The capital of Great Britain, a city-tourist attraction and stronghold of English traditions, London (London) - the most popular direction of the British excursion (and this despite the appreciable high cost of the direction and the obvious modesty of most hotels). To see the royal guards and hear the battle of Big Ben, feed the ravens in the Tower and survey the city from the "London Eye" - these are the obligatory classes of the capital's excursionists (as well as the traditional "Friday glass" in the crowded pubs Soho).

London, the capital of England and the whole of Great Britain is worth a visit just for the fact that it is the homeland of Sherlock Holmes. Not enough? Here's another reason: a lot of interesting museums with free entrance. Is this too little? Then - spell it: in London there is always an exceptionally tasty beer!

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"London without excursions" from 62 175 rubles. for 8 days
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How to get to London?

The duration of the flight from Moscow to the airport "Heathrow": about 3 hours and 40 minutes. There are four options for transfer from the airport to the center of London:

• Bus Airbus. Flight A1 to the station "Victoria" or A2 to the station "Euston". The fare is ~ 10 GBP. Departure every 20 minutes. Tickets can be purchased at the airport building or directly on the bus. Travel time is about 40 minutes.
• Metro. The Piccadilly Line runs from Heathrow to the center of London. The fare to the center of London is ~ 4 GBP per trip. Trains depart every 5 minutes. Travel time is about 55 minutes.
• High-speed train to the center of London (railway station "Paddington"). Departure - every 20 minutes, cost 13 GBP. Travel time - about 20 minutes.
• Taxi. The fare is ~ 40 GBP. A taxi stand is next to the exit from the terminal. Travel time is about 40 minutes.

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London Hotels - $

When you are planning to "go to London" and looking for a hotel, remember the following: $ $ .The first: the British capital - one of the most expensive cities for living in the world .Second: the already high prices are skyrocketing during the sporting events (to which the subjects of the Crown are very eager) .Third: the most expensive hotels are located within Zone 1 - the historic center of the city .Decent hotels at an affordable price are worth looking for in Bloomsbury (a nice quiet area with a mass of establishments for breakfast), Earls-Court and West Kensington (budget options and good quartets, completely cheap hotels are best avoided), Paddington and Bayswater, and in Westminster (although here it can be quite crowded because of the proximity to the stations) .

Transport in London

Metro

London metro system consists of twelve lines .They often branch out into separate branches in one or another district of the city, so you should always pay attention to the destination of the train .But this is not all the "chips" of the local subway: along the same routes here can go trains of different lines .The whole of Greater London is divided into six zones, which diverges concentrically from the center .The ticket must be valid in all areas through which the trip is traveling .The most expensive is the first zone, which includes the city center and the largest number of tourist attractions..The cost of one trip within it is ~ 2 GBP .With the addition of the following zones, the price gradually increases .Tickets can be bought in vending machines at metro stations and ground transportation stops .Bus tickets can also be purchased from the driver..

The time of work of the London transport is from 4:00 to 1:00, on Sunday from 7:00 to midnight (and the intervals of traffic are approximately twice as large). On Christmas, many transport lines do not function at all.

Taxi

Taxis in London are of two types: the famous "black cabs" and mini-cabs. The first are much more expensive - 10 minutes of travel can cost 10 GBP. By the way, many of them have long been not black, but can be any color. At night and on weekends the rate increases. Mini-cabs are much cheaper, only their drivers are mostly "not themselves local" and the city is almost never known. To get there tourists will be adventurous, slicing through the streets (but once again look at London).

Bicycle

If health permits, in London it is possible to rent a bicycle and have the opportunity to ride around the city for 3 GBP per hour or 16 GBP per day. Deposit for a two-wheeled "friend" ~ 100 GBP.

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Security

In markets (especially on weekends) and in transport, more often in the subway, there are many pickpockets: you need to keep an eye on the bag, especially if it is on a long strap, and it's best to carry money in your inner pockets. Sometimes you can face fraud at currency exchange offices and in shops: the tourist will exchange only a part of the amount or give change in smaller denominations.

