posted by Traveller on Mar 28

Cheap flights to uk. : – When you have finished visitng the Hyde Park, simple walk over the Serpentine Bridge and you will reach the beautiful Kensington Gardens. Kensington Gardens in the City of London, is another one of London’s wonderful garden to wonder around. Kensington Gardens, which is one of the The Royal Park has an area of approximately 111 hectares (274 acres). In the Kensington Gardens, you will see that the garden is planted with formal avenues of magnificent trees and ornamental flower beds. There are the Kensington Palace, Italian Gardens, the Albert Memorial, Peter Pan statue and the Serpentine Gallery.

Just a short walk from the Serpentine Bridge, you will reach the Serpentine Gallery. This gallery contains modern and contemporary art and architecture one of London’s best-loved. Best of all, admission is free. Be sure to visit the gallery to enjoy the arts.

One of the activities is to take part in the Albert Memorial Tours. There is a fee to it. The tour will take you enable you to have a closer look at the Frieze of Parnassus and other great monument of the Victorian era. The Frieze of Parnassus is a large sculpted stone base of the Albert Memorial.

During good weather, the Kensington Gardens are an ideal place unbathing and picnics. Other physical activities to do in the Gardens are, jogging, brisk walking and cycling.

If you have special interest in birds, the Kensington Gardens has a history dated back more than a hundred years. 178 species have so far been identified. A rare occurence is the Green Woodpeckers. At the Round Pond, beside The Board Walk, is home to the three-spined sticklebacks, roach, gudgeon and eels.

If you are bring along your children, bring them to the Princess Diana Memorial Playground which is very popular with children. The gardens have a huge wooden Pirate ship. In addition, there is a sensory trail, teepees, a beach around the pirate ship and various toys and play sculptures; all set against a lush backdrop of trees and plants. It is spaceous and enough space for the adults to relax too.

Kensington Gardens in the City of London is a wonderful place for relaxation and enjoy for both adults and children.

Cheap flights to uk.

posted by Traveller on Mar 13

Cheap flights to london : – In the City of London, you can find many interesting market to shop. You can find them in SOHO, Smithfield, Southwark, Kensington, just to name a few.

Portobello Road Market. The Portobello Road Market is situated in the area of Kensington and Holland Park. This market is notably selling antiques, jewellery, souvenirs and many other collectables. Tourists like this market a lot and is very crowed on summer weekends. Believe it or not, the Portobello Road Market in Notting Hill is one of London’s best loved markets. It is worth while to pay a visit to this bustling and cheerful atmosphere just to browse amongst the stalls. Apart from the antiques, there are stalls selling fruits, vegetables and flowers as well. To look for antiques, head to the northern end of the street. Wheras for junk and other offbeat fashions and arts and craft, you can find it under the Westway flyway at the northern end.

Borough Market. If you are at Southwark and Bankside, please pop in to the Borough Market. The Borough Market boast its variety and quality of fresh produce that is unrivalled in London. It is particularly crowded during lunch time but thanks to the many take away options. The Borough Market has a popular fine food market that sells gourmet foods from Britain and Europe. You are expected to see quality fruits and vegetables as well.

posted by Traveller on Feb 28

Cheap flight to london : – If you have just a few days to visit uk, you can consider to take a 6 days introductory visit. One of the more popular choices is to start from London, travel north along the east coast and head towards Edinburgh, Scotland. Make a u-turn and travel south along the west coast and travel into Llangollen, Wales and then back to London. Do not be mistaken, I am not asking you to just make a circle trip without enjoying the best scenary of uk.

When you start to make your way north, one of the famous stop is the town of Cambridge. Visit this historic town and especially, the University city of Cambridge. As you are aware, the University of Cambridge is the country’s oldest institution of learning. Over here, you can feel the intellectural atmosphere. Enough or the learning culture, let move on to the most complete medieval city of York. Enjoy the great structure of York Minster and take a leisure walk among a maze quaint street, and not forgetting the narrow Shambles. It about time to take a rest after a day of travel.

Oh, wake up in the morning and head northward towards Scotland. As you travel along, you will see a section of Hadrain’s wall, which is the Roman coast-to-coast defense against the northern tribes. A little further north, you will reach the wild Northumberland National Park which is close to the Scottish border. At the border of scotland, visit Jedburge and see the house of Mary, Queen of Scots. Then visit Melrose and view the 12th-century abbey ruins. You will reach Edinburgh at mid-day.

I have been to a few times and you really need at few days to appreciate its beauty, However, if you are on a short trip, you got to make use of you precious day to explore this “Prince of Cities”. One of the highlight is the Edinburgh Castle which is Scotland’s Crown Jewels. You should also attend the world-renowned Edinburgh Military Tattoo which presents massed Scottish pipe bands. The event take place in an areaa on the esplanade of Edinburgh Castle. The event will round off your day in Edinburgh.

The next day, need southward to Grasmere, Lake District. The Lake District England, is considered as the finest of England’s national park. I have drived though this distict myself and enjoyed the beautiful lakes. Over here, you will enjoy beautiful scenery. Upon completion of the tour in Lake District, head south further to the the City of Liverpool. Do youk know where the group Beatles come from? I bet you know the answer. Wonder in the city center and enjoy this english city.

Continue your tour down south and drive into the Wales. This is another place I have visited and I like it as well. Stop at Llangollen, which is home of an international competition for poets and musicians. Ah hah, if you like poets and music, you will be trilled. However, if you are not, there are lots to do in Llangollen as well. Enjoy the Wales culture, artitect, and tast its food. There is alway something to do at a new place.

Next, head back into England and take a rest at Bristol. The best part I like about Bristol is to visit the elegant Georgian city of Bath. Of you know Bath, you know what I am talking about, It is famous for its Roman relics and the beautiful city, Next highlight is the Stonehenge. Visit the standing stone and see if you make sense of its existence. Next stop is at Salisbury which is know as the “city of Soaring Spire”. Aftere visiting these interesting place, head back to London.

Yes, you made it. You have just completed an introductoy tour of uk. Visiting England, Scotland and Wales.