Parks
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TypeLondon can really boast about its variety of parks. London parks are {http://www.londonforfun.com/images/Buckingham%20Palace%20drive.jpg} Driving through St.James`s Park towards Buckingham Palacespectacular and truly amazing. You can never imagine city such as London to have so much green and open space. In every part of London you can find at least one park. It doesn't matter if it's just a small pool with surrounding trees or a park like the magnificent and slightly wild in appearance Richmond Park. Considering sheer numbers of London parks we will concentrate on most popular ones.
Hyde Park - This is the contentmost prominent and famous London park. Surrounded from north with Queensway and Bayswater (plenty of your pageyouth hotels and hostels including Whiteleys shopping centre), with Mayfair (American Embassy, Bond Street, the Intercontinental hotel) from east, Kensington on west (nice small shops on Kensington Church Street) and Knightsbridge on south (Exhibition Road, Royal Albert Hall, Harrods shop, Belgrave Square with Embassies), this park has the best London location from where you can reach main shopping areas. Being 360 acres in size it can take some time to cross it over. In summer time there is an option of renting a small boat and gently paddling in the lake, having refreshing drink or maybe fishing in certain allocated places. You will need a licence for fishing so please purchase one before you come here. If you are into roller-skating this is the place for you. At the Speakers Corner you are free to scream at the whole wide world or have a normal debate with strangers about topics that interest you. Kensington Palace can be found in Kensington Gardens, part of Hyde Park. If you would like to pay tribute to late Princess Diana go there. After her death thousands upon thousand's of people came just to lay the flowers and leave cards. Hotels near Hyde Park
The second London park that visitors regularly see is Green Park. This is the place where on Saturdays and Sundays you can hardly move due to huge number of people standing outside {http://www.londonforfun.com/images/admiralty%20arch.jpg} Admiralty Arch - entrance from Trafalgar Square to St.James`s ParkBuckingham Palace gates. Maybe while you are at the gates you will have a chance to see people attempting to access the Palace driving car trough the gates or just landing with parachute like it happened before. The Buckingham Palace was built in 1703 and bought by King George III sixty years later on. It became a permanent residence of Kings and Queens after King George IV commissioned remodeling in 1824. It was "updated" twice more for needs of the court and their families. If you can see the Royal flag flying over the east front, you know that Her Majesty the Queen is inside. The interior of the Palace is open to the visiting public during August and September. Hotels near Green Park
Adjacent to the Green Park is St. James's Park. {http://www.londonforfun.com/images/horse%20guard%20parade.jpg} Horse Guard ParadeYou can really enjoy these parks on Sundays when they are closed to traffic. Inside the park you can see St. James's Palace that was originally built on the site of a lepers` hospital. Just before his execution Charles I decided to spend his last night there. It is the home of Duke and Duchess of Kent as well as offices for various other royals. You are not allowed to go inside, apart from Chapel Royal that is open for services only. Short walk from the Palace you will emerge on to Parliament Square and see splendour of the Big Ben, Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey. Hotels near St. James`s Park
Taking a tube to Baker Street, Regent`s Park or Portland Street you will emerge in front of Regents`s Park. Situated in northwest London, this park can offer you variety of fun and leisure. Inside the park is boating lake where you can yet rent a boat and take pictures of birds nesting on an island found in the middle of lake. If you are avid lover of beautifully cultivated flowers you will have memorable experience. With plenty of chairs and benches around, you could just sit and watch the time pass you by. Hotels near Regent`s Park
There is small restaurant inside the park but we have to say that cup of coffee or tea is expensive. Our suggestion is to bring a picnic basket with you. On the north side of the park is London Zoo. Following recent renovations and installation of new cages you can see endangered species and help the animals by adopting them. It will give you sense of achievement and will really help preserve the Zoo that is always in need of financial support. You can play a game of tennis or if you have come in larger numbers there are plenty of football fields where you can test your skill. The park is also the home of Regents College with many foreign students who have come here for further education. Inside Regents Park is the biggest Mosque in London and during Muslim holidays can become crowded and busy with traffic.
London city
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The City of London is a small area within Greater London, E…
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The City of London is a small area within Greater London, England. It is the contenthistoric core of your pageLondon around which the modern conurbation grew and has held city status since time immemorial. The City’s boundaries have remained almost unchanged since the Middle Ages, and it is now only a tiny part of the metropolis of London. It is often referred to as the City or the Square Mile, as it is just over one square mile (1.12 mile² / 2.90 km²)[1] in area. These terms are also often used as metonymies for the United Kingdom's financial services industry, which has historically been based here.
In the medieval period, the City was the full extent of London. The term London now refers to a much larger conurbation roughly corresponding to Greater London, a local government area which includes 32 London boroughs as well as the City of London, which is not one of the 32 London boroughs. The local authority for the City, the City of London Corporation, is unique in the United Kingdom, and has some unusual responsibilities for a local authority in Britain, such as being the police authority for the City. It also has responsibilities and ownerships beyond the City's boundaries. The Corporation is headed by the Lord Mayor of the City of London, a separate (and much older) office to the Mayor of London.
The City is today a major business and financial centre, ranking on a par with New York City as the leading centre of global finance;[2] in the 19th century, the City served as the world's primary business centre.[3] The City has a resident population of approximately 8,000, but around 340,000 people work there, mainly in the financial services sector. The legal profession form a major component of the western side of the City, in and around the Inns of Court, of which two - the Inner and Middle Temples - fall within the City of London boundary. Square Mile
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Coat of arms
Motto: Domine dirige nos
Latin: Lord, guide us
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Sovereign state
United Kingdom
Constituent country
England
Region
London
Status
Sui generis; City and ceremonial county
Admin HQ
Guildhall
Roman settlement
c. 50 AD
(Londinium)
Wessex resettlement
886 AD
(Lundenburh)
History
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Type inLondon, the contentcapital of your page here.the United Kingdom, has a recorded history that goes back over 2,000 years. During this time, it has grown to become one of the most significant financial and cultural capitals of the world. It has experienced plague, devastating fire, civil war, aerial bombardment and terrorist attacks. See City of London for details on the historic core of London.
