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Buckingham Palace. London
490 Reviews I've been there so many years ago, when everything was "great", "beautiful", "amazing"... and this was all I could say unfortunately :( I remember that I've been spending long minutes in front of that...
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Arthur's Seat Edinburgh
48 Reviews If it's a nice day you might want to walk up to the top of Arthur's Seat (which I did on a previous visit two and a half years ago) to get some nice views of the city and the surrounding...
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Manchester Wheel Manchester
14 Reviews The Manchester wheel takes you up to a height of 60 meters and the ride lasts about 12-15 minutes so you dont feel rushed...there are different types of capsules available for instance with glass...
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George Square Glasgow
40 Reviews The City Chambers were designed by William Young in 1880, and was one of the 19th centureies finest public buildings. It took seven years to build and craftsmen were brought from Italy and France to...
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Cardiff Castle Cardiff
86 Reviews Cardiff Castle is one of Wale’s leading heritage attractions and a site of international significance with a history that spans over 2000 years, the Castle has gone from being a Roman Garrison, to a...
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Shambles York
48 Reviews How could I not like the Shambles, even on a wet day, with water dripping on me, puddle's and people to dodge, I still fell in love with this part of York! I think I walked through it on more than...
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Cadbury World Birmingham
15 Reviews Discover the history of chocolate and see it being made. The Cadbury factory at Bournville has a visitor centre that is dedicated to the history of chocolate. Visitors can learn about how cocoa beans...
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Oxford University & Colleges Oxford
94 Reviews Wadham College was founded in 1610, and is one of the largest colleges in Oxford. Its most famous scholar were architect Christopher Wren and physicist Robetr Boyle. In the 2pth century, director Tomy...
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Beatles Liverpool
96 Reviews Place of homage to hordes of Beatles fanatics, the Cavern Club is perhaps the most well-known club in the world. It's a shame that most people only stop by for a photo opportunity outside the famous...
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Baltic Gallery & Quayside art Newcastle upon Tyne
29 Reviews BALTIC is a Contemporary Art Centre which opened in 2002 and is housed in former flour mill on the River Tyne in Gateshead. BALTIC hosts regulars exhibition from artists all over the world and locally...
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Roman Baths Bath
128 Reviews Don't be mislead when here, NOT ALL THE POOL'S HAVE HOT WATER! The circular pool in my photo, is a 1.6 metre deep COLD plunge pool! A cold plunge bath was a feature of many Roman bath houses, but...
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King's College Cambridge
45 Reviews What a stunning College is King's College, said to be one of the most important examples of late Gothic architecture. King's College was founded in 1441 by Henry VI The original site of the College...
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Royal Pavilion Brighton
72 Reviews The Royal Pavilion has always summed up at least one side of the character of the city of Brighton quite well. That would be it's lavish, outlandish, camp and glitzy side, of course. The exterior of...
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Clifton Suspension Bridge Bristol
31 Reviews The Clifton Suspension Bridge is the symbol of the city of Bristol. Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel he never lived to see it completed, Brunel died prematurely aged 53 yrs in 1859, and the Bridge...
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Walls of Chester Chester
46 Reviews Chester City Walls consist of a defensive structure built to protect the city from invading armies.The construction was started by the Romans when they established the Fortress of Diva Victrix between...
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Open Top Bus Tour Belfast
10 Reviews One of the places you will be taken is the Titanic shipyards which is obciously enriched in history. Amazing place to see, I would be keen to return to Belfast and see the Titanic Quater which is...
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Longleat Safari Park Warminster
9 Reviews Longleat is a great day out for all the family. I went with my boyfriend about a week after my mum and nan went - me and my bf got round the whole park in plenty of time but mum & nan didn't but the...
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Further Afield Belfast
40 Reviews The Giant's Causeway is located about an hour and a half's drive from Belgast City (by motorway - longer by coastal route). Quiet simply the Casueway is breathtaking and one of Ireland's most stunning...
