London Experience

London by river - sighteseeing with a difference

Advantages: A whole new perspective on London
Disadvantages: More time consuming

...would be possible to see London entirely by boat. After a little research, I've decided that it's definitely do-able and here's how I'd go about it. Hop-on Hop-Off River Tours City Cruises is one of the original, open deck sightseeing cruises in London, and also does evening dinner and dance cruises on the London Showboat. Their River Red Rover sightseeing ticket allows you to make stops at Westminster, Waterloo, Tower Pier and Greenwich. ...
...and Cabinet War Rooms, the London Eye and London Aquarium. Then take to the river again and get off at Tower Pier which is right next to the Tower of London and Tower Bridge Exhibition. Across the river, you could visit the London Bridge Experience or the London Dungeon for some good old-fashioned screaming in the dark - light relief after all the culture you've been absorbing. Then walk along the south bank to the Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, the ...

TouristTrish 25.04.2008 · Read full review
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Review of London in general

Free Capital

Advantages: if you are tired of London... etc
Disadvantages: lots of people, lost of cars, lots of money

London is expensive, everybody knows it. But as far as a tourist visit goes, the best things in London are free! What follows is my own tour of important London free of charge sights and attractions. It's not an "insider" look at hidden delights of London, I rarely if ever stray of the beaten track. All I attempt is to show to a reader that doesn't know the city that a lot of recognised major sights can be enjoyed without spending much or any money. ...
...oldest centres of population in London (it used to be a separate settlement form the City of London) and traditionally the heart of its power. The formidable Imperial administration buildings behind you, you are now facing two of perhaps the most iconic buildings in London. The first is Westminster Abbey, the traditional place of coronation and a burial site for English monarchs and a magnificent Gothic church in itself (as well as place of burial ...

magdadh 17.04.2009 · Read full review
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Review of London (England)

These Aisles are British

Advantages: You name it
Disadvantages: You name it

I have made a decision about my life. This has not come from my latest visit to the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, nor from my consultation of the Delphi Oracle. Actually the Maharishi (or Mazz, to his friends) did not have a free epoch in his diary for me, and the EasyJet flight to Delphi dropped me off in the next door country. But nonetheless, I have reached this crossroads of life with a decision... I am going to be the Robin Hood, the Arnold Schwarzenegger, ...
...I will pledge to pay gallant allegiance to the millions. Bring me my spear of burning gold - in that I shall bring a new Jerusalem to the world of the subterranean, as I notch my arrows on the side of the oppressed against the ranks of the selfish. I shall return to my mission in due course, but for now gentle reader, read on. The London Underground is without doubt the best Mass Transit Passenger railway in the world. In terms of how such an accolade ...

jerry6525 11.11.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Getting around in London by tube

London Taxi - Get taken for a ride

Advantages: very easy to find a cab
Disadvantages: if you don't know where you're going you could be ripped off

If you've never been to London before, make sure you know the name of the streets and how to get there as my experience of London cabbies was not the one I've seen on TV where they know everything about everything. We ended up being charged £25.00 for a trip that we found out later should only have cost about £8.00, you look like a tourist and you'll be treated like one. Finding a taxi is very easy however, you'll never have a problem, night or ...
...busy parts (which is everywhere in central London). Overall it's about planning, as with any trip if you plan right then you'll have no problems, London has a huge number of taxis, which provide lots of options of travel, and if you know roughly how much it should cost to get from A to B then you'll be fine. But you may be taken for a ride, in every sense of the word... ...

ParkinK02 14.04.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Getting around in London by taxi

Its Needs to improve and fast

Advantages: Great to use between 9am - 3pm
Disadvantages: Buses run empty in Central London and Full in Greater London

As I Live in London the buses are not so great then what you think. The Buses are contacted out by TFL to comapnies such as London Central, Selkent. etc. The Buses are needing to be upgraded to more state of the art. The buses are allways packed in the Greater London Area while Buses in central London run with only a few people on. I think the buses in Greater London should have more added on to the route. as i said about upgrading the Most current ...
...are in very good condition. But what upsets me in they use the newwer buses PF56 On the school bus routes. The new buses are damaged by the school kids as when you go on a top deck of one the newwer buses the windows have been damaged, Graffite on the windows and seats, swear words and messages on the back of the seat. So why can't they get the old buses to destory instead of the new ones. More things which make me very upset about the buses is that ...

k800ifan07 19.09.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Getting around in London by bus