Things to See and Do in London

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  • Photo of Fat Tire Bike Tours London

    Fat Tire Bike Tours London

    Traveler Rating 5.00
    426 reviews 2 travel blogs
    Distance: 3.4 miles from city center
    Category: Outdoors (land) Sports
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • Jul 29, 2009 I'm headed out on a bike tour of London this morning with Fat Tire Bike Tours. Should be lots of fun! We will stop at a pub ...
    • Aug 10, 2009 ... headed off for our 4 hour bike tour around London with Fat Tire Bike Tours. We had gorgeous weather and a great guide. We ...

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  • Photo of National Gallery London

    National Gallery London

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    1145 reviews 460 travel blogs 232 photos
    Distance: 1 miles from city center
    Category: Museums
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • May 12, 2010 ... again. Our last few days in London went quite quickly. We visited the National Gallery a few times for the free tours they ...
    • Apr 26, 2007 ... 's.     We continued walking past the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square, past Big Ben and Westminster ...
    • Nov 18, 2006 ... cakes place in Covent Garden. On our way we passed the National Gallery guarded by two immense lions and an even bigger ...
    • Jun 30, 2006 ... the big attractions that I'd missed on previous visits, including the National Gallery and the British Museum. I did some ...

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  • Photo of Imperial War Museum London

    Imperial War Museum London

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    661 reviews 148 travel blogs 601 photos
    Distance: 1.3 miles from city center
    Category: Military Facilities
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • Oct 13, 1998 an awesome museum, really worth the visit. You can easily spend the whole day inside and perhaps not see everything
    • Aug 18, 2007 ... - Tower Bridge \ London Bridge - Buckingham Palace - Borough Markets - Imperial War Museum - Picadily Circus - ...
    • Jun 6, 2008 ... hats, and bowties :) from there we wen tto the imperial war museum... awesome. i saw tons of tanks, planes, guns, bombs.... ...
    • Apr 15, 2006 ... old building, as well as the very interesting and extensive Imperial War Museum. It took me aback just how much continual ...

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  • Photo of Tower of London

    Tower of London

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    1765 reviews 1392 travel blogs 2332 photos
    Distance: 2.7 miles from city center
    Category: Historic sites
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • Nov 22, 2011 La Turnul Londrei sunteti invitati sa explorati si sa descoperiti miturile si legendele care dainuiesc intre zidurile sale, ...
    • May 21, 2011 ... around for a while before finally finding our way to the Tower of London and bought our tickets and went in. We spent a few ...
    • Mar 14, 2005 ... and Sherlock Holmes. And now here we were walking through the Tower of London, built in the year 1000. The site of many ...
    • Jun 12, 2006 ... end the day by catching a London Bus to the Tower of London, and then squeezing onto the London Underground at rush hour to ...

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  • Photo of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre London

    Shakespeare's Globe Theatre London

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    325 reviews 77 travel blogs 50 photos
    Distance: 1.9 miles from city center
    Category: Buildings and Structures
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • Jul 14, 2005 ... , I went on a field trip to the reproduction of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre where they have recreated the feeling of an old ...
    • Mar 28, 2006 ... that guy was crazy. I went and did a tour of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, it was pretty good, a little disappointing though ...
    • Jul 23, 2012 ... reside in the Tower of London. Our Royal Day concludes with a visit to St Paul's Cathedral and Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. ...
    • Apr 27, 2008 ... there. We checked out the Borough Market and Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. That night we went to a Broadway musical, ...

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  • Photo of Cabinet War Rooms London

    Cabinet War Rooms London

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    636 reviews 57 travel blogs 41 photos
    Distance: 0.6 miles from city center
    Category: Historic sites
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • Jul 16, 2006 ... Eventually I made my desired destination - the Cabinet War Rooms. Although they are under ministerial buildings ...
    • Jun 6, 2008 ... .. and tall! from there we went in the churchill's cabinet war rooms and the churchill museum.  the cabinet rooms were ...
    • Jul 31, 2005 ... After spending all morning and early afternoon at the Cabinet War Rooms, I walked along St. James's Park to the Mall ...
    • Apr 11, 2001 ... large coffee to get my hands warm. Then off to the Cabinet War Rooms, the nerve centre of Britains war effort in WW2. In ...

