Pamper yourself with your very own personal shopper at Harrods and Selfridges. You don't even need to carry your bags: the You Shop - We Deliver service from Parcelforce will send your goods home. The service is available in selected shops - look for the logo. If you live outside the EU, you can even reclaim the tax on your purchases - ask in store.
The National Gallery is an absolutely extraordinary collection displaying Western European painting from about 1260-1900. Featuring masterpieces from Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Rembrandt, Gainsborough, Turner, Renoir, Cezanne, Van Gogh and more, this museum is one of the finest in the entire world. The Gallery portrays virtually all of the major movements of classical Western art with incredible examples from each period.
Take two masters of mixology and what do you get? London's phenomenally successful Lab bar. The Lab has quickly become famous throughout London for it's funky atmosphere, great food and the most extensive cocktail menu in London.
The arrival of Trinidadians in Great Britain, remembering their great Carnivals back home, provided the spark which ignited Notting Hill Carnival. From a small procession through the streets with just a few people in costume and carrying steel drums in the 1960s, has evolved a huge multi-cultural arts festival, attended by up to two million people. It is a great tourist attraction that brings life to London during the month of August.
The Notting Hill Carnival is the largest arts festival in Europe and in Carnival terms is second only to Rio. It's fantastic, it's vibrant, it's full of life, it's for everyone and it is FREE!
The Notting Hill Carnival is the largest arts festival in Europe and in Carnival terms is second only to Rio. It's fantastic, it's vibrant, it's full of life, it's for everyone and it is FREE!
London was founded by the Romans in the 1up>st Century.
Westminster Abby has been the place of Crowning since 1066.
John Nash played an important role in the designing of London. He was the big architect for a long time.
London has expanded over the years to encompass dozens of surrounding villages-- Chelsea is one of these villages. London is the home of many different types of architecture: Victorian, Medieval, and Rennassaince to name a few.
Westminster Abby has been the place of Crowning since 1066.
John Nash played an important role in the designing of London. He was the big architect for a long time.
London has expanded over the years to encompass dozens of surrounding villages-- Chelsea is one of these villages. London is the home of many different types of architecture: Victorian, Medieval, and Rennassaince to name a few.
My first glimpse of London was as I came up from the London Underground. I immediately saw large black taxis-- in the London style-- and double-decker buses. I felt that London was everything I thought it would be. I was very amazed at how easy it was to get around in the 625 square mile city-- the Underground goes just about everywhere and the buses go everywhere else. I really enjoyed my time in London and would definitely go back, but I would never plan an entire vacation for just London; there is more to the UK than just that one city.