London sightseeing tour

The most famous splendid church in London Westminster Abbey was founded many years ago, it’s a place were crowned and buried all English kings and queens. There are lots of treasures of English history and royal treasures in it. Let’s see…

The front view of Westminster Abbey.

Towers of the Abbey

The view on the Abbey from the Thames

Westminster Abbey was built in the form of cross Westminster Abbey was built in the form of cross. Let’s look at it’s plan

And now let’s come inside… It’s the main hall of the Abbey

Wonderful colored widows with icons

English Queen Elisabeth was crowned here too… Lets see the coronation procession.

The coronation chair. It’s one of the Abbey’s treasures

The queen’s portrait

Well, the next London place of interest is Buckingham Palace Well, the next London place of interest is Buckingham Palace. It’s the residence of Queen and her family

Let’s see the view up of the palace

And now, let’s see closer

Let’s continue our tour and come to the palace

Well, from this balcony the Queen and her family congratulate people on holidays

The changing of the guards is at the Palace every day at 11

And these are horse guards – the traditional English ceremony

Garden around the Buckingham Palace is the favourite place where the Queen usually walks

The next point of our tour is Tower of London

London Tower was a prison in the middle ages, but now, it is a great museum of English history

Englishmen think, that the Tower is full of ghosts

And one more Tower’s legend is about its ravens And one more Tower’s legend is about its ravens. Ravens live in Tower from its founding. Englishmen think if ravens will disappear from the Tower, the Tower will be ruined. That’s why Tower’s serves cut features on their wings

The guards of London Tower

London Tower even has its own coat of arms

Tower Bridge is the oldest bridge over the Thames, it’s the “enter” to the London Tower

Well, the last rout of our tour is the main London Square

Trafalgar Square is the favourite place of Londoners and tourists

Nelson Column is in the middle of the square Nelson Column is in the middle of the square. Admiral Nelson with his army had the victory in naval battle in English-French war

There are four bronze lions in the base of column

Our sightseeing tour is finished