10 Things You Absolutely Must See Or Do In London By Lisa
Mills
If you're an infrequent visitor to London and plan to hit the
tourist trail then the last thing you'll want is to be pointed
in the direction of the underwhelming, the uninspiring or the
instantly forgettable. There's enough of that where you live,
which is why you're visiting London!
Our guide features London's best galleries, museums, landmarks,
historical sites, shopping areas and entertainment zones, all
guaranteed to provide the ultimate London tourist experience.
The attractions we've highlighted are unashamedly well known,
but do you really want to be returning home to tell your friends
about the fantastic thimble shop in Pimlico you visited? Or
would you rather rave about the phenomenal view of one of the
world's great cities from the top of The Eye, or that you've
actually seen the beauty of Van Gogh's Sunflowers with your own
eyes?
London has a multitude of varied and exciting attractions but
these are the ones without which, your trip just wouldn't be the
same!
Oxford Street Britain's busiest high street and London's
best known shopping area is chock-a-block full of the largest
branches of the nation's most popular shops - over 300 in fact.
Many of the biggest high street names have their flagship stores
here and the street also boasts the oldest record shop in the
world (HMV at number 363). It's not all hardcore shopping though
- light entertainment is often provided in the form of chanting
Hari Krishnas skipping along the pavement. If you can't find
what you want to buy in Oxford Street, you haven't got much of a
hope elsewhere. http://www.oxfordstreet.co.uk/home.html. Nearest
Tubes: Marble Arch, Bond Street, Oxford Circus, and Tottenham
Court Road
Camden Market If you're after a more bohemian approach to
shopping than the Oxford Street experience, then get yourself up
to Camden. One of London's coolest areas has a seemingly endless
array of shops and stalls selling such items as clothing (new,
second hand and retro), customised Doc Martins and trainers,
jewellery, bootleg CDs and DVDs and craft ware. Open daily; it's
a multi cultural experience with some great little food outlets
dotted all over.
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