| Situated in the London Borough of Hillingdon, | | | | airports Heathrow offers plenty of opportunities |
| Heathrow airport is the largest and busiest airport | | | | for eating and drinking if you are feeling hungry. |
| in London and indeed in the United Kingdom. As | | | | As the biggest airport in Britain, the choices for |
| the airport which handles the most international | | | | food are many - although this can depend a lot on |
| traffic in the world, the chances are that at some | | | | which terminal you end up in. Terminal four for |
| point you will touch down in Heathrow. Knowing a | | | | example is known to have the least number of |
| little about the Heathrow airport and the | | | | bars and restaurants so if you are staying here |
| surrounding area can prove extremely useful if | | | | for a few hours it may be worth taking the train |
| you're flying in for the first time or if you're | | | | to terminal one in order to get a decent meal. |
| waiting - perhaps for a number of hours - for | | | | Naturally, there's only so much eating one can do |
| another flight to somewhere else in the world. | | | | and it's important to know what other ways you |
| Heathrow Airport is located around 22km west of | | | | can keep yourself entertained when waiting for a |
| Central London in the southern part of the | | | | flight at Heathrow. Like all airports there are book |
| Borough of Hillingdon. While it is located a fair | | | | and magazine stores throughout each terminal and |
| distance from the city centre, those with a long | | | | if you haven't brought any reading material with |
| stopover can easily make it into Central London | | | | you, it might be worth making the investment. |
| on the tube or other forms of public transport like | | | | If you're flying in from further afield - perhaps |
| the Heathrow Express. | | | | aboard your A380 flights to London Heathrow - |
| Once in central London, keeping yourself | | | | and waiting overnight to catch a plane to |
| entertained shouldn't be a problem. Depending on | | | | somewhere else in the world, it might be worth |
| the amount of time you have to spend in the city | | | | splashing out and spending the night in a hotel. |
| centre there's the possibility of cultural day trips | | | | Heathrow has a number of airport hotels nearby, |
| to places like Kensington Palace, Buckingham | | | | with a number of private and public buses |
| Palace or the Tower of London. If however you | | | | providing transport to and from the airport in |
| just have a few hours to spend in the capital, | | | | order to ensure maximum convenience for you. |
| shopping is another popular alternative with places | | | | While a stopover at Heathrow may not feature |
| like Oxford Street and Covenant Garden sure to | | | | highly on your holiday plans, if you know the |
| meet your needs. | | | | airport, its amenities and the surrounding area, |
| Sometimes however, there just isn't enough time | | | | you will have no problem keeping yourself |
| to make it into Central London and back and only | | | | occupied and entertained. |
| enough time to grab a quick bite to eat. Like all | | | | |