Canterbury (England)

...one attraction in Canterbury, the Canterbury Tales Visitor Attraction. I have given Ciao a few product suggestions of late, but was advised to write about the attraction under the category of the nearest town, since they only wanted the major cities (Edinburgh, London etc) to have subcategories of attractions and museums. I’ve just explained this so you don’t rate me as UH straight off for writing about only one aspect of this fabulous ...
...everything that Canterbury had to offer, I would! I decided however that since this is one of my favourite places to visit whenever I return down south, it really was worthy of a mention in its own right. ***** I am pretty sure that most people reading this will have heard of Geoffrey Chaucer, the author of the well known Canterbury Tales. These are a collection of stories told by a fictional group of pilgrims, on their way to Canterbury in the ...

weebagpuss 08.04.2001 · Read full review
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Could one visit Canterbury and not feel the inexorable tug of the majestic Cathedral? The grandeur and beauty of the building and precincts are well documented and its history formidable. In 1170 four knights, believing themselves to be acting on the instruction of Henry II, murdered Archbistop Thomas Becket in the Cathedral. Until the destruction of his shrine in 1538 by Thomas Cromwell, the cathedral became a place of pilgrimage for the old and ...
...redemption in the presence of the shrine of the saint devoted to the poor and the needy. However, ice-cream vendors, jugglers, whining children, French coach tour groups and Japanese snappers can easily dominate a visit today. The hustle, the bustle, the queues and the elbows can all make for a demanding and sticky summer morning outing. I offer you an alternative pilgrimage: retrace the steps of the devoted, move through the crowds, pass down ...

Kirsty1 18.06.2002 · Read full review
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...lucky when we went to Canterbury Cathedral: we were shown round by my cousin, who works for the Cathedral itself. But don't panic if your cousin doesn't work for the Cathedral - because there are guided tours available for anyone who wants to go in. Just look for the notice at the Welcome Centre. We used to live near York, and, naturally, York Minster was somewhere we'd been before. Well, look, this is NOTHING like York Minster. It's a huge site, ...
...of a monastery in the past, it's quiet and away from the traffic (unlike the Minster, as you'll know if you've been there). We were quite lucky when we went round; because there was a wedding going on in the crypt, we couldn't go in there, so we decided to go to the pub for lunch and come back later. This is actually the best thing to do, because if you try and do the whole thing in one gulp, it'll take you over two hours and you'll get a bit stone-building-blind. ...

jamescridland 29.04.2001 · Read full review
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This is one of the two animal park owned by the late John Aspinal. John was a great man with two passions....gambling and wild animals. He used his gambling to pay for his love of animals and what a fantasic result. John's aim has always been to breed endangered animals and release them back into the wild which he has achieved with great success. His great passions were the gorrillas and the tigers. A vast majority of the park is taken up with different ...
...and wolves and many more endangered animals. The most unusual thing abiut Howletts though has to be the fact that the keepers do actually go in with the animals and have physical contact with them. I know that keepers have been killed over the years, but these men have a passion to and they know the risks. The park has recently been taken to court by the local authority because of this, but after a long battle, I am pleased to say that the park won. ...

flossy 02.09.2000 · Read full review
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...depicting Chaucer characters in the Canterbury Tales attraction. The Cathedral and the Canterbury Tales are both well worth a visit although both can get crowded at times. The shops are wonderful either for quality goods or for picking up a souvenier of your visit. Most of the main names are there and several speciality shops as well. Plenty of places to eat and all in all a great place to visit. ...

Liberty1 05.08.2000 · Read full review
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Only a short walk from Canterbury Castle, there is a fabulous new gallery called Castle Arts. It is quite unique as it is in an old building with lots of nooks and crannies and has an outside courtyard where some of the artwork is also displayed. There is also a basement coffee shop where at a reasonable price you can get a cup of tea and slice of cake and listen the strains of classical guitar music played by a young musician from the floor above ...
...There are some very unusual pieces of art such as a Medusa's head on display and all of these are available for purchase - I'm wondering if I'll ever get £250 together to buy the piece I like but I guess I will just have to keep having tea and cakes with it! ...

penguin_too 26.08.2000 · Read full review
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...you can't get to Bodiam, Canterbury Castle is well worth a look. It is not very far away from the centre of town and is one of the quieter visitor attractions. Best of all, you can enjoy it for FREE which is always a bonus in my book. It is interesting if you have the time to walk round the town to see the role the castle would have played in the city's defences as parts of the old city wall are still standing. It is a very peaceful spot and a lovely ...

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...quite a beautiful building. The Canterbury Tales exhibition is worth a visit and some of the medieval structures in the city are very attractive. The modern architecture is,in my view, often not very inspired. Shopping wise Canterbury is good. Besides housing several large department stores,there are a wide range of specialist shops,including a number of good book shops.The student population is quite large here since there is the University of ...

willow 23.06.2000 · Read full review
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If you are looking for a simple Kentish pub in the heart of Canterbury, the Thomas Becket is the place to go. Just off the High Street in the road opposite the post office, you can go and relax in the old world charm of this lovely pub. It has a cosy interior - hops hanging from the rafters and old farming equipment on the walls. There is a great big fireplace next to which, more often than not, you will find one of the pub's two resident cats basking ...

paosborne 17.07.2000 · Read full review
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