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One of the oldest and largest        London alone, contains FOUR!!!    Built in the 11th century and
cities of Europe is London,          World Heritage Sites such as:     notable by its great architecture,
Capital City of the United                                             Windsor castle has been the
Kingdom with a population of         •	 The Tower of London            family home of British kings and
over 8.5 million, it was recently    •	 Kew Gardens                    queens for almost 1,000 years.
rated as one of the most popular     •	 The site comprising the
cities in the “world” by the                                           As we head into central
MasterCard’s annual study into             Palace of Westminster,      London, one of the best and
global tourism.                            Westminster Abbey, and St   quickest ways to see all of the
                                           Margaret’s Church           great landmarks around the
A world leading financial Centre,    •	 The historic settlement        city such as Tower of London,
London is a cosmopolitan city              of Greenwich (in which      Tower Bridge, the Houses of
that can pride itself on having an         the Royal Observatory,      Parliament, Buckingham Palace,
unrivalled mix of history, culture,        Greenwich marks the         St Paul’s Cathedral and Piccadilly
culinary gems and cutting-edge             Prime Meridian, 0°          Circus, will be best achieved by
creativity.                                longitude, and GMT).        getting on a red double decker
                                                                       bus – where you can hop on and
From ancient icons like the Big      …And at a stone’s throw from      off as desired.
Ben to more recent landmarks         Heathrow Airport (London’s
such as the London Eye               main international airport)       An alternative way to explore
and Western Europe tallest           you will be able to visit one of  London is also by taking a
skyscraper, the Shard…this           the UK’s most famous royal        cruise on the world famous river
awesome city has a near endless      residences and the oldest and     Thames, which is a great way of
string of famous attractions.        largest inhabited castles in the  seeing the city from a different
                                     world, Windsor Castle.            perspective.
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