The London Eye - London Travel Guide

London Quiz

Here you have a nice video about London. By the way, there is one mistake in the video: one of the attractions appears with a wrong name. Can you guess?

The great fire of London

London presentation

London attractions

Back to London

Here we are again, travelling back to London. There is always something new and exciting to learn about this city. Here we have some new resources to find information about it.


1. London images gallery, by Lonely Planet 2. Video: "Greatest Cities of the world: London" http://youtu.be/YIsgILZr2sY

LONDON TOUR

London Eye (Author: Laura Rovira)

In previous posts, we have been learning about London markets, such as Camden Market. Of course, shopping is not the only interisting thing you can do in London. This is a great city with lots of attactions suitable for evarybody, from museums to parks, victorian bulidings to contemporary ones, ethnic neighboroughoods to cosmopolite streets... Every street has something special to show us...

Just in case you cannot visit this city in person, let's describe some of its main attracions:

• Museums: Most of them are free, so you cannot miss them! For example, the British Museum where you can visit fantastic exhibitions about human history. If you like modern or contemporary art, visit the Tate galleries. In both cases, they will not deceive you. Other interesting museums, specially for youg people, are the Science Museum and de Natural Sience Museu. They are one next to the other, so you can spend a whole day visiting both museums.
• Parks: I really love London Parks! They are enormous open places, with lots of vegetation, playgrounds, lakes... You can rest there, or you can practice sports, or even you can have a picnic for lunch! Dont't miss Hyde Park, St. James Park, The Regent's Park or Kensington Gardens.
• Unforgetables: If you travel London, a must is the visit to Buckingham Palace. If you arive on time, do not miss the Change of Guards. Other places which you should visit are Picadilly Circus, the Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament or Trafalgar Square. If that is not enough London for you, you can jump into the London Eye and enjoy the views of the whole city. You will not forget the experience!

 Here you have a perfect resume of what can you visit in London:

Now, it is time to work. What about doing a listening acttivity about london. First, print the worksheet. Ready? Now you cas listen to the audio and chose the correct answers:

Do you have problems to understand it? Do not worry! You can print the tapescript too and try to do it again. Enjoy this London Tour!

London markets

Shopping in London is a great experience. From luxury shops, like Harrods, to bargain fashions at London's markets, where they sell everything from food to flowers, modern art to antiques, clothes to curios. Some of these markets are very large such as Spitalfields, Camden Market or Portobello Road. There you can spend a day looking for bargains along the way. Others, such as Greenwich Market, is great for gifts and local designers, and Borough Market is a perfect place for a quick bite, for lunch or just for grocery shopping.

Camden Market

Camden Market is, in fact, a group of markets located in Camden Town (London): Camden Lock Market, Camden Stables Market, Camden Canal Market, Inverness Street Market, and Camden (Buck Street) Market. Nowadays, it is the fourth most-visited tourist attraction in London and it is the largest street market in the UK. There are hundreds of designer workshops, studios, stalls, shops, cafes, restaurants and bars selling high quality goods from designer, alternative & vintage clothing and accessories to one-off pieces of art, furnishings, antiques, jewellery, records & CDs, collectables, arts & crafts and international food. One of the most interesting things to do in Camden is looking at the fronts and windows of the shops. They are incredible!