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Madame Tussauds and Planetarium London
37 Reviews If you want to look at a load of lifeless dummies, then why not visit the House of Commons ? or Luton. I fail to understand how this attraction is still at the top of many tourists "Must see"...
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Tours Etc. Edinburgh
13 Reviews It was quite entertaining but wasn't exactly what I expected. The first 20 minutes were spent listening to a funny but fairly inaccurate history of Scotland. From there we went to Greyfriars Kirkyard....
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Old Trafford Manchester
4 Reviews If you travel to Manchester, a sight worth seeing is the Manchester United Stadium, although there have been reports of tourists beeing robbed in this area. If taking photographs do not allow anyone...
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Inverary Jail Glasgow
10 Reviews Inveraray jail is nowhere near glasgow. It's a 150 km round trip - go for the trip, which is always scenic, but skip the jail which is nothing more than an old country police station with some dummies...
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Centenary Square Birmingham
2 Reviews Centenary Square is a central point for various events throughout the year - it once was the home of the "Birmingham Eye" - a big wheel similar to the one in London. It is a central celebration point...
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Tour Buses Oxford
2 Reviews Some wouldn't call this a tourist trap, but in my opinion a bus tour through a city centre which is easily walkable within 20 minutes doesn't make sense at all. It's the same as everywhere: You can...
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London Eye London
18 Reviews The London Eye is a huge ferris wheel, at one time the world's largest, with enclosed capsules. It moves so slowly that you can barely tell that it is moving, it takes 30 minutes to do a full...
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Shopping Edinburgh
7 Reviews Like any capital city there are plenty of traps to allure the eager tourist. Watch out for the overpriced shortbread biscuits, tartan everything (can you find YOUR clan?) and plenty of whiskey themed...
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Punting Oxford
1 Review Punts are very expensive: up to 10 pounds for a single use. Most colleges own their own punts; hence students get them for free or for much reduced rates: so, if you want to go punting make friends...
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London Dungeon London
23 Reviews FOR KIDS and FOR KIDS ONLY!!! One of London's biggest tourist attractions apparently. Features Jack the Ripper stuff and other subjects related to murder, blood and gore. This tourist attraction...
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Royal Mile Edinburgh
6 Reviews Unless you want something typical Scottish to eat and pay for it don't eat at the restaurants on the Royal Mile. They are very expensive and if you never had any Scottish food before and are not sure,...
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Money and Money Exchange London
12 Reviews I know we have all been told not to use local Bureau De Change companies but after much research online I found a place in Covent Garden that beat out every other compnay I looked at. I rodered the...
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Miscellaneous Edinburgh
6 Reviews only use black hackney cabs the proper taxis the same ones you see in london dont use the "private hire cars" i stress the word cars as they are not taxis, although they are liscenced by the council...
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Tour buses London
16 Reviews Dont be a sheep... These things are an extraordinary rip-off. They are often 25 quid or more for a ticket and the quality of the commentary is variable to say the least. Some don't even have a live...
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Surroundings Edinburgh
4 Reviews The Royal Yacht Britanna at Ocean Terminal (A shopping mall & cinema) is over priced but it does give you a chance to see how the Royals lived and the poor bloody marines who went with them. Around...
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Soho and the West End London
27 Reviews The Christmas illuminations in Oxford Street and Regent Street are disappointing. The 2009 lights were based on the Disney movie A Christmas Carol but as the photo shows this was more or less all...
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Scott Monument Edinburgh
4 Reviews This is not the best view point for Edinburgh although its not bad. Its a hell of a dizzying climb up very narrow stairs for a few minutes of viewing not really worth in my opinion. Check out Black...
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Pubs and Bars London
7 Reviews I was very much in two minds as to whether to include this as a general tip or a tourist trap - it's the Prospect of Whitby pub in Wapping. Certainly, it has a very long a interesting history, the...
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Edinburgh Castle Edinburgh
2 Reviews You might say that the castle is one big tourist trap and you will be right. A lot of visitors , noise and you cant see anything you want , problems to take photos but still this is one amazing...
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Restaurants London
21 Reviews We went to this restaurant "the Oldest fish and chips in London" The interior is devoid of charm, and not really comfortable. The food is ok but prices are too expensives. about £ 35 dish and...
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Holyrood Edinburgh
3 Reviews You can register your ticket to gain unlimited entry for one year but stop and look at the small print before shelling out for tickets to both the Palace of Holyroodhouse and The Queen's Gallery (both...
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Leicester Square London
12 Reviews Many visitors to London head for London's Leicester Square because they've heard so much about it. This is where the film premieres are held, but be warned, that doesn't make it a classy area. The A...
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Art & Culture Edinburgh
2 Reviews This is kind of a "museum", where the visitors are told about how our planet was created and how it was developing. However, no real things of the past centuries are exhibited. "Our Dynamic Earth" is...
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Piccadilly London
15 Reviews Unless you call usual tourist junk you can get in all touristic places a trap. London is only city with no tourist traps. But if you are a Londoner god help you.. By mistake you may get over...
