London Sightseeing Reviews ( 32 reviews )
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This is definitely one of the best museums in London. You can explore these 7 floors of educational exhibits for free. There is something for all ages from vintage cars, old planes, to flight simulator. You can see outstanding collections relating to science, technology, medicine etc. You can easily spend a whole day there as there are many interesting things to see. I would definitely recommend this even for kids. |
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Always some interesting exhibitions on, and if not you can check out the old Korean art. The shop is awesome - always cool designer gear for everyone, books, cards and jewellery. On a sunny day, chill out in the garden. Pick the right cafe then, because from one of them you are not allowed to bring food outside. |
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If you travel in LONDON, the quickest and easiest way is to buy a London sightseeing pass, which covers, 1,2, 3 or 6 days. This was a great way to travel. The tube was so user friendly, efficient and well signed. The best choice of "no money" student! :) |
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The mother of all museums, top for the three most important things a museum should have: Amazing art from all over the world, a great and inspiring shop and good food and coffee! Entrance is free (but donate something when you go in or out!) so you can go for many quick visits if you like and don't have to do those long dragging museum days... |
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Okay, what you see is what you get, I cannot understand why everybody raves on about it. It is a big wheel that takes you on a ride (THEY CALL IT A FLIGHT) - it is too expensive. goes too slow and they cram too many people into it.
It was okay, and I suppose it is something you have to do but after ten mins i was fed up of it! The views are great mind you. |
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GET HERE EARLY!! I’ve only ever seen queues like this in Disneyland and I think if I’d arrived 15 minutes later I would not have waited. You can buy fast track tickets online so if you can’t get here early you should get these!
It is also very expensive but the price varies if you book the fast pass tickets for certain times. Once inside though I wasn’t thinking about the ques, this place is a riot! The actors are great and their enthusiasm is infectious, some of the jokes during the show had us in stitches and the whole thing seems to fly by.
There are also a few rides to try including the ‘Drop to Doom’ which sees you plummet through the floor into total darkness! Well worth a few hours! |
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I was here about 10 years ago and yet again had the same miserable experience of being pushed and shoved by the throngs of people trying to get their photos taken with the waxwork models of the stars. The queus are too long, book online to save time.
A new addition is the planetarium. It was interesting but very straining on your neck. Very badly laid out. Now you can buy a double ticket for the wax museum/planetarium and the london eye. Its a good idea to get this as they ar a bit on the pricey side individually. |
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Such a great place to visit. The history, the stories and the jewels. I would advise you to do the Beefeater tour, which meets right at the front gate |
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The British museum it's just amazing; I really suggest you to plan your visit before going there because there are so many things to see that you can get lost...and honestly watch everything in one day is almost impossible, in case plan 2 visits; for me the Egyptian, Ancient Greek and Roman part were the most interesting... |
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The National Gallery is another incredible museum in London; here too I suggest you to go twice because watching everything in one time can be difficult; the collection is incredible. |
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If you are in London and want to see a show, go straight to Leicester Square where there are several discount ticket outlets for shows that day or the following day. Tickets are cheap enough in comparison to what you would pay at the theatre itself. be warned though, tickets for newer shows are like gold dust/non-existent here! |
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The London Tate Gallery, wasnt for me, purely because I was brought here against my will. My girlfriend won our heated London dungeon vs Tate Britain debate. I was a bit bored to be honest, but that's purely down to personal taste and there are without doubt some exceptional and breathtaking works of art here. |
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No visit to London would be complete without a visit to Trafalgar Square. Next to Picadilly Square it really is one of the most iconic images of London. Tourists queue up beside Nelsons Pillar. Scatter the pigeons. Trafalgar Square is just a fun place to be, I cant quite put my finger on why. A nice cup of tea relaxing in the cafe on the square is nice too. |
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This square is well known in the heart of London. The square was buzzing with people, pigeons etc ha. It was a real sunny day when we checked it out and everyone was chilling out. The café on the square served nice food too. |
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The Tower of London is one of the world's most famous palaces. Today the Tower houses the priceless Crown Jewels. It was incredibly expensive and not nearly as interesting as we had hoped it would be. Most of the rooms were nearly bare. |
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It's one of London's most iconic landmarks, it's been seen on everything from mugs to movies, and Alan Sugar himself called it London's best Venue. Tower Bridge is quite simply a must-do in London.
