If you plan on getting a front seat to see Serena Williams's return to tennis and take Wimbledon next week, hopefully you've booked your hotel. But if not, don't fret. We found a couple of ace hotels that still have rooms available.
Check out our three top Wimbledon hotels after the jump. ]]>
Now that pretty much nobody in London cares about the World Cup anymore, it’s time to put those big screen TVs to another use (than hurling abuse at). At the Stafford Hotel, that use would be screening Wimbledon. How very genteel!
But far better than the big screen is the Lawn Tennis Afternoon Tea that they’re serving up with it.
No, it’s not as cute as the ones at the Royal Horseguards and the Dorchester, but at least you’ll have enough savory and fruity stuff here to balance the sugar.]]>
Game, set, tea time!
You may not have noticed, what with the World Cup and everyfink, but there is another big sporting thing going on at the moment – and it’s altogether more genteel than burly men running round after a ball.
Yes, people, it’s Wimbledon time. And if you’re in London but too busy glued to the football to make it down to SW19, you can get the feel of it by either switching on the telly with a cup of tea and some strawberries and cream (boring) or popping over to the Royal Horseguards on Embankment for a special Wimbledon tea (much more fun). ]]>
While the rest of the world is fully in the grips of World Cup fever, London and the snobbier bits of Britain have a side fascination: Wimbledon. And to see watch Venus Williams and Roger Federer run up and down the courts in the world's oldest and most prestigious tennis championships, you can't just go sit at a bar and cheer like with World Cup games. Wimbledon is proper, and you'll find tennis-themed afternoons teas around the city.
The best of them all is at the 5-star Dorchester Hotel at Hyde Park, where even the teacakes dress up in their tennis whites—or rather take the form of tiny green courts and tennis balls.]]>
Ha! The dating game. So tough. But when you're victorious, you feel like you just won Wimbledon. Or maybe we could make some sort of analogy about mixed doubles and double mixed drinks or something here?
Onward: The Hyatt Andaz London is hosting a free singles event this summer (June 28th) in their Gallery space — which will be converted to an English country garden (indoor grass, flowers, trees, etc.) — for "Singledon." You know, like Wimbledon. For singles. Ha! ]]>