Shopping: London shops

From London usually bring tubes and caps a-la guess who, bags, reticules, watches, English tea with the addition of bergamot or jasmine. A good alcoholic souvenir is the malt whiskey Glenfiddich with a golden hue and a characteristic taste of peat. Piccadilly sells trivial souvenirs: police figures, Big Ben models, mailboxes, locks and "double decks" - bright red double-decker buses. In Windsor, they buy souvenirs featuring members of the royal family, the late Princess Diana and the newly baptized royal couple.

The main places for shopping: Oxford street (almost any wallet) and the Kensington area (for wealthy ladies and gentlemen). In the "flea markets", you can buy both casual clothes and "haute couture" models at low prices. For boutiques and brands with a discount of up to 60%, the whole of London is usually sent to the boutique village of Bicester Village.

Cuisine and restaurants in London - $

We will not once again blister your eyes with phrases about the high cost of London. Let's say briefly - you can eat cheaply in a "fast food". It will be around 6 GBP. In sandwich cafes and bars, you can have breakfast for 6-7 GBP, but these cafes only work until noon. In the afternoon, all hungry - a direct road to Chippie: dinner there is 8 GBP, and take-away - and even more 3 GBP. Those who are not used to counting bills in their wallet (because they are always there a lot), any restaurants will suit: everywhere they are fed as a whole at the level, dispensing, however, without any special culinary "masterpieces."

Icebar

In autumn 2010, Icebar was opened again in London - one of the best drinking establishments in the city is .A bar the size of a large living room and walls, lined with ice blocks, on which pictures are engraved .Of ice there are also tables, chairs and glasses for cocktails (so it's better to come in closed clothes, warm cloaks and gloves are given at the entrance, temperature is -5 ° C) .Time to visit the bar is limited: customers are started every 40 minutes, at the exit - heated seats .Address: a couple of minutes walk from Oxford Circus and Piccadilly Circus, at the very end of Heddon Street .Input ~ 16 GBP (depends on the day of the week), includes a couple of cocktails; All alcoholic beverages over the included tickets cost around 6 GBP .

Entertainment, sightseeing and sightseeing in London.

List the sights of London - a long and thankless task (as you know, it's better to see once ...) But the main mention, of course, is the world-famous Tower and Buckingham Palace, Big Ben and St. Paul's Cathedral, Trafalgar Square and Westminster Abbey. The

Attraction London Eye

Tower Bridge

Westminster Palace

However, once in London, you must with all your might resist the temptation to immediately rush to all places whose names have become nauseous even for those who never left the confines of their microdistrict - you will meet there crowds of the same "originals". And believe me, to get acquainted with the life of the city as it is, it is better not from the window of the tourist bus (unless, of course, you are a big fan of traffic jams and Japanese tourists).

The life of a real Londoner passes (in addition to the office) in two places: in a pub and in a park. Parks in London are everywhere - there is hardly any other capital with so many green spaces in the world.

London Parks

In Hyde Park you can go boating and fishing (do not forget to buy a ticket), demonstrate your oratorical talent in the corner of Shakespeare, arrange breakfast on the grass or ride a horse. Even if you have never sat on a horse, it does not matter, for 60 GBP per hour you will be pleased to teach this coach.

Drinking lemonade on the overgrown meadows of Green Park, it's nice to watch the entrance to Buckingham Palace, as well as the eternal cork near his gate (they say there were cases when desperate to get inside landed on the parachute's territory).

Closes the London "garden ring" St. James Park with its huge pond and a funny kind of pelicans.

If you still do not distinguish the phalaenopsis orchid from an oak tree, welcome to the Royal Botanical Gardens of Kew (entry is 13 GBP, for children under 17 free). While parents enjoy a variety of species and varieties, offspring can study the device of a badger's hole, climb a giant insectivorous plant and run straight through the tops of trees inside a glass arch. If to you and it is not enough of it, go to Richmond-park - on its open spaces noble and spotted deer completely freely wander.

