London Vacation
History and Enchantment
Between the cities around the world London is one of the most attractive and admired and is the greater urban area of the United Kingdom. Its history is rich in legendary facts that mark epochs, like the Great Fire in 1666, the appearance of The Times in 1785, or the wedding of Prince Charles and Princess Diana in 1981.
The roots of London go back two millennia when it was founded by the Romans. Its cultural wealth includes the English Renaissance, the Gothic Renaissance and the Industrial Revolution.
In London you have one of more visited destinies and also a very active center of businesses, finances and culture. Its enchantment reunites the historical, cultural and modern to offer educative activities, leisure and vacations in family.
London attractions
The city maintains its fame like tourist pole for the domestic and foreign travelers. In the great London are some of the historical places more visited by the international tourism. Several of them are World Heritage: Greenwich, the Tower of London, the Palace of Westminster and Royal Botanic Gardens.
Thames River, crossing the city from the southwest towards the east, is the more famous geographic characteristic of London. If you want an especially London romantic experience get a tour by the Thames with dinner and wine.
A great amount of experienced travelers continues visiting London today, which does one of the preferred places to go. A vacation in London is memorable by their wonderful vicinities, the imposing landscapes, their friendly people, the receptive government and the growing interest of the people towards the tourism in this great capital. This phenomenon is animated by the facility of the travel to London. The city has five important international airports with the airport of Heathrow like most prominent.
Dover Street is an American style club of jazz. The Beefeater show offer dinner in the style of Enrique VIII, with four different plates, wine, beer and dances in an open mood. To satisfy your tastes in food… it can be unusual in London.
If you do not want go to casinos, like the elite in Les Ambassadeurs, you can go to shopping and visit interesting places , and you will not find a better place to begin than Trafalgar Square, the center of the life in London. In the West End of the city are the main stores and entertainment places like Oxford Street, Piccadilly Circus, Leicester Square and Covent Garden.
If you prefer to enjoy something informal and noisy, find it at the markets of Camden Lock and Covent Garden.
London is famous in addition by its spectacles of theater that the visitor can enjoy by attractive prices. Your vacations will be pleasant also if you enjoy the Opera and the classic ballet. You can go to the Eltham Palace, Blenheim Palace and Hampton Palace, some of more interesting cultural centers.
The London museums, with interactive and friendly exhibitions like The London Eye and The London Bridge, are invitations to this great European city. The British Museum is imposing, like also the museum of the science and the museum of toys, which compete in interest and splendor.
Moving in London will be never a problem.
The high speed rail Eurostar connects London with Paris and Lille in France, along with Brussels in Belgium. The railroad Victory, cheap and express, takes in minutes to the places you want visit, since the train in the United Kingdom is comfortable. Intercity is one of the main systems, offering comfortable one way and rebates for the frequent traveler.
If you plan visit London you cannot lost the Underground, its outstanding network of public transport. The buses of London are also famous, with the Double-Decker red like permanent symbol of the city.
The vicinities are charming scenes so that you can organize your own itineraries in a rent car. You can visit castles and fortresses as well as urban parks and historical attractions. Hampton Court is a palace of the Middle Age with baroque decoration. The construction is unique by its combination of diverse styles, because each monarch judged his own sense of duty to add some buildings in the style of his time.
London accommodations
You can find plenty London accommodations and several hotels are between the best ones of the world. There are the famous bars George In Yard and Ye Old Mitre. Nobody is bored here. You can put flavor and movement to your vacations visiting the best nightclubs: Ministry of Sound at Gaunt Street, Hippodrome, The Equinox, and Sound Republic, all of them in the area of Leicester Square.
London is an immense catalogue of alternatives, so enjoy intensely because your vacations will pass quickly.
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