London - Places
Buckingham Palace
Changing of Guards
Home of one of the world's few remaining monarchs. Built 1703, sovereign's London residence since 1837. When the queen is at home, the Royal Standard is flown from the flagstaff on the building's roof.
Not open for visitor in December (but August, September)
Tickets to see the State Apartments sale at 9am onwards on Constutution Hill, south side of Green Park. Royale Mews, ornately glided carriages.
Link: www.royale.co.uk
St. James' Park
opposite Buckingham Palace
Most beautiful of London's parks
swan, gees, pelicans
Sherlock Holmes Museum http://www.sherlock-holmes.co.uk/home.htm
the world's most famous address, Open every day(except Christmas Day) 9.30 am -6pm. Admission: Adult £6.
"Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson lived at 221b Baker Street between 1881-1904, according to the stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The famous 1st floor study overlooking Baker Street is still faithfully maintained as it was kept in Victorian Times."
221b Baker St, Marylebone Rd.
Tower of London
Ceremony of Keys at 9:30pm. Book 6 weeks in advance :-?
Lyrical London landmark, call for information about scheduled openings for the following weeks.
British Museum
"Village" like streets: Hampstead, Chelsea, Highgate: pretty streets, mews
Fleet Street
Bloomsbury (around the British Museum)
Big Ben, Houses of Parliament, Westminter Abbey
near Waterloo station (arriving by Eurostar from France)
Victoria & Albert Museum
World's greatest repository of the decorative arts
London Stock Exchange, Bank of England
Bishopsgate
nearby Museum of London
Courtauld Institute Galleries
Impressionist and post-Impressionist works: Manet's Bar at the Folies Bergere
British Library www.bl.uk
Free. Tours:Premium tours includes visit the Reading Room.
Normal tours: Fri-Mon, Wed 3pm + Sat at 10:30am, Sun at 11:30am £4
96 Euston Rdm tube: King's Cross or Euston
British Museum
Britain's largest and oldest national museum
spectacular collection from Asia and the Middle East.
Shakespeare's Globe
10-5pm (Oct-Apr). look for Shakespeare's play (see London - events).
New Globe Walk, Bankside, £7.5, tube: London Bridge or Southwalk
National Gallery
great gift shop
St. Paul's Cathedral
architect Sir Christopher Wren's masterpiece, largest domes in Christendom. Whispering Gallery, Golden Gallery, Millenium Bridge.
Tate Modern
modern art collection, across the Thames from St. Paul's Cathedral
Hyde Park
most popular, Serpentine lake, Rotten Row bridle path, lively on Sunday with artists hang their wares along the Bayswater Road fence
Kensington Palace
Old residence of British monarch.
Kensington Gardens open daily to sunset: Albert Memorial, Princess Diana Memorial Playground
Freud Museum
20 Maresfield Gardens, Hampstead, tube:Finchley Rd
Wallace Collection
Masterpieces by Rembrandt, Rubens, Murillo, Van Dyck
Regent's Park
famous for zoo, concerts, open-air theater in summer :(
Tube: Regent's Park or Camden Town (for zoo)
At a distance
Cambridge
Audio Tourist tracks available for download. 2 parts: Part 1: City life and Open spaces & Part2 : Classic Cambridge
http://rapidshare.com/files/14204800/Cambridge_Tour.zip
Alternative (may expire soon)
http://gre.mappier.com/misc/Cambridge%20Tour.zip
Sponsored Links: http://gre.mappier.com
Greenwich
Set aside a morning and ride the bus no. 188 from Euston to Greenwich
Few miles from Piccadilly Circus
National Maritime Museum, largest and most important museum of its kind in the world. Admiral Nelson's blood-stained coat.£6 (students)
Salisbury & Stonehenge
14.5km north of Salisbury
3,500-5,000 years old
Network Express train departs hourly from Waterloo Station for Salisbury, 2hrs.
Bus depart 4,5 times from Victoria Station,2h30min.
From Salisbury takes Wilts & Dorset bus.
At Salisbury: Salisbury Cathedral 38 years to complete (while customarily it takes 3 centuries to build a cathedral) Chapter House (note the fine sculpture)
Windsor Castle
largest inhabited castle in the world, a home to monarchs for more than 900 years.
Can view State Apartments, St. George's Chapel
Call for opening period.
