Sightseeing |
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SIGHTSEEING
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Perhaps the best way to get acquainted with the city hen you first arrive is to take a guided bus tour. The original London Transport Sightseeing Tour London lus, for example, provides open-top double-decker uses, so that you can be sure of a good view. Tours run at requent intervals throughout the day, offering the oppor-unity to get on and off as often as you Øåå at more than imtydtffeiciit places.
Highlights of your
tour will include famous sights such as 'Big Ben' and the magnificent Houses of
Parliament beside the river Thames; Downing Street, the official home of the
British Prime Minister; and the Tower of London, England's first Kremlin style
fortress. Daily displays of pomp and pageantry are also an important part of the London scene; watch the daily spec-acle of Changing the Guard outside Buckingham Palace at Horse Guards, Whitehall. Highlights of the cere-lonial year are Trooping the Colour, held to celebrate the Queen's official birthday in June, Beating Retreat, the loyal Tournament and the State Openings of Parliament June and November. |