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  • Photo of Westminster Abbey London

    Westminster Abbey London

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    457 reviews 1213 travel blogs 1201 photos
    Distance: 0.6 miles from city center
    Category: Buildings and Structures
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • Nov 22, 2011 Situata in inima Londrei, Westminster Abbey este o cladire cu renume in istoria britanica. Aceasta biserica gotica face parte ...
    • Sep 2, 2008 ... in various churches, sat in the choir for a service at Westminster Abbey (thanks to one of Chris' watch contacts), had tea ...
    • Dec 5, 2005 ... I finally made it to Westminster Abbey this weekend and Im glad I did. Figured I couldntleave London without having a look! ...
    • May 23, 2011 ... the train once again into the city centre and go check out Westminster Abbey. We realized though when we were at the train ...

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  • Photo of Houses of Parliament London

    Houses of Parliament London

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    479 reviews 435 travel blogs 398 photos
    Distance: 0.6 miles from city center
    Category: Buildings and Structures
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • Nov 22, 2011 Casele Parlamentului - Parlamentul este o cladire impunatoare de pe malul Tamisei. Este un palat regal, cunoscut sub numele ...
    • Oct 11, 1998 Not many things to do apart from taking a couple of pictures from the outside
    • Jun 5, 2006 ... was like magical and full of excitement! I looked at The Houses of Parliament, London Bridge and the Big Ben from the wheel ...
    • Jun 12, 2006 ... From here we walk around the usual sights: the Houses of Parliament, Big Ben, 10 Downing Street, Horse Guards Parade and ...

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  • Photo of London Walks

    London Walks

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    209 reviews 191 travel blogs 18 photos
    Distance: 7.2 miles from city center
    Category: Tours
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • Aug 1, 2005 ... i'd say they looked perfect. There's a section which is similar to london dungeons with maddam tusauds we went on a tour on ...
    • Mar 16, 2006 ... , lots of tea and chats....very nice relaxing time... onto london for a night dropped into Ronnie Jane and Patrick´s ...
    • Sep 23, 2003 ... about "the situation". But before I know it the wicked witch of London walks in and the court is in session. Right at this ...
    • May 12, 2006 ... the Ceremony of the Keys After the sunset, a different London is revealed. Main monuments along the River Thames ...

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  • Photo of Borough Market London

    Borough Market London

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    213 reviews 114 travel blogs 128 photos
    Distance: 3.2 miles from city center
    Category: Shopping
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • Jun 16, 2009 ... with him! p.s. I did eventually make it across London Bridge to the Borough Market where I came across these men making an ...
    • Apr 1, 2006 ... aching legs and rumbling tummies we made our way to the Borough Market for some lunch and a wander around the fresh produce ...
    • Jun 15, 2009 ... The psychic hangover from a one-day Tower of London/St. Paul's Cathedral/Borough Market paella-fest is a thing to be ...
    • Feb 24, 2008 ... justice to the assault on your senses caused by entry to Borough Market. After visiting the stands of French cheese; British ...

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  • Photo of Wallace Collection London

    Wallace Collection London

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    107 reviews 10 travel blogs 3 photos
    Distance: 2.1 miles from city center
    Category: Museums
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • May 7, 2007 ... off to visit a small museum by our hotel called the Wallace Collection. It was a private collection in a mansion close to ...
    • Feb 19, 2008 ... scarfing down my dog, I walked five minutes to the Wallace Collection, a private museum in a mansion setting in Manchester ...
    • Jul 15, 2006 ... drunk old Brit who gave us a couple of "must sees": the Wallace Collection and Lincoln's Inn. We saw them both and were ...
    • Sep 25, 2007 ... highly recommend a visit to anyone going to London.  The Wallace Collection at Herford House just behind Oxford ...

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  • Photo of British Museum London

    British Museum London

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    1680 reviews 829 travel blogs 1016 photos
    Distance: 1.7 miles from city center
    Category: Museums
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • Oct 11, 1998 You get this for free and you can't complain! The quality of the place is superb and the collections amazing! Perhaps you won ...
    • Jan 11, 2008 ... weather. Cross Waterloo Bridge, through the city to the British Museum. We visited an exhibition on the Egyptians, and ...
    • May 21, 2011 ... and queens. After we left the tower we headed towards the British museum and had about 1 hour of walking around before it ...
    • Jun 12, 2006 ... to learn that there are only around 6. I have always liked the British Museum. Open to the public since 1759 after the ...

