re: Best place to stay in London

Lots of good places to stay in London. Canary Wharf and the area right across the bridge from the Tower of London (I forget the neighborhood name) are both great spots.

But listen to this. The Tube is your friend to getting around. Traffic has gotten exponentially worse lately post-COVID. The streets are packed and I only Taxi/Ubered twice when I was there last month. Rode the Tube the rest of the time due to congestion.

Google Maps is now linked to the Tube and does a fantastic job of laying out what stations/lines/stops/changes to make. It's magic and really demystifies riding the Tube anywhere you want to go. But......

Map your route before you leave and screen shot all the info. Because once you get below ground you lose cell coverage and your route instructions. It took me two trips to figure this out. I thought there would be WiFi or something but there wasn't. FWIW, I have Verizon and never had coverage below ground but I did see people on their phones so maybe there is a better service for use in London.