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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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Windsor Castle is a real...

by Willem_oa

Windsor Castle is a real tourist trap.I was extremely lucky when my family and I visited the place, as we got a private tour by some friends who live and work in the castle. After the castle had closed up for the night, we got to visit the chapel while no-one was around. It was a beautiful place without all the tourists shuffling around.As you most likely won't be as luck as I was, skip this castle and visit another one elsewhere in England. There are plenty of less crowded, and probably more interesting castles around!

DO NOT waste your time trying...

by Willem_oa

DO NOT waste your time trying to glimpse a shadow of the fuzzy hats the guards wear at Buckingham Palace through the 25 or so rows of jostling tourists around noon! POINTLESS, and again, I say POINTLESS!

London is a massive tourist...

by snowgrouse

London is a massive tourist trap and with its masses, it can cause panic attacks for even the most relaxed traveller. And it's also very, very expensive compared to the rest of Britain. Buy only 'special' things from there that aren't available anywhere else and you have saved money for. If you aren't keen on spending 10 pounds or more(!) for a small lunch, by all means, buy your own food from cheap supermarkets while you're going around London. You're better off in smaller towns when it comes to affordable food and stuff.

When arriving at heathrow,...

by fredless

When arriving at heathrow, take the tube.You should also get a travelcard instead of a single,as it costs nearly the same.Buy either a 1 day zone 1-6, or a weekend 1-6 (valid on any either sat and sun or on sun and bank holiday monday.This is especially true if you arrive in the morning.

Land's End

by Bwana_Brown

Not surprisingly, I found that Land's End was too tacky for my liking. Just a crowded spot filled with shops selling cheap tourist items. I had often read about Lizard Point (in my readings of Royal Navy adventures) and had a desire to see it in person. However,the landscape leading up to the Point was very non-descript and also disappointing to me. That being said, not far away, in Helford, there are many very enjoyable sights such as this one of The Shipwright Inn.

Loch Ness - Castle Urquhart...

by klstomi

Loch Ness - Castle Urquhart is well preserved but avoid the town. Cheesy shop after cheesy shop! If you're driving the length of the Loch hope your not a nervous driver. The road 'clings' to the side of the hill and the drop off is steep in many places. It is one lane each way and as they drive on the left the drop off is just outside the driver's door if your travelling west.

Oxford street, Kensington High...

by buck_turbo

Oxford street, Kensington High Street - crowds that have to be seen to be believed and basically high street shops plus a few tourist tat shops. Oh, and very few non tourists (a bit like most of central London). Special message for Austrailians - If you leave London/Bath/Oxford/Cambridge you will be perfectly safe, and may even see some interesting bits of England.

Piccadily Circus ... what a...

by ucbwalker

Piccadily Circus ... what a vulgar place. The Tower of London ... not worth the 2-hour+ wait you have to endure in the peak season. Madame Toussad's ... unless seeing scores of wax facsimiles of lame celebrities is your thing.

do not go and visit...

by annik

do not go and visit stonehenge. it is very interesting, because of the history of this place, but the whole thing is only commercialised and there are too many visitors. better have a look at avebury for example, there is a big stone circle as well.

# The Royal Picture Galleries...

by ianrmillard

# The Royal Picture Galleries at Buckingham Palace has been officially criticized for not offering value for money. Avoid it, unless you feel like paying £10+ a head for fairly uninteresting paintings and not many of them (in the National Gallery, Wallace Collection, Tate Gallery, Tate Modern, and other places, you can see thousands of Old Masters, Impressionists, post-Impressionist, cows cut in half, whatever, either free or for very little in the way of entrance fees.# Windsor Castle is a ripoff. You don't get to see the bulk of the interior (in fact, very little), as the Queen is often in residence and most of the Castle comprises one of her various private residences.# The various tour buses, which scout around Central London with a guide, driver or recording giving an amplified account of the city, are probably a fairly good way to see the main sights, but are pretty expensive, some...

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