London Travel Guide
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The various and diverse "villages" of London reflect the full spectrum of the city's residents. From exclusive, elite establishments to downright dingy dives, tourist-drenched terrain and homegrown habitations, there's something for every visitor. As Dr. Johnson said back in the 18th Century, "If you're tired of London, you're tired of life." … Read London introduction
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Rock Circus
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London's Rock Circus is a Madame Tussaud's extravaganza for pop music fans. Taking you behind the scenes of the music world, the tour reveals the beating heart of the rock'n'roll capital of the world. Starting with a tribute to the Jackson …
Royal Lancaster Hotel
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A modern gray block emerging out of the low Victorian buildings around it, The Royal Lancaster offers great views of Hyde Park and Central London. With three …
Jazz Cafe
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Despite its name, this long-standing jazz club and restaurant does not exclusively play jazz. As well as an eclectic schedule of performers, there are also club nights a few times a month, including the only real jazz dance club session in …
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it rocks! i have been to dozens of cities and it's always my fave :)
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Introduction
London - the grand resonance of its very name suggests history and might. Its opportunities for entertainment by day and night go on and on and on. It's a city that exhilarates and intimidates, stimulates and irritates in equal measure, a grubby Monopoly board studded with stellar sights.
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Royal Observatory In 1675 Charles II had the Royal Observatory built on a hill in the middle of the Greenwich Park, intending that astronomy be used to establish longitude at sea. The Octagon Room, designed by Wren, and the nearby Sextant Room are where John Flamsteed (1646-1719), the first …
Facts for the Traveller
Population : 7300000 Area : 1572km² Longitude / Latitude : -0.12553 / 51.50842 Currency : Pound Sterling (GBP) Weights & Measures system : Metric
Getting there & Getting around
Getting there London is one of the world's major transport hubs, and your choices of ways to get in and out of it are myriad. Its major airports - the monster Heathrow and the smaller Gatwick, Stanstead, Luton and City - are all efficiently linked to the metropolis. You've always been able to hop to the …
History
Recent History London briefly regained its swinging reputation in the 1990s, buoyed by Tony Blair's New Labour, a rampaging pound and a swag of pop, style and media 'names'. Blair's bane, Ken Livingstone, donned the mayoral robes in May 2000, opposing plans to sell off the Tube and pushing for …
Weather
Many who live in London would swear that global warming has added a twist to the city's unpredictable climatic conditions. While locals used to complain about the frequent, but still somehow always unforeseen, arrival of rain, now they find themselves faced with sudden outbreaks of sunshine and …
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Overview of London
The British capital is more eclectic and electric than it's been in years. Newsweek hailed London as a hip compromise between the nonstop newness of Los Angeles and the aspic-preserved beauty of Paris -- sharpened to New York's edge. Wine Spectator proclaims more modestly: The sun is shining …
London City Guide
Stretching over much of the south-east of England and situated on the River Thames near the English Channel, London is Europe's largest city. Its climate is rarely extreme, though summers are sometimes hot, and there is occasional snow in winter. Rain is frequent.
Overview
If London contained only its landmarks -- Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, the Tower of London -- it would still rank as one of the world's top destinations. But England's capital is much more. It's a bevy of British bobbies, an ocean of black umbrellas, and an unconquered continuance of more than 2,000 …
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