Live it up in London

Uncles, 305 Portabello Road, W10 (Tube: Ladbroke Grove); telephone 020/0962-0090

Tower of London, Tower Hill, EC3 (Tube: Tower Hill); telephone 087/756-6060; www.hrp.org.uk.com/; Admission £14 adults, £11 students and seniors, £9 children; Mar-Oct Mon-Sat 9 a.m. - 6 p.m., Sun 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Nov-Feb Tues-Sat 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., Sun-Mon 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Tate Modern, Bankside SE1 (Tube: Southwark);  telephone 020/7887-8008; www.tate.org.uk/; Sun-Thurs 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., Fri-Sat 10am-10pm; free admission

Punjab, 80 Neal Street, WC2 (Tube: Covent Garden);  telephone 020/7836-9787; www.punjab.co.uk/

Westminster Abbey, Broad Sanctuary, SW1 (Tube: Westminster or St. James Park); phone 020/7654-4900; www.westminster-abbey.org/. Open Mon-Tues and Thurs-Fri 9:30 a.m. - 3:45 p.m.; Wed 9:30 a.m.- 7 p.m.; Sat 9 a.m. - 1:45 p.m.. Admission £7.50 adults; £5 for students, seniors, and children 11-18; free for children under 11.

To find the Cabinet War Rooms go to the Cabinet Steps at the end of King Charles Street (off Whitehall, near Big Ben, tube: Westminster or St. James). Open Apr-Sept daily 9:30 a.m. - 6 p.m., Oct-Mar 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Admission is £10 for adults, £8 for seniors and students, free for children under 16. For more info go to www.iwm.org.uk

Original London Walks, telephone 020/7624-3978; www.walks.com. Afternoon walks generally start between 2 p.m. and 2:30 p.m., costing just £6.

The Square, 6-10 Bruton St., W1 (Tube: Bond St. or Green Park). Phone 020/7495-7100 well in advance for reservations.  Open Mon-Fri noon-3 p.m.; Mon-Sat 6:30-11 p.m.; Sun 6:30 - 10 p.m.

The Ivy, 1 West St, WC2 (Tube: Leicester Square); phone 020/7836-4751 in advance for reservations. Open Mon-Sat noon-3 p.m.; daily 5:30 p.m. - midnight (last order); Sun noon-3:30 p.m.

Be sure that you’re using the TKTS booth at Leicester Square; a number of imitators have popped up and they don’t discount their tickets, in fact they overcharge. The TKTS booth is open Mon-Sun 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. and Sun noon-3 p.m. Tickets are discounted between 25% and 50% and all major credit cards are accepted.

To learn what’s on in London before you arrive, go to www.officiallondontheater.com/. Some trustworthy ticket brokers include www.keithprowse.com/ and www.applausetickets.com/.

Fabric, 77A Charterhouse St., EC1 (Tube: Farringdon). Telephone 020/7336-8898. There’s usually of cover charge of between £12 and £15.

Pauline Frommer is the creator of the new Pauline Frommer Guidebooks which will be debuting in bookstores this July.

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