Hello I'm Colm Hanratty from Hostelworld.com and if you’re looking where is the best place to get traditional fish and chips one of the cities best museums and one of the coolest neighborhoods in the British capital. Don’t go anywhere because here at ten things you need to know about London.
Capital of England and located on the river terms London is one of the most iconic cities in the world. It is the gateway to here for many travelers. And here you can take a spin on the world best known baked wheel go for the show in the city’s famous west end and some of England best night life on one day. Now, here is the first of those ten things.
With the population of 7.5 million people and covering an area of over 600 square miles London is one of the Europe largest cities. Over 270 nation of is living to British capital and between them over 250 languages are spoken more than any other cities in the world.
It’s because of this some to list of things to do restaurant weaken and bars to drink is already endless.
Transporting over one billion people are on the city every year London is under growing which is better known as the tube is efficient and extremely easy to use. There are 12 lines and operations and there’s many of the cities top attraction have their own stuff you will definitely need to use it at some stage during stay. If you're going to use a tube that last in one night make sure to invest them in of peak travel card for zones one and two. They cost just of five pens and we can use the tube as much as you want for the entire day. But if you're coming for more than one day make sure to invest one of these. It’s an oyster card. They were going pay if you go skiing and you can top look on machines at different stations. They make traveling quicker, cheaper and easier.
When you're in London the problem isn’t what is there to see it’s more what isn’t there to see. Looking in palace, the Tower Bridge, Trafalgar Square and Big Ben are just some of the landmark that can be found here. A great way to see loads of attraction in a short space of time is by going for walk Long River ten from here West Minister Bridge the whole way to entire bridge, which is very 45 minutes to eastern here. Behind me is the house of Arlington Big Ben. Over there you’ve got London Eye or further one then river you’ll see Saint Paul’s Cathedral, the Burke building and the tower of London.
If you want like to visit museum in galleries then you're in for a tree of many of London are free. This includes the natural history in museum on the science museum which is side by side on exhibition road in South Kensington and the Victoria and Albert Museum which is just around the corner from well road. Closer to the west stand is the national court rate gallery behind the Falvo Square on Saint Martins Place. Well actually on through Falgo Square is the national gallery, which contains works by Leonardo de Vinci Rembrandt and Van Gough.
Lovers of modern art may prepare to visit the famous tape modern of the city’s millennium bridge. Open in 1753 and also for each writer is this museum here called the British Museum on Great Russell Street. It’s considered by many through the greatest museum in England and the minute you walk through the doors and to this room here called the great court you can see why. Its got over 80 rooms that over seven million artifacts. This includes objects from Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece and more.
If the hustle and hustle of the city center is getting a bit much and you're looking for somewhere to chill for a couple of hours London has loads of parks to visit. The biggest and by far of the best known of all them parks is hide park which is here in West London covering 145 hectares here you'll find lakes cons and phantoms like the one like behind me. It also where you'll find stickers corner a place where people come to voice to open here on anything and everything every Sunday morning.
Other parks you may want to check in are Saint James’s Park in front of Buckingham Palace and it actually name Brain Park, which is just across the road from here. Up in north London you will find regions park where you'll see all sort of wild life and primary halo which is breath taking views of the city.
London is famous in one of the best cities in the world to go shopping and a great place to treat yourself something new is kind of to be straight which is full of shoe shops and clothes shops. Well, there streets while known for shopping are Regent Streets and oxford street.
Over in that further you'll find Harrods that are permanent store which is a tourist attraction on its own right. One of that a little bit out of your budget you'll find bargain galore at the markets in Cabin Ten.
Along with all its world cost attractions London is also home to some really cool neighborhoods. Covent Garden which is right in the heart of the west end is for you'll find some trendy shops and restaurants while neighboring so oh was full of bars and it’s also the cities gate for her.
On the tubes northern line is the famous Camden Town, the very thing about Camden that it’s more like a big ten to the big city. This is due to its money markets and the atmosphere you'll find long Camden Town Street which is the center mix of alternative clothes shops and tattoo parlors.
Another popular suburb is Nothing Hill, which is largely due to the 1999 fill in of the same name, and here you can visit the bookshop or Hugh Grant’s character work in the film. Its main tour fair is Portobello Road which is line with cafes and antique shops.
Levels for the British Capital contain when I'm trying traditional fish and chips a great place to try to this restaurant here called Golden Hind and Marty gone main just off to the top of the top of the street. It starts business 1914 and allows one to go and food the great thing and better is that BYO so you can bring your own drink.
Another great British tradition is sausage and mashed potatoes and a good place to try this is in the S & M Café on Bush field Street near Liver pool street Station in the East stand of the city.
Along the Broadway in New York London western is the most famous theater district in the world and that any given time you can go to see a musical drama or comedy.
The best known place to get this kind of tickets is the TKTS booth here in Leicester Square but make sure to shop around because you might find better deals another ticket offers around here as well as those run particularly service.
While there are a lots of bars around pick a daily circus and so host the old Campton Street in the west end it works taking to trip east from going edit nice.
One of the finest styles in the east stand is this part here called the big chilled bar which is on tiny world just off quick lane. They’ve got different to be in this plane every night of the week is it so wrap it up and see here. Older bars were checking note are John I'm kick in the other corner of shorter choice treats and old street and blue on Haxtun Square.
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