Added: 02/08/2006 |
What can you fill your London vacations with?London was the witness of the Great Fire, of the first publication of the "Times", of the wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Diana. And what can YOU see during your London vacations?
Well, even if you do not become the observer of historical events, you will not spend your time in vain there. Firstly, you can go sightseeing, and you will not find a better place to set up, than Trafalgar square. It is the center of the London's life. Trafalgar square was designed in 1828 by Charles Barry in honor of Admiral Nelson's victory in 1805. The column, the bronze lions walking there is always something full of fun and pleasant impressions. The only thing that can spoil your mood - the weather, especially in spring, when it is unpredictable indeed. Generally, it is not hot in London at all, so if heat has pestered you, you can find the salve in London.
About museums.
The British museum is just a museum, very big and very imposing.
The national gallery - visiting of it gives you a chance to see the original works of Rembrandt, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Van Gogh and moreover, to buy nice postcards, copies of these masterpieces. By the way, the best course of exchange dollars to pounds is in the area of Paddington; also, one should remember that exchange stations rarely do work after 4p.m. there.
The museum of science and the museum of toys, maybe the difference between them is not so strong.
The World of Guinness's records - a touch to incredibleness.
However, sometimes the temples of art and science can become boring. And what to do then? You can see musicals, such as The Phantom of the Opera, Mama Mia, My Fairy Lady, Les Miserables, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Fame, Taboo, and We Will Rock You.
You can spice your London vacations with the visiting of best nightclubs: Ministry of Sound (Gaunt Street), Hippodrome, The Equinox, and Sound Republic (all of them are in the area of Leicester square). Dover Street is a jazz club in American style. London even can be romantic, to check up, just book a voyage by Thames, with dinner and wine.
If you are tired with organized things and your soul is dying for something disorderly, noisy and free, go to markets Camden Lock and Covent Garden. They are also like museums, but the live museums of souvenirs, goods, people and relations.
About shops.
If you have no intention to leave you money in casinos, for example in elite Les Ambassadeurs, you can do it in shops. Usually they are open from 9.30- 17.00, Monday-Saturday. Shops of West End and Kensington High Street have long day (until 19.00) on Thursdays, Knightsbridge, and Chelsea shops work longer on Tuesdays.
About food.
The process of satisfying your stomach can be very unusual in London. Show The Beefeater includes the stylization of the dinner of Henry VIII, four changes of dishes, wine, beer, dances, and democratic atmosphere. Or visit Gordon Rumsay restaurant in hotel Claridge?s***** (Mayfair) with the interior of 30s. Or very impuissant pub Prospect of Whitby in the area of docks - it is just like the one in XV century.
Nevertheless, London vacations are not only the stuffiness of the big city with the parks as the only pieces of harmony. Every city has suburbs and London is not the exclusion. Hampton court is Middle age palace, decorated in baroque manner. The building is inimitable; it is a combination of different styles, as each monarch deemed its own duty to add some buildings in the fashion of his/her age. The atmosphere of old days, The Thames, lying in the low green-green shores, picturesque landscapes will let you to have a rest from strained tourist running.
Railway station Victoria, ten pounds, thirty minutes and you are on the spot, since train travel in UK is something very comfortable. One of the main systems is the Intercity; it offers comfort one-time journey as well as flexing systems of rebates for constant customers.
You can choose how to spend your London vacations, but you should keep in mind that usually they pass very, very quickly.
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