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HIGHLIGHTS IN LONDON
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Oxford Street Oxford Street offers a gorgeous shopping experience thanks to its exciting mix of high-street fashion and international brands, accessories, childrenswear, technology and homewear. With over one and a half miles of high street brands such as Topshop, Gap, River Island and department stores including Selfridges,John Lewis, House of Fraser and Marks & Spencer, Oxford Street really is the ultimate shopping paradise!
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Piccadilly Circus Piccadilly Circus is a road junction and public space of London’s West End in the City of Westminster. It was built in 1819 to connect Regent Street with the major shopping street of Piccadilly. The Circus is particularly known for its video display and neon signs mounted on the corner building, as well as the Shaftesbury memorial fountain and the statue of Eros. It is surrounded by several noted building, including the London Pavillon and the Criterion Theatre. Directly underneath the plaza is Piccadilly Circus tube station, part of the London Underground system. Here you can find several places to have lunch, dinner and also clubs and disco.
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Leicester Square Leicester Square is within the City of Westminster and about equal distances north of Trafalgar Square, east of Piccadilly Circus, west of Covent Garden and south of Cambridge Circus. Leicester Square is the centre of London’s cinema land. Here there is the cinema with the largest screen and the most seats. The square is the prime location in London for world leading film premieres and co-hosts the London Film Festival each year.
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Covent Garden It is a world famous district with shops, restaurants, history, entertainment and culture. Here you can find an open space with several stands, where you can buy something special to remember your visit in London!
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Green Park It is the smallest of the capital’s eight Royal Parks. It is situated so close to St James’s Park and it is surrounded by Constitutional Hill, Piccadilly and the Broad Walk. Green Park is more peaceful and has no lakes, no buildings and few monuments. Near Green Park you can find the famous restaurant Hard Rock Café of London. Hyde Park It is one of the largest parks in London and one of the Royal Parks of London. The park is divided in two by the Serpentine and the Long Water. The Grand Entrance to the park, also known as Queen Elizabeth Gate, is located at Hyde Park Corner. Hyde Park is the venue for some famous rock concerts and it has an international reputation for demonstrations and other protests.
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Knightsbridge Knightsbridge is an exclusive residential and retail district in central London. Knightsbridge is the term to indicate the area around Harrods. Here you can spend a lot of money in the famous magazine Harrods and also eat something special from all kind of cuisine.
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Holborn It is an area of central London that it is known for being the centre of London’s squadron of lawyers. Here you can see the business area of London. Tottenham Court Road It is a major road in central London. The south end of the road is close to the British Museum and it is also a shopping street. Here you can find Primark a famous shop in London where you can buy clothes and accessories at a lowest price.
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Harry Potter Shop and attraction King’s Cross St Pancras It is a major railway terminus opened in 1852. It is on the northern edge of central London, at the junction of Euston Road and York Way. It provides high speed inter-city services to destinations in Yorkshire, the North East and northern and eastern Scotland. Here you can find the shop of Harry Potter and you can take a picture in front of the platform 9 ¾.
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Notting Hill – Portobello Road Market Notting Hill is a district in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in central London. It is a cosmopolitan district known as the location for the annual Notting Hill Carnival and for being home to the Portobello Road Market. Notting Hill now has a contemporary reputation as an affluent and fashionable area, known for attractive terraces of large Victorian townhouses and high-end shopping and restaurants. This area is famous because is the location of the film “Notting Hill”. Here you can visit the Portobello Road Market that is open from Monday to Saturday
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London Eye – Big Ben – Westminster Abbey Here you can visit three very famous places in London. You can see London from the London Eye ferries wheel, take a picture in front of the beautiful Big Ben and go inside the Westminster Abbey.
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Buckingham Palace and St James’s Park Buckingham Palace is the residence and principal workplace of the monarchy of the United Kingdom. Around Buckingham Palace there is St James’s Park, where you can sit and relax yourself.
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Trafalgar Square – National Gallery Trafalgar Square is a famous open space in London, where is situated the National Gallery. From here you can walk easily to Buckingham Palace and to London Eye, Big Ben and Westminster Abbey.
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London Bridge – Tower of London The London Bridge is a famous bridge that link the city of London with the Southwark, in central London. Near this area you can find also the Tower of London. It is a historic castle that was founded towards the end of 1066 as part of the Norman Conquest of England. Today is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the country. Here you can visit also the Shard. It is 306 metres high and it is the tallest building in the European Union. It was designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano and it was opened to the public on 1 February 2013.
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Camden Town Camden Town is an important location of London. It is a very particularly area, here you can walk and buy clothes or other things in the market that is opened every day until 18.00 pm. You can also eat each type of cuisine. It is an area characterized from an alternative culture. During the night you can come here and go in a club and dance until late.
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Regent’s Park and Baker Street The Regent's Park is the largest grass area for sports in Central London and offers a wide variety of activities, as well as an Open Air Theatre, the London Zoo and many cafes and restaurants. Baker Street is the street near Regent’s Park, here you can find shops, restaurants and also the Sherlock Holmes Museum and the Madame Tussaud Museum.
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ENJOY YOUR STAY IN LONDON!
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