Attractions

Enjoying the nature, it makes sense to stroll through the sights that have sunk in the soul since the lessons of the English language of high school .Go to Picadilly Circus to make sure that there is no circus there - just square squares of the city are called square, well, round, respectively, circus .Curiously, the buildings on Picadilly, located, by the way, in the historic part of the city, are hung with garlands of huge billboards in the best traditions of American megacities, and no one for some reason throws the mayor of London rotten tomatoes .Another hero of English topics - St. Sobo Cathedral $ ± .Paul, the magnificent brainchild of Sir Christopher Wren and the London Cathedral .Having risen on Whispering Gallery, it is not worth even whispering to discuss "that ridiculous couple" on the opposite side - the gallery's acoustics carries out any sound for a hundred meters around, that will be embarrassing if they turn out to be your compatriots .

Perhaps for some it will be a surprise, but another "sign" of London - Big Ben - is not a clock tower at all, but a bell inside the clock tower of the Palace of Westminster. The official version says that the giant with a weight of more than 13 tons received his name in honor of the foreman of the tower under construction, Sir Benjamin Hall. No less believable is the story that the nickname was given to the worker by the horse, transported by horse-drawn cart from the foundry to the tower, perpetuating his idol, heavyweight boxer Benjamin Kaunt.

Continue the journey through our native places to our hearts on the river tram (if, of course, these "space" speed catamarans can be called that) .Leave from the London Eye (address: Westminster Bridge Road, Waterloo tube, operation mode: June-September: Mon-Sun 10: 00-21: 00; October-May: Mon-Sun 10: 00-20: 00; Entrance - 15 GBP, for children 5-15 years - 7, 50 GBP, for children under 5 free, individual capsule - 390 GBP), before evaluating your route from the height of this biggest in Europe Ferris wheel .A ten minute walk from the next Embarkment Pier in Trafalgar Square you will be greeted by glorious Admiral Nelson .Two more stations - Tower pier, and, respectively, Tower and Tower Bridge (entrance - 16 GBP, preferential - 13 GBP, for children 5-16 years - 9, 50 GBP, for children under 5 years free) ±​​$ br >.So, "easy and smoothly sliding", you will reach the final North Greenwich Pier, which is near the Royal Greenwich Observatory: do not miss the chance to be simultaneously in the western and eastern hemisphere, standing on the zero meridian .

London museums deserve special attention. Especially nice that the entrance to many of them is free. This can be boasted by the British Museum, the National Picture Gallery, the National Portrait Gallery, the Tate Gallery and the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Entertainment in London, of course, enough. But there is one thing that distinguishes it from other cities in the world. This is the "Friday night", when all pubs in Soho are hammered, and beer and ale flow the river.

Palaces of London and the surrounding area

The most popular in 2011 was, of course, Windsor Castle, because it was there that the charming Kate wanted to marry the prince. Opening hours: Mon-Sun 9: 45-17: 15; from November to February: Mon-Sun 9: 45-16: 15. Address: 7766 7304, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Windsor Central rail. Entrance - 14, 20 GBP, preferential - 12, 70 GBP, for children 5-17 years - 8 GBP, for children under 5 years old is free.

Another popular palace - Kensington (Kensington Gardens, Queensway tube). Working hours: March-October: Mon-Sun 10: 00-18: 00; November-February: Mon-Sun 10: 00-17: 00. Entrance - 12 GBP, preferential - 10 GBP, for children under 16 years - 6 GBP.

One of the best-preserved neoclassical ensembles of Europe Stowe House (XVIII century). You can get to it from Euston Station in London, via Milton Keynes. Entrance - 4, 75 GBP, children under 16 free of charge.

And finally, at least glance at the palace Hampton Court. Address: 844 482 7777, Hampton Court Palace, Surrey, Hampton Court rail. Working hours: April-October: Mon-Sun 10: 00-18: 00; November-March: Mon-Sun 10: 00-16: 30. Entrance - 13 GBP, preferential - 10.50 GBP, for children under 16 years - 6, 50 GBP.

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