Britain on the Cheap

Cool, man, cool! London’s famous hip Carnaby Street turns 50 this year, without a wrinkle showing. During the Swinging ‘60s, you could find the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Kinks and Jimi Hendrix shopping its boutiques. Click for a free Carnaby Essential Guide for all fashionistas. The street-by-street guide pinpoints the flagship stores, as well [...]

Travel season is heating up, and a London Pass is a good way to pop into more than 55 attractions, such as the Tower of London, St. Paul’s Cathedral, Windsor Castle and HMS Belfast. The pass also lets you skip to the head of the line at some of the most popular spots, such [...]

After its successful launch of London MobDeals, Wahanda, an online health, beauty and wellness resource, has brought MobDeals to Manchester and Birmingham. Through collective buying, shoppers can save up to 80% on massages, facials, spa days, haircuts, manicures, yoga and Pilates classes. If enough buyers sign up for the daily deal, everyone shares in the [...]

Hooked on “The Tudors”? Superbreak has a private tour of Henry VIII’s Hampton Court Palace March 6, with privileged access to areas unseen by the general public. Hampton Court’s warders will lead the tour, which pops into King Henry VIII’s private apartments, now showing a new Young Henry exhibition. You’ll also see the Palace State [...]

Hold onto your wallet! “Enron,” staged by Rupert Goold’s Headlong theater company, reveals one of the most infamous scandals in financial history through music, dance and video. A Superbreak package Feb. 19 is $214/£127.50 per person, based on two sharing, with one night’s B&B at the City Inn Westminster hotel and a top-priced ticket.

The Spa at London’s Brown’s Hotel, Mayfair, has concocted Tasty Romantic Treats such as the Chocolate & Rose Pedicure, which combines a chocolate massage and brown-sugar exfoliation with a rose and lychee martini. The 90-minute treatment is $138/£85. The Chocolate & Rose Package starts with a chocolate-cream back massage, followed by a rose-oil face, neck [...]

Skate with your sweetie during the Valentine’s Day Skate at Lee Valley Ice Centre, Leyton, London. Two romantically themed sessions are planned at 2 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Feb. 14.

Superbreak packages to the London Zoo for a family of four start at $363/£222, including a night at the London Regents Park Marriot hotel, within walking distance of the Zoo, and Zoo admission.  Breakfast is included for the adults and children pay locally. Good each weekend through February.

With love in the air, Brit Movie Tours will be launching the Notting Hill Movie Tour on Feb. 13. The three-hour bus tour will take in sites from the 1999 romantic comedy as well as other romantic films in London.  Tickets are $50/£30 for an adult and $25 for children 3-12. Pop into the [...]

On Feb. 13 and 14, couples can book a private room for two for the signature COMO Shambhala Massage at The Metropolitan on London’s Park Lane. The package includes an aphrodisiac non-alcoholic cocktail, candle-lit massage and a COMO Shambhala Deluxe Harmony Massage gift set to take home. From $154/£95 per person.
The Metropolitan is celebrating Valentine’s [...]