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Many Miles From Edinburgh... Edinburgh
2 Reviews If you like the views of an oil refinery then this place is great. It's an absolute dump - the only thing that can be said about it is that the car parking is free! How the NT have got the nerve to...
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Before going back to your home if its in Europe, and if you go by train or by Bus you have to check your ticket in the right window of the same company one hour before the trip to have the board, English are so punctual, and this is a great quality that every visitor or tourist must respect, so please be Punctual in wonderland!
Yes indeed, few people know this fact that Hyde Park is part Beaten path, but not completly, the huge size of it, which covers 9 streets in London is obliging to join some parts of the streets where transportation access!so don't be so sure of crossing the roads without looking Right or Left in those area's in the park!
In the many parks of London there are plenty of cutie animals, you will never resist to get closer and feed them or take pictures, but you have always to read before you feed them, some places it is noted that it is forbidden to give food to some kinds of animals, so read carefully please before you do as you can pay a tax or something if you ignor it! otherwise it could be the wrong kind of food for the poor animal!
Land's End lies at the extreme western end of Cornwall, at the end of the main A 30 road. The coastal scenery here is spectacular and this in itself is a 'Tourist Trap' in the nicest sense of the meaning. However, the whole area has been rather spoilt by trashy development of what I would call a semi-themepark, which is not in keeping with the beauty of the spectatular beauty of the place! I first new of Land's End's beauty in the early 1960's when I cycled there from my home in Surrey at the age of 15. At that time there was an hotel, and the famous 'First and Last House', which was a small gift shop and cafe. Today, there is a large childrens' play area, lots of gift shops, and a huge car park on the cliff-top, which, the last time I visited, they wanted an extortionate amount of money from you to use. We just turned around and drove straight out! Having said this, it would be a pity...
Try to base yourself somewhere other than Bowness-in-Windermere. This is where everyone stops for tea and yet, there are few of the real Lakeside gems in the way of museums and mountains. Here you just find nice wooden boats to rent and tea rooms full of daytripping pensioners. Rent a boat, go for a walk along the lake... Go to nearby Ambleside. Still very touristy but with more to see.
Loch Ness is THE most overrated sight in Scotland. Not only does Nessie never show her face when tourists are about but the lake itself is actually not very beautiful at all compared to all other Scottish lochs tucked away in craig-looking valleys. Loch Ness could have been picked from somewhere in Scandinavia with its beech trees everywhere and nothing wrong with that but it doesn't represent that Scottish desolate wilderness at all. The worst place you can go to is Drumnadrochit where most buses take you. A giant plastic monster and a souvenir shop awaits you and so does hoards of tourists. Have a look at Castle Urquhart. If you are into horses you can also trek at Drumnadrochit equestrian centre but I don't know how far in advance you have to book. Stay in Inverness, or if you like history, visit Culloden battlefield. Alternatively, leave this area for somewhere scenic like Glencoe!
The UK has some fantastic accommodation that can't be beaten but there are also some bed and breakfast places that are just out to rip off the tourists. On our honeymoon we spent our first night in London. We didn't have a lot of money but we had been sensible and got a book from tourist information. We booked a Bed and Breakfast that was listed in there. What we hadn't realised was that when it shows the acommodation as "listed" (as opposed to commended or highly commended) it simply means that the owner has paid for a directory entry.The accommodation was dire. The room was dirty and infested with flies (50 or so). The springs in the bed were clearly visible and extremely uncomfortable. Not a good start to a honeymoon!!The round off our stay, at breakfast the owner brought a small amount of toast and one boiled egg - he said that he only had one egg, could we share it!! After we had...
Stratford-upon-AvonUnless your a huge Will Sheakespeare fan (which I'm not), this place sucks. Who needs Macbeth chocolates or King Lear socks (exaggerating a bit) but I really did not like this town. Way too touristy and nothing to see except replicas of Shakespeare stuff. Skip it. It's on every group tour of England's stops so if you do visit, expect hordes of tourists who think Hamlet is the name of a pig, King Lear was the creator of a jet airplane and Much Ado about Nothing was about nothing but visit this town because, hey, everyone else does.
Yes, I know the Loch Ness monster is a tourist trap basic but look at this view. Loch Ness does have some tacky 'museums' and gift shops but it also has the beautiful loch and Urquhart Castle, the site where there have been the most alleged Nessie sightings. Just skip the Nessie pencil and offical Nessie t-shirt and you'll be fine. The loch is so beautiful, it's a shame to skip it just to avoid the kitsch.
'BigBen' is the name of the clock bell, not the tower or the clock itself. Note the lovely gold work around the clock face and on the spireWe would love to run up the stairs & onto the roof to hear Big Ben strike midnight ! We couldn't hear it during the day for the noise of London traffic. London was soo exciting for us little country girls from New Zealand. We could harldy beleive that we were walking in the footsteps of history.Dick Whittington was forever in our thoughts.Don't have history like this back home.I was so ashamed of my lack of knowledge of English history that I bought a book on it.Then visited our friend who is a Beefeater in the Tower of London. Amazing ! Go Skydiving ! It sure beats boredom.
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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