London

London is one of the world's most international cities - borrowing a bit from here, a piece from there, and changing almost daily, so wherever you arrive from, the city is in places warmly familiar, in others wonderfully different.

Nevertheless, London's landscape is steeped in British history and tradition. The classic sights of Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square and Big Ben not be more English, and are a permanent symbol of England's former greatness.No other city has such an excess of accessible history and dynamic modernity. The result is a metropolis that is endlessly fascinating, able to excite the most jaded traveler and generate memories of a lifetime; it's this quality which ensures London will never lose its allure.

Sights And Attractions

London has a bit of everything. Undeniably most people come here to see the sights of the city that was the heart of the greatest empire of modern times, but the city's history is combined with a dynamic ever-changing wealth of attractions rivaled by only a few cities on earth.
You can experience royal London by going to see the ever-popular Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace or be amazed at the splendor of the Crown Jewels at the Tower of London.

Changing Of The Guards

With more than a thousand years of history, the awesome Gothic interior of Westminster Abbey has seen the coronations, marriages and funerals of British Royalty.

Leicester Square and the area around it is the classic tourist magnet for any visitor to London. With hundreds of restaurants, bars and nightclubs, the plaza is the natural starting point for your exploration of London Town.

London is home to many museums, galleries, and other institutions, many of which are free of admission charges. Don’t miss the British Museum showing antiquities, natural history specimens. A must see at this museum is the impressive Egyptian Collection. The National Gallery houses the national collection of Western paintings and the Natural History Museum is famous for its Dinosaur skeleton collection. Tip: Most of London's Museums are FREE

Shopping

With estimated 30,000 retail outlets, London offers tremendous variety and choice to the shopper, and has a flair for presentation that makes for Harrods a highly entertaining shopping experience.The biggest concentration of shops in the capital is around the shopper's holy trinity of Regent Street, Bond Street and Oxford Street.

The famous department store Harrods is a luxurious consumer wonderland. Be sure to visit the monument to Princess Diana, take the Egyptian elevator and visit the sumptuous bathrooms. Markets are a London art form where the shopping is an experience in itself. Portobello straddles the fence between antique and secondhand while Nearby Petticoat Lane sells clothes, luggage and other functional items at rock-bottom prices. This is one of London's oldest and most traditional markets having been established over 400 years ago.

Food

London is best known for its incredible variety of authentic ethnic cuisine as well as a recent resurgence of the English fine dining tradition. Every area of the city can boast a range of pizzerias, curry houses and restaurants selling Chinese, Thai, Malaysian, French, Spanish, Greek, and just about every other world cuisine you could think of besides. The city also has an extraordinary number of pubs, many of which serve excellent and affordable pub food.

London Pub

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Hotels

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