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  • Photo of Buckingham Palace London

    Buckingham Palace London

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    553 reviews 1874 travel blogs 2254 photos
    Distance: 1.1 miles from city center
    Category: Historic sites
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • Nov 22, 2011 Palatul Buckingham este resedinta oficiala din Londra a Majestatii Sale, Regina Elisabeta a II-a. A fost deschis prima oara ...
    • Nov 9, 2011 Not somewhere that i would choose to go to but it was nice to see!! :)
    • May 29, 2011 I went inside Buckingham Palace to check out the Queen's collection. I found the architecture inspiring - the place is just ...
    • Oct 11, 1998 If you can see the parade (or change of guard as they call it) then it's a nice alternative. If not, then it's just ok and ...

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  • Photo of Tower Bridge London

    Tower Bridge London

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    340 reviews 1047 travel blogs 1985 photos
    Distance: 2.7 miles from city center
    Category: Buildings and Structures
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • Nov 22, 2011 Creat in urma cu 100 de ani, Tower Bridge este unul dintre cele mai faimoase poduri din lume. Stilul sau victorian a fost o ...
    • Oct 11, 1998 Perhaps one of London's iconic places. Built in the 19th century it still embelishes the city.
    • May 21, 2011 ... normal, unspectacular bridge. We looked across the water and saw Tower Bridge and thought maybe people just got the two ...
    • Mar 14, 2005 ... jewels of the more recent kings and queens. All the while, Tower Bridge was looming over the castle's cold stone walls with ...

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  • Photo of Sir John Soane's Museum London

    Sir John Soane's Museum London

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    97 reviews 5 travel blogs
    Distance: 1.7 miles from city center
    Category: Buildings and Structures
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • Jun 16, 2009 ... ; walking; and eating (mostly cupcakes).  One exception was Sir John Soane's Museum, recommended to me by Joe G. The day I ...
    • Aug 2, 2005 ... and Regent's Park to say goodbye. Then I went to Sir John Soane's Museum, the Royal College of Surgeons (lots of medical ...
    • Jun 7, 2009 ... , grabbed a quick lunch, and then went to visit Sir John Soane's Museum.  I could not take any pictures at the museum, ...
    • Nov 2, 2009 ... sure to see it there as well. Well, only 2 more days left - Sir John Soane's Museum and maybe the British museum ...

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  • Photo of Big Ben London

    Big Ben London

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    636 reviews 1769 travel blogs 2529 photos
    Distance: 0.5 miles from city center
    Category: Sightseeing
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • Nov 22, 2011 Numele de Big Ben nu se refera de fapt la turnul propriu-zis, ci la clopotul de 13 tone din interiorul acestuia. Clopotul a ...
    • Oct 11, 1998 The Big Ben is inside the Houses of Parliament and it's one of London's must-see. But, after taking a couple of pictures you ...
    • May 12, 2010 ... which we wandered around for a few photos.  We also visited Big Ben and the rest of Westminster.  Ly and I had ...
    • Jun 5, 2006 ... full of excitement! I looked at The Houses of Parliament, London Bridge and the Big Ben from the wheel and I felt like I ...

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  • Photo of The London Eye

    The London Eye

    Traveler Rating 4.00
    1770 reviews 364 travel blogs 518 photos
    Distance: 0.8 miles from city center
    Category: Buildings and Structures
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • Nov 22, 2011 O atractie foarte populara a Londrei este London Eye. Aceasta roata imensa te poarta deasupra Londrei, oferindu-ti imagini ...
    • Aug 17, 2011 It aws great fun but quite scary. You could see everything.
    • Aug 1, 2011 The view is amazing from the Eye. I definitely recommend to purchase tickets prior to visit to avoid long lines
    • Jun 22, 2011 Awesome

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  • Photo of Victoria and Albert Museum London

    Victoria and Albert Museum London

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    638 reviews 127 travel blogs 80 photos
    Distance: 2.4 miles from city center
    Category: Museums
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • Sep 14, 2011 We were so lucky to have the curator of the Theatre collection at the V&A leading this tour. He was not only knowledgable ...
    • Jun 26, 2006 ... Armed with a new SLR, I finally went to the Victoria and Albert Museum as there was an exhibition about Ernesto Guevara, ...
    • Jun 5, 2009 ... continues to this day.  Our next stop was the wonderful Victoria and Albert Museum where we had lunch (So soon after tea? ...
    • Dec 21, 2006 ... , good Asian food in Cambridge...), then went to the Victoria and Albert Museum, where we wandered through decades of ...

