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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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Stonehenge

by tvor

Surprised? As much as i love history, i was not impressed with Stonehenge. There are stone circles in quite a few places in the UK. This is the most famous and the most touristed. You pay to go onto the grounds, but you can't get close enough to touch the stones. There is the inevitable visitor center as well. You can get a good photo from the side of the road and it's free. Go to the stone circle in Avebury, also in Wiltshire. You can wander around the stones that are in a field. There is also a little inn there where you can sit and have a drink and a meal.

BIG BEN

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Big Ben is one of London's best-known landmarks, and looks most spectacular at night when the clock faces are illuminated. You even know when parliament is in session, because a light shines above the clock face.The four dials of the clock are 23 feet square, the minute hand is 14 feet long and the figures are 2 feet high. Minutely regulated with a stack of coins placed on the huge pendulum, Big Ben is an excellent timekeeper, which has rarely stopped.The name Big Ben actually refers not to the clock-tower itself , but to the thirteen ton bell hung within. The bell was named after the first commissioner of works, Sir Benjamin Hall.

cabriolet car????

by utttz

english people invented spiders and cabrio cars in general... english people developed motorbikes... DO NOT THINK weather is always sunny up there! actually I do think that they love cabrio cars just because they CAN'T use them most of the time :-) get your raincoat ready any other car will do

A lot of tourist points of...

by g_davies

A lot of tourist points of interest in England have become a rip off for tourists even to ourselves most of the decent places of interest are either free or very little charge do not pay more than a couple of pounds entrance unless it is a place of entertainment ie zoo,theme park,safari park.

GRETNA GREENA Place for...

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GRETNA GREENA Place for Runaway couples . In fromer times a lot of youg English Couples , which would marry without the confirme of the parentes , would have been married in GRETNA GREEN .The first marriage was at 11th June 1772 .Today the rooms of Gretna are also used for marriage .

Avoid buying anything with a...

by maitredelang

Avoid buying anything with a British price tag. Save your money for European goods. Your money will go farther on The Continent, plus Europeans won't mind, if you spend your money with them, unlike the English.

The carpark at Land's End in...

by worldkiwi

The carpark at Land's End in Cornwall is an absolute rip-off! It costs £3 to park your car!While on the subject of Land's End, if you choose to boycott the eyesore that is the theme park there, you can walk to the headland no problem and free of charge.Picture soon!

If its tourist traps yer...

by foxy_sal

If its tourist traps yer looking fro thengo to the town of holmfirth around 45 mins drive away. Here the well known tv series last of the summer wine is filmed. If yer lucky u can sometimes catch filming. on certain days theres a craft market and there are many small gift shops to mull about in. If its shopping you like then go to the nearby shopping centre meadowhall. Its 1.2 sq million feet of shopping space and has over 270 sopping outlets. Also it has a 11 screen cinema and a multitude of restaurants and pubs including a hard rock cafe which is excellent. If any of u have ever watched the full monty then this is the area it was filmed in and meadowhall is the shopping centre in the film. Any1 fom the area may also have heard of denby dale which is famous for the making of a gigantic pie made every year. Worth a look if u like pies heheh

If you are in london and you...

by kiefy

If you are in london and you want to eat, you are going to spend alot of money, i would take a trip just out of the centre, find paddington station get on a train to a smaller part of greater london and go eat there, its quieter and better value

When you are at the glastonbry...

by kiefy

When you are at the glastonbry festival you MUST take enough provishions, we walk yes walked to a small town to find a tescos!and if you are parked miles away and you walk to the festival..remember you have to walk back and three days with no sleep and lots to drink..that journey hurts!! and they dont tell you that if you are going for the first time! so i would get there two days early!really!there will be lots of stuff on!

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The Balmoral Hotel Edinburgh

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