Situated within walking distance from the London Eye, the Houses of Parliament and the Tate Modern, if you do the South Bank from Westminster Bridge you can include Tower Bridge on a circuit around to St Paul's Cathedral.
As for the Bridge itself - well it spans the Thames, but has two wonderful walkways suspended above the road which you can go up into and enjoy panoramic, amazing reviews down the river on both sides. Definitely a place to bring the camera! There are also often exhibitions on about the history of the Bridge and of London, and these are normally interactive and very child friendly.
At night also the walkways provide a perfect place to see the lights of the river and the City of London, and is just that little bit romantic.
Altogether a must see and do! |
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Nice Clock, but it's one hour off ;) |
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O' Man, Visit Brick Lane and you've died and woken up in Curry Heavan. Write a will and order a Chicken Phall. |
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Managed to finally see a bit of sun this weekend when I headed over to London. I have been loads of times but this time decided to do the touristy thing and what better place to start than the London Eye. It really is an amazing feat of engineering! It was really good, very steady and fantastic views over the whole of London. I never realised the place was so flat! The queues were pretty big but they have a fairly snappy system and we only ended up queuing for about 15-20 mins. It's not that expensive and definitely worth a trip! |
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"What better place to experience London from the sky" one of the quotes used by those who run the London Eye. Sponsored by British Airways, the worlds biggest wheel rotates for your viewing pleasure!
Once you get over the price which can be expensive depending, you step inline where the wait is no more than 10mins and you step into your own pod for half an hour.
Hurry though as the London Eye is only around for another two years as it will have reached the end of it's lifespan. I provides uninterrupted views of one of the worlds greatest cities! |
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£13.50 may seem a lot to spend to stand in a capsule for 30 minutes, but going to London and not boarding the London Eye is like visiting Paris without going up the Eiffel Tower. This is the world's largest observation wheel and views over the English capital from the top are breathtaking, particularly those of the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben. |
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Great way to see the city - bit expensive at £15 a person. Views are spectacular. Feels bit like a regular big wheel but if you like them generally then go for it. There are often qeues, you can pay extra to skip the qeue but then its expensive enough already..worth a go i rekon. British Airways London Eye is on the South Bank of the River Thames, across from Houses of Parliament and the ticket office is inside County Hall, which is the building directly next to the Eye. The nearest tube stations are Westminster (Exit 1 Westminster Pier) and Waterloo, which are both within 5 minutes walking distance. From Waterloo take exit 6 for the South Bank. |
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DON'T SWITCH OFF!!!!!!! Yes , I know it's a museum and not a club/bar/pool/beach (you mad hedonists and philistines) but it's unbelievable, extraordinary and FREE.