Bath: A Georgian & Victorian spa
mineral springs of bath, 185km from London
Practical information
Travel around: weekly bus pass (11 pound), one day bus pass (3 pound)
Acces to many London museums: Free (British museum, National Gallery)
Changing of Guards
Home of one of the world's few remaining monarchs. Built 1703, sovereign's London residence since 1837. When the queen is at home, the Royal Standard is flown from the flagstaff on the building's roof.
Not open for visitor in December (but August, September)
Tickets to see the State Apartments sale at 9am onwards on Constutution Hill, south side of Green Park. Royale Mews, ornately glided carriages.
Link: www.royale.co.uk
St. James' Park
opposite Buckingham Palace
Most beautiful of London's parks
swan, gees, pelicans
Sherlock Holmes Museum http://www.sherlock-holmes.co.uk/home.htm
the world's most famous address, Open every day(except Christmas Day) 9.30 am -6pm. Admission: Adult £6.
"Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson lived at 221b Baker Street between 1881-1904, according to the stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The famous 1st floor study overlooking Baker Street is still faithfully maintained as it was kept in Victorian Times."
221b Baker St, Marylebone Rd.
Tower of London
Ceremony of Keys at 9:30pm. Book 6 weeks in advance :-?
Lyrical London landmark, call for information about scheduled openings for the following weeks.
British Museum
"Village" like streets: Hampstead, Chelsea, Highgate: pretty streets, mews
Fleet Street
Bloomsbury (around the British Museum)
Big Ben, Houses of Parliament, Westminter Abbey
near Waterloo station (arriving by Eurostar from France)
Victoria & Albert Museum
World's greatest repository of the decorative arts
London Stock Exchange, Bank of England
Bishopsgate
nearby Museum of London
Courtauld Institute Galleries
Impressionist and post-Impressionist works: Manet's Bar at the Folies Bergere
British Library www.bl.uk
Free. Tours:Premium tours includes visit the Reading Room.
Normal tours: Fri-Mon, Wed 3pm + Sat at 10:30am, Sun at 11:30am £4
96 Euston Rdm tube: King's Cross or Euston
British Museum
Britain's largest and oldest national museum
spectacular collection from Asia and the Middle East.
Shakespeare's Globe
10-5pm (Oct-Apr). look for Shakespeare's play (see London - events).
New Globe Walk, Bankside, £7.5, tube: London Bridge or Southwalk
National Gallery
great gift shop
St. Paul's Cathedral
architect Sir Christopher Wren's masterpiece, largest domes in Christendom. Whispering Gallery, Golden Gallery, Millenium Bridge.
Tate Modern
modern art collection, across the Thames from St. Paul's Cathedral
Hyde Park
most popular, Serpentine lake, Rotten Row bridle path, lively on Sunday with artists hang their wares along the Bayswater Road fence
Kensington Palace
Old residence of British monarch.
Kensington Gardens open daily to sunset: Albert Memorial, Princess Diana Memorial Playground
Freud Museum
20 Maresfield Gardens, Hampstead, tube:Finchley Rd
Wallace Collection
Masterpieces by Rembrandt, Rubens, Murillo, Van Dyck
Regent's Park
famous for zoo, concerts, open-air theater in summer :(
Tube: Regent's Park or Camden Town (for zoo)
At a distance
Cambridge
Audio Tourist tracks available for download. 2 parts: Part 1: City life and Open spaces & Part2 : Classic Cambridge
http://rapidshare.com/files/14204800/Cambridge_Tour.zip
Alternative (may expire soon)
http://gre.mappier.com/misc/Cambridge%20Tour.zip
Sponsored Links: http://gre.mappier.com
Greenwich
Set aside a morning and ride the bus no. 188 from Euston to Greenwich
Few miles from Piccadilly Circus
National Maritime Museum, largest and most important museum of its kind in the world. Admiral Nelson's blood-stained coat.£6 (students)
Salisbury & Stonehenge
14.5km north of Salisbury
3,500-5,000 years old
Network Express train departs hourly from Waterloo Station for Salisbury, 2hrs.
Bus depart 4,5 times from Victoria Station,2h30min.
From Salisbury takes Wilts & Dorset bus.
At Salisbury: Salisbury Cathedral 38 years to complete (while customarily it takes 3 centuries to build a cathedral) Chapter House (note the fine sculpture)
Windsor Castle
largest inhabited castle in the world, a home to monarchs for more than 900 years.
Can view State Apartments, St. George's Chapel
Call for opening period.
Bath: A Georgian & Victorian spa
mineral springs of bath, 185km from London
Practical information
Travel around: weekly bus pass (11 pound), one day bus pass (3 pound)
Acces to many London museums: Free (British museum, National Gallery)
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