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  • Photo of Museum in Docklands London

    Museum in Docklands London

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    37 reviews 1 travel blog
    Distance: 5 miles from city center
    Category: Museums
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • Apr 20, 2011 ... 1 p.m.  One the way back we stopped at the London Museum in Docklands and learned about the slave trade that England ...

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  • Photo of Royal Opera House London

    Royal Opera House London

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    99 reviews 27 travel blogs 11 photos
    Distance: 1.4 miles from city center
    Category: Performances
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • Dec 9, 2005 ... London! 2) An Evening of Music--The author doesn't list the Royal Opera House, but surely that must count! DH and I saw Il ...
    • Feb 21, 2010 ... (free!) and then make our way to the Royal Opera House around 5ish to maybe see some of the red carpet arrivals ...
    • Jan 1, 2007 ... in London with the highlight being the Bolshoi Opera at the Royal Opera House. Saw a great production called Boris ...
    • May 10, 2005 ... , and more. Darrell even managed to talk a guard at the Royal Opera House into letting us up one floor to see the Floral ...

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  • Photo of Courtauld Institute of Art London

    Courtauld Institute of Art London

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    15 reviews 2 travel blogs 3 photos
    Distance: 1.3 miles from city center
    Category: Museums
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • Aug 1, 2006 ... but I was determined to find my way there. The Courtauld Institute of Art in Somerset House is an 18th century building ...
    • Feb 2, 2004 ... cringing. The only way to get to the Courtauld art institute is to leave the warmth of the V&A. We find our way to ...

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  • Photo of Hyde Park London

    Hyde Park London

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    258 reviews 1093 travel blogs 852 photos
    Distance: 2.2 miles from city center
    Category: Parks and Gardens
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • Oct 15, 1998 If the sun is shining in London go and spend some time at Hyde Park! You can feel the tranquility in the middle of the huge ...
    • Jun 17, 2006 ... got up pretty early and caught the Tube up to Hyde Park. At the park there heaps of police on duty and barricades erected ...
    • Feb 7, 2006 ... a ticket on the National Express coach and headed for the Astor Hyde Park hostel located in Bayswater. We weren't too sure ...
    • Aug 1, 2005 ... a real earth quake, but it was fun! We went for a walk in Hyde Park which took ages, but was absolutelz a great idea as we ...

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  • Photo of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Church London

    St. Martin-in-the-Fields Church London

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    57 reviews 13 travel blogs 4 photos
    Distance: 1 miles from city center
    Category: Buildings and Structures
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • Jun 22, 2009 ... lunch and exploring. We decided to go to lunch at St.Martin in the Fields church, where they have a charming little cafe - ...
    • Jul 31, 2005 ... the Mall and Trafalgar Square. There I went into St. Martin-in-the-fields Church. A group was rehearsing for a concert that ...
    • Nov 5, 2005 ... Rick Steves recommended The Café in the Crypts under St Martin in the Fields Church, so we headed over and got in line. We ...
    • Oct 16, 2004 ... around the square. I found a street market behind St Martin in the fields Church. I also went in to the National Gallery ...

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  • Photo of St. Paul's Cathedral London

    St. Paul's Cathedral London

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    390 reviews 582 travel blogs 598 photos
    Distance: 1.9 miles from city center
    Category: Buildings and Structures
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • May 1, 2006 ... out to the local museums and see St Paul's Cathedral. We decided to detour to see the London Wall, remnants of a Roman ...
    • May 12, 2006 ... do here. I spent half of today touring the sights... St Paul's Cathedral, walked along the Thames to Parliament House... I ...
    • Oct 2, 2007 ... of the guards at the Buckingham Palace, visiting St. Paul's Cathedral, Big Ben, Westminster Abbey and Tate Modern Museum. ...
    • May 12, 2006 ... I started out amongst the hoards of tourists at St Paul's Cathedral. I was impressed with the architecture of St ...