Go to Holborn on the tube, turn left, walk up the road, buy cherries at the market stall (assuming it's summer), third left into Lincoln's Inn Fields. The buzz of the traffic immediately vanishes, birds appear, it's lovely, like an old college quad. Sit in the park under the plane trees and eat your cherries, titter indulgently at the ludicrous banter and mind-sapping ring-tones of the city types scattered about you. Then up and forward to the huge and austere building labelled 'Royal College of Surgeons' (various entrances, you can't miss them). In you go and a nice but very formal lady will give you a badge and direct you to the Hunterian Museum. And then there you are, gazing at a simply jaw-dropping array of floor-to-ceiling pickled biological specimens in glass jars; the life's work of a pioneer of anatomy and surgery. Yes it's a bit ghoulish and not for the squeamish, but it's weirdly beautiful and even a bit sad. Whatever you think, being surrounded by 230-year-old creatures of every imaginable kind housed in a kind of modernistic glass shrine to Hunter himself is an experience that will stay with you all the way home (buy raspberries for the tube back) and a lot longer still. |
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CitySightSeeing is a world wide company that offer sight seeing tours around major cities on open top buses. Its a hop on - hop off service. Tickets are £19 for adults and £12 for children - and you also get a boat ride up the thames included with that. Highly reccommended if you are only in London for a few days. There are about 4 different routes all layed out in a map. Each bus has commentary in a few different languages. Though pricey, you can spend an entire day going around to the different sites. The buses are excellant and staff are very friendly and helpful |
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They say visiting London and not going on the London Eye is like visiting Paris and not going up the Eifel Tower. £15 for 30 miuntes is a little steep but it has no problems attracting the numbers. There was a good queue for it but it moved pretty quickly. The view is amazing from the top and because it was a warm sunny day it was even better. Expensive maybe but it is something you have to do |
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Leicester Square is a most visit location if you wish to purchase a ticket for many of the West End shows. Loads of ticket outlets are spread around here all claiming to have half price tickets. They seem to get very busy in the evening close to show times and newer shows are usually sold out. Managed to purchase tickets for the We will Rock you show for £20 which was fairly good. |
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We went here on a hot Sunday and the place was a real let down.
You queue for about an hour before you even pay the entrance, then for about another hour and half to get in. Your kept in a big room before you get into the actual museum and, it probably was just a bad day because it was hot out but the holding room had no air-con so it really didn't start off the experience well.
I found the rest of the museum a bit of a let down- not worth the money. Its a little bit odd as well everyone posing with the plastic stars- its a testimony to how celebrity obsessed some people are which is a little bit sad and wierd. Although some of the pieces are very good and incredibly life-like.
Definately not worth the money or the queues- there are way too many other attractions in the city to bother with this one. |
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One of the best days out in London for anyone who likes to eat! Open every Thursday to Saturday - the Borough Markets have so much to offer from fresh produce, fish & game to tasty bakery treats and delicious lunchtime fare.
Don't miss it! |
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Camden is without a doubt my favourite place in London. The market and surrounding area is a favourite haunt of goths, emo kids and rockers off all ages. There’s a huge selection of shops, catering to more alternative tastes. The food is fantastic and very reasonably priced too, with a huge range of stalls selling everything from pizza to pancakes. It's a great place to wander around, even though it can get crowded at peak shopping times. It's really easy to get to, with Camden Town tube station located on the high street. Keep in mind this station is exit-only on Sunday afternoons, but it’s only a short walk to the next station on the line. |
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This is probably the most famous department store in London. It caters for the luxury/deluxe & it’s quite common to see a few rich & famous browsing the isles of the food court!
I recommend coming in to experience the store- it is a functional department store so you can buy all the usual clothes/shoes/cosmetics etc. It’s also an experience to see the children's floor with all the toys & if you have the time try & find the pet store where you can buy designer clothes for your dog or even a designer dog!
I would recommend coming in for a look because it’s free; if you want to buy any thing you may need to re-mortgage the house! |
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202 Westbourne Grove is the home of the Nicole Farhi Store (v chic designer of clothes and homeware for those who can afford it)..its also got a restaurant on the ground floor, and its definately THE place to be seen, if our fellow dinars on a friday afternoon were anything to go by.
However sarcasm aside its lovely, a really nice relaxed cafe style restaurant. The food is good, nicely varied, with designer sandwiches, enchilladas, salads and a good selection of wines. The desserts are amazing! its great place to go for a girly lunch or if you are planning on visiting Portabello Market which is nearby. |
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Valentines park is in heart of Ilford, London. It has a pond with lots of birds living permanently in it. great place to relax and let kids go loose, they wont get lost in an open space |
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