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Houses of Parliament and Big Ben London
499 Reviews The Palace of Westminster, also known as the Houses of Parliament, stands on the banks of the Thames in the London borough of Westminster. The palace is the seat of the British Parliament, which...
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Royal Mile Edinburgh
128 Reviews Facing St Giles cathedral in the Royal Mile, there's a statue identified as "Duke of Buccleugh" that, for me, meant... no one. Trying to identify him, I read that he was Walter... something... Scott,...
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Granada Studios Manchester
11 Reviews Visiting and doing the Granada Studios Tour was one of my first trips to the city. I viisted the complex twice (1993 & 1994) when it was opened from 1988 to 1999. The highlights included: - Times...
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People's Palace Glasgow
18 Reviews The People's Place and Winter Gardens was worth a quick visit, although you would struggle to spend more than an hour or so here. The social history museum set inside the main building is a quirky...
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Parks and Gardens Cardiff
34 Reviews Although we didn’t visit many parks in Cardiff we enjoyed Bute Park a lot. It’s located in the city centre right next to Cardiff castle (the Animal Wall connects the entrance of the park and the...
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Jorvik Viking Centre York
35 Reviews The Jorvic Centre was created on the very site where between the years 1976-81 archaeologists from York Archaeological Trust revealed the houses, workshops and backyards of the Viking-Age city of...
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Bull Ring Birmingham
24 Reviews The new Bullring has put Birmingham on the map - we now rival any of the other big cities for shopping; i.e. Manchester and Leeds. What can you find there? Well.... 3 levels of glorious shops, for a...
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Fernanda loves heat, what drives our trips mainly south. I've been in UK only three times, and only one of them out of London, visiting Edinburgh and the Scottish borders. It was nice, because Scotland is interesting, and makes us appreciate more the sun and light of Portugal.
Some years ago I had booked a tour which then was cancelled because of bad weather and poor road conditions, so a year later I decided to go on my own. From London this is really easy. Get a train to Moreton-in-Marsh, then take a bus to Stow-on-the-Wold and Bourton-on-the-Water.I can highly praise the tourist information in Moreton, who was very helpful when I was looking for bus schedules.I walked around the market in Moreton, later stopped in Stow before I went on the Bourton. I spent the night in Bourton and so was able to enjoy this beautiful place in the evening, after the tour buses had all left. From Bourton it's a nice and easy walk to the Slaughters.Looking back, it was a very good thing that the tour I had booked was cancelled, by going on my own I say a lot...
depending how far you want to walk, a lovely walk that takes in these examples of village london starting at hampstead tube and after a wander around this part either:short walk: just down the hill from the tube, walk down flask walk down the hill and well walk and onto the heath. Head straight/left following your nose and you'll find youself at Kenwood house (Adams brothers design and summer evening concerts plus a jolly nice tea shop) then you can walk along the road or parallel on the heath to highgate village.longer walk: down the high street to the police station, down downshire hill (stop off at Keats house) and then, just before the train station, up the road towards the heath - from there you can head leftish to parliament hill field where the kites go up and then up up up towards kenwood and highgate. highgate hasn't changed much though you can get a better cup of coffee than in...
My biggest interest in Plymouth was its historical past. My Devonshire ancestors sailed from here back in the 1600's to the New World. The Mayflower also sailed from here and became an icon of our American history. Not only is it notable for its historic past but it's a beautiful city to visit.The History of Plymouth in Devon, England, goes back to the Bronze Age, where its first settlement at Mount Batten grew. It continued to grow as a trading post for the Roman Empire. Plymouth's historic port of Sutton Harbour, located in The Barbican, has seen the arrival and departure of many notable people such as Pocahontas who arrived here 1616.Until World War II, the port at Millbay Docks was used for Transatlantic liner shipping, as it had been since the 1870s. Many of the surviving crew of the RMS Titanic disaster disembarked at Millbay docks on their return to England in 1912.Due to its...