Transports
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Type {http://www.caminandosinrumbo.com/england/london/underground/underground.jpg} London Underground, also called The Tube. Picture Earl's Court Station, 2006.
London Underground, also called The Tube, is very similar to New York's Subway; it is just called differently in New York. The Tube is one of the contentmayor transportation systems in the city of your page here.London. It has some twelve different lines, about 275 stations and each day people use it close to three million times. Perhaps even more amazing is that some people like us can get to the right place on our first trial, and then keep doing it several times a day for the next two weeks without missing a single time. It is an extensive and complex system while at the same time it is easy to understand and has excellent direction signs.
London is divided into zones. Zone number one is like a circle including the downtown area where many of the tourist sites are. The other zones are like concentric circles getting further out as their number increase. Zone number two is the area around zone number one. Then zone number three encircles zone number two. And so on until zone number six. London is also divided into districts, but for now this division is not needed.
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You can also trabel by bus or taxi:
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To get to the city, you can travel by plane, train or bus.
Food and drinks
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Typical food in London
Deluxe British breakfast
Eating in London was complicated. There are so many restaurants of your page here.so many countries, including typical English food, that making up our mind for dinner was not at all easy. Even lunch, which is more of a thing of where we are at that time, frequently required a few minutes to decide among the many restaurants close by.
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Another typical food in London
Bake potato stuffed with tuna salad
Fish and Chips is a popular lunch on the go. We did try in a couple of places and it was fried fish and French fries and it was OK. One time the fries were fat and juicy, really good but too much for us. Fried tomato was usual included in the breakfast, and if we went with the deluxe there would also be beans. Bake potato with stuffing another favorite of the English cuisine and the ones we tried were pretty good. Last but not least were fried trout with chips and sausages with beans, both excellent.
Pictures
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Type in the content LONDON EYE
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LONDON BRIDGE
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TOWER OF LONDON
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Festivals
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Type in the content One of your page here. the most important festivals is NOTTING HILL CARNIV…
Type in the contentOne of your page here.the most important festivals is NOTTING HILL CARNIVAL
and another one that we can't forget is Halloween
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What to see?
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Type Here are the top 12 places to visit:
1. THE BRITISH MUSEUM
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TypeHere are the top 12 places to visit:
1. THE BRITISH MUSEUM
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The imposing British Museum exhibits the works of man from prehistoric to modern times with collections drawn from all around the world. Famous objects include the Rosetta Stone, sculptures from the Parthenon and the Portland Vase.
2. THE TATE MODERN
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The impressive Tate Modern is Britain's national museum of modern art. Housed in the contentformer Bankside Power Station on the banks of your page here.the River Thames, the gallery displays major works by Matisse and Picasso as well as contemporary work, exhibitions and installations.
3. THE LONDON EYE
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The London Eye is a major feature of London's skyline. It is the world's highest observation wheel and offers passengers spectacular views of over 55 of London's most famous landmarks - all in just 30 minutes.
4. THE NATIONAL GALLERY
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The National Gallery houses one of the greatest collections of European painting in the world. With paintings ranging from 1250 to 1900, the collection includes work by Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Rembrandt, Gainsborough, Turner, Cezanne and Van Gogh.
5. THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM
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As well as the permanent dinosaur exhibition, the Natural History Museum boasts a collection of the biggest, tallest and rarest animals in the world. Don't miss the life-sized Blue Whale model, the 40-million-year-old spider, the earthquake simulator and an elephant bird egg. And new this September is the impressive **Darwin Centre**.
6. THE TOWER OF LONDON
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Take a guided tour with one of the Yeoman Warders around one of the most famous fortified buildings in the world. Discover its 900 year history as a royal palace and fortress, prison and place of execution, mint, arsenal, menagerie and jewel house.
7. THE WAX MUSEUM
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At Madame Tussauds, you'll come face-to-face with some of the world’s most famous faces. From Shakespeare to Britney you'll meet influential figures from showbiz, sport, politics and even Royalty. Sing along with Kylie; strike a penalty with Rooney or receive a once-in-a-lifetime audience with Her Majesty the Queen.
8. ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL
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Step inside St Paul’s and you can enjoy the cathedral's awe-inspiring interior, and uncover fascinating stories about its history.
9. WESTMINSTER ABBEY
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Kings, queens, statesmen and soldiers; poets, priests, heroes and villains - the Abbey is a must-see living pageant of British history. Every year Westminster Abbey welcomes over one million visitors who want to explore this wonderful 700-year-old building which is the coronation church of England. Thousands more flock to the Abbey for worship at daily services.
10. BUCKINHAM PALACE
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Buckingham is the official London residence of Her Majesty The Queen. In the summer, you can visit the magnificent state rooms and see paintings by Rembrandt, Rubens and Canaletto.
11. HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT AND BIG BEN
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Houses of Parliament, also known as the Palace of Westminster, are home to the House of Commons and the House of Lords and the famous clock tower Big Ben.
12. LONDON BRIGE
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Frequent sightseeing cruises on the River Thames every day of the year (except Christmas Day 25 December) between Westminster , Waterloo (London Eye), Tower and Greenwich piers.