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  • Photo of Abbey Road London

    Abbey Road London

    Traveler Rating 4.00
    65 reviews 146 travel blogs 220 photos
    Distance: 9.4 miles from city center
    Category: Historic sites
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • May 20, 2007 Didn't actually make it to THAT Abbey Road crossing, but every second bus seemed to be going there.Yesterday I tried ...
    • Oct 26, 2009 ... ), and walked along the Thames.   We also went to Abbey Road as night was falling, annoyed drivers as we walked ...
    • May 3, 2010 ... we motored out to St John's Wood to the also very iconic Abbey Road Studios for Dave's hour of photographic frenzy. See the ...
    • Jun 9, 2006 ... pretty cool. Right on the street is the famous crossing for the abbey road cover. Pretty awesome to see it in real life. Its ...

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  • Photo of St. Pancras Station London

    St. Pancras Station London

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    75 reviews 59 travel blogs 32 photos
    Distance: 3.7 miles from city center
    Category: Buildings and Structures
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • Jun 29, 2011 ... to London. The Eurostar from Paris arrived on time at London's St Pancras Station and while it was hot and sunny in Paris, ...
    • Jan 3, 2011 We arrived in London's modern St. Pancras Station in the late morning after a comfortable ride with the Eurostar. Steve and ...
    • May 3, 2010 ... Such an impressive way to travel! It terminates at St Pancras station in London two hours after the driver mashes the ...
    • Mar 11, 2008 ... train from Paddington Station via King's Cross & St.Pancras Station to Luton Airport. We started out from Paddington around ...

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  • Photo of Covent Garden London

    Covent Garden London

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    283 reviews 621 travel blogs 328 photos
    Distance: 1.3 miles from city center
    Category: Sightseeing
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • Jan 11, 2008 ... but expensive, and Rick was museumed out. A coffee then on to Covent Garden, which had changed from my old slightly bohemian ...
    • Mar 14, 2005 ... Our hotel, the Fielding Hotel, is located in Covent Garden, right in the heart of London's famed West End and within walking ...
    • May 2, 2010 ... on to see the sights - Leicester Square, Trafalgar Square, Westminster, Covent Garden (where we escaped the rain for a ...
    • May 10, 2010 ... we stayed with last time we were in London.  They took us out to lunch in Covent Garden to a Belgium place.  Beer, ...

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  • Photo of British Library London

    British Library London

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    102 reviews 114 travel blogs 43 photos
    Distance: 2.4 miles from city center
    Category: Education Sites and Libraries
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • Sep 2, 2008 ... lives in the process. One of the biggest surprises was the British Library.  The exhibit there includes the original ...
    • May 13, 2004 ... a lot of policemen and guards. Janice: Today we visited the British Library, the National Portrait Gallery and saw the ...
    • Dec 12, 2007 ... Museum, which was just amazing. Then I headed to the British library where I saw some of Jane Austen's original notebooks, ...
    • Jul 29, 2011 ... After arriving in the East End I went into central London to visit the British Library (to order more journals), to go ...

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  • Photo of London Transport Museum

    London Transport Museum

    Traveler Rating 4.00
    104 reviews 18 travel blogs 17 photos
    Distance: 1.3 miles from city center
    Category: Museums
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • Feb 1, 2010 ... , I headed to the nearby transport museum. This museum was purely focussed on transport within london and went from the ...
    • Jan 8, 2008 ... rain to the tube to get Covent Garden and the London Transport Museum. The Museum was closed when I was last in town so it ...
    • Dec 29, 2009 ... to get a little wet, we decided to head for a museum. London Transport museum was nearby, but Rachel and Jenny weren't too ...
    • Oct 9, 2011 ... stop then on our way to Covent garden. Visit the transport museum here, they have a trail for kids so Franchesca enjoyed ...

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  • Photo of St. James's Park London

    St. James's Park London

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    522 reviews 43 travel blogs 70 photos
    Distance: 0.8 miles from city center
    Category: Parks and Gardens
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • Nov 22, 2011 St. James's Park dateaza inca din secolul al XIII-lea si se afla chiar in inima Londrei. Aici au loc foarte des ceremonii, ...
    • Jul 14, 2006 ... in this sterling atmosphere is the parks around town. St James's Park is between Trafalgar Square and Buckingham Palace and ...
    • Apr 26, 2007 ... Big Ben and Westminster Abbey, past Buckingham Palace and St James's Park.  My dad got his compulsory after-lunch ice ...
    • Apr 2, 2009 ... 'dignitaries through.  I then walked through the beautiful St. James's Park until I came up to Buckingham Palace.  After ...

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