Monday, September 27thWe woke up not realizing it was 10 a.m. and we had missed our free breakfast. We slowly got dressed and slowly walked downtown through a lovely park. We ate in the tea room at Cardiff's version of Harrods, called Howells, quite lovely and a little less expensive.We strolled through their marketplace, much like our indoor swap meets. Cashed in some traveler's check at the Bank of Scotland.*
We dragged our suitcases up to the second floor. The room had all the amenities, only in miniature. Only one of us could walk in the room at one time, we grew tired of saying excuse me. There was a teeny weeny desk, a teeny weeny bedside table with a teeny weeny bathroom approximately 4 foot by 4 foot and since Faye and I were not teeny weeny any more taking a shower was one of the most memorable experience of the trip. The shower had a detachable head, and so not to spray the entire bathroom, I detached the showerhead, but since humans do not have enough hands to hold a showerhead and soap themselves, I tucked the showerhead between my knees, faced down of course. Well the showerhead got away from me, gave me an involuntary douche and ended up on the floor spraying the entire bathroom. Faye wanted to know what all the laughing was about, I said, "just you wait until it's your turn".We...
Saturday, September 24thPassed on a morning shower. Got back on the Red Bus to the Tower of London. We saw the new exhibition of the Crown Jewels, second time I had seen it, but still awesome. We visited the armory and strolled the grounds, ate a little, bought a little, then got back on the Red Bus and made the entire circuit of London.The Tower is one of London's most famous landmarks, the historic Tower houses the Crown Jewels, the prison cell of Sir Walter Raleigh, known as the Bloody Tower, and the Chapel of St. John and the Royal Armories. People come from around the world to view this celebrated fortress and to see where Anne Boleyn was beheaded.In the summer, the line for the crown jewels can get very long, so try to arrive early. Guided 1 hour walks are given by uniformed Beefeaters frequently. Hours: March - October Monday - Saturday 9am - 5pm, Sunday 10am - 5pm, November -...
The city of London spreads over more than 1,600 square kilometres (618 square miles) from its centre on the River Thames. It is also the largest city in Europe. While it can be grand, stimulating and beautiful, it can also be dreary, cold and dirty (depending on the weather). There are innumerable outstanding museums and galleries, grandiose palaces and monuments, quaint squares and peaceful green parks, excellent stores, brilliant theatre, and exciting nightlife. London is exhilarating and totally irresistible.
Whitby is a coastal town of North Yorkshire which was famous as a whaling port and closely linked with Captain James Cook and the Endeavour. Two of the ships sailed by Captain Cook on his famous voyages – the Resolution and the Endeavour - were constructed in the Whitby shipyards. Whitby has is part of a beautiful coastline, probably the best in Britain. The beaches are sandy and safe and there are small bays with soaring cliffs for great views.
Middlesbrough sits near the mouth of the River Tees in the north-east of England. It is today a lively town with a proud industrial heritage which reflects in the unique Transporter Bridge. Cleveland, formerly known as Teeside, was created in 1968 by the merger of Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees, Thornaby-on-Tees, and Redcar. Before iron was discovered there in 1831, Middlesbrough was a coal port. Stockton-on-Tees developed industrially after the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway (the first important railroad in Great Britain) in 1825.
The Montague On The Gardens London
5 Reviews and 1067 Opinions The concierge was fabulous, the hotel very grand, and despite the rooms being small they were...
The Balmoral Hotel Edinburgh
5 Reviews and 770 Opinions Two men wearing kilts (or trews) welcome you at the door and an open fire welcomes you in the lobby,...
Radisson Edwardian Manchester Manchester
4 Reviews and 929 Opinions I had a great time there. Stayed due to business 4 nights in the hotel. Staff was great, friendly...
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Q: In mid May we will be traveling from Glasgow to London. I think we have decided we would prefer rail to air for various reasons. ...
A: Hopefully someone local will have the specifics, but on all of my trips to Edinburgh from London, I've not booked in advance and had no issues with travel. Your profile...
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