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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.
