Hotel Review: The Red Lion in Leytonstone, London

Who doesn’t like an old-school London boozer? We certainly do. That’s why we popped down to have a look at The Red Lion in East London. The masterminds behind this 17th-Century built pub recently introduced ten boutique-style, hotel-grade bedrooms and they're as cosy as, well, a British pub on a cold winter night.  The area 7/10 Sitting on Leytonstone High Road, The Red Lion is surrounded by shops, bars and restaurants. Leytonstone station is a three-minute walk, making it easy to...

A no-nonsense guide to Chicago

With its iconic architecture, wide-open streets, rowdy sports bars, delicious fast-food joints, and abundance of pretty parks, Chicago is an American city that’s easy to love. Those visiting the city of big shoulders in winter months can spend their time skating below the city’s lofty skyscrapers, dipping between cosy dives bars or shopping the Magnificent Mile. And if you're in town when the city thaws out, you’re spoilt for choice for things to do. You could catch a gig in...

Hotel Review: The Stratford Hotel, London

The Stratford Hotel is a high-spec, Scandi-meets-New York style hotel designed by SOM – the clever folk behind the iconic Burj Khalifa in Dubai. This shiny, 42-storey skyscraper cuts a prominent shape in the up-and-coming Stratford neighbourhood in London’s East End. The boutique hotel was created by the people behind St Pancras Renaissance Hotel and Chiltern Firehouse.   The area 7/10 When you think of Stratford, you probably think of two things: Westfield Shopping Centre and the 2012 Summer Olympic Games...

Travel tales with… Laura Hamilton

This month, TLE caught up with the lovely Laura Hamilton from Channel 4's 'A Place in the Sun'. She told us all about her travel stories, like when she went galloping around the pyramids in Egypt and when her parents took her on holiday to a nuclear power plant in Wales. Tell us about your first holiday memory? Some of my earliest travel memories were camping and caravanning with my parents - it doesn't sound glamorous but I was a...

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