canapes for £28.50/$47, now through Dec. 24.

Feel like a little nosh after holiday shopping? London’s Water Poet, a popular pub on Folgate Street in Spitalfields, is offering holiday canapes for £10.50/$19. Of course, you can also get classic pub grub like steak sandwiches or more upmarket entrees from the “Posh Menu.”

London’s Marco Pierre White Steak & Alehouse, off Bishopsgate near Liverpool Street Station and Spitalfields Market, is offering special three-course Christmas and New Year’s Eve dinners for £49.60/$78. The restaurant is known for its all-British menu.

Zonzo in London’s Marylebone district is offering its Italian cuisine at special holiday prices. Now through Dec. 24, a 2-course lunch is £16.95/$26; a two-course dinner is £25.95 /$42 now through Dec. 23.

Who doesn’t want to drop in on Santa in his Highland home? Superbreak offers the chance with a family festive package to Aviemore in the foot of Scotland’s Cairngorms. The package costs £285/$455 per adult and £99/$158 per child, based on two adults sharing and up to two children. The getaway includes three nights’ lodging [...]

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