Our trip to London
is the travelogue of our visit to London in August 2006. Our visit lasted three days (excluding days of arrival and departure) and was the first stop on our trip to Scotland. The city of London is known to many and we are not going to bore you with details on what we have seen, but we will inform you of the essential points of interest that can be visited during a brief visit (if only for the duration of a weekend given the low prices of Ryanair and Easyjet, which makes the trip relatively inexpensive).
accommodation and transfer mode
We stayed at the Princess Hotel, a small inn near the Kings Cross Station, the rooms are very small (in our one room, there was room for a double bed and little else), but overall the hotel is clean and quiet and prices (with a lot of British 60 GBP breakfast) and proximity to major sites such as the British Museum and British Library, make it an excellent base for sightseeing.
As mentioned the hotel is within walking distance of Kings Cross and is easily accessible by tube or train: very convenient for travelers landing at Gatwick and want to find a cheap hotel in the center (the connection from Gatwick to Kings Cross Thameslink takes about one hour and costs £ 20 return, the trains are very frequent from 3 in the morning until late at night).
We visited the city on foot (the hotel is an hour's walk from Trafalgar Square) a little because of motion maniacs and a little more air to enter the city.
Among the major London attractions we visited include those that we believe are a must-visit:
* The Tower of London, with centuries of history that goes below.
* The famous Tower Bridge, one of the most famous symbols of London.
* Buckingham Palace with the picturesque (and pompous!) Changing of the guard.
* Trafalgar Square with the statue of Nelson overlooking the square, more densely populated (Visit it to enjoy the half-empty square in the morning).
* Near Trafalgar also find the National Gallery and the church of Saint Martin in the Fields.
* Piccadilly Circus, another crowded area full of shops meeting. Do not miss the statue of Eros in the center of the square, another symbol of London.
* * The House of Parliament, Houses of Parliament, Big Ben and Westminster Abbey The austere, whose towering peaks of the surrounding buildings.
* For fans of the Da Vinci Code, do not forget the Temple Church, small church and not reported, but very beautiful.
* The Saint Paul's Cathedral.
Returning to the profane do not miss the vibrant area of \u200b\u200bCovent Garden market shopping, restaurants and stalls full of variety.
Among the museums (whose duty is to offer free admission), we visited
* The British Museum, do not miss the Rosetta Stone and Cleopatra's mummy.
* The National History Museum.
Also, if you are fans of the genre Musical London is a mecca like this: we have chosen the musical Mary Poppins.
0 comments:
Post a Comment