Things To Do in London
The Natural History Museum is all about discovering the natural world around us and appeals to all age brackets. One well liked sight is the enormous Blue Whale. It is crazy to see as you really won't be able to picture how large a life-size model must be before you walk beneath it. Also make sure you checkout 'The Power Within' where you can experience what an earthquake feels like!
It is just one of three great museums on Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London, England (the others are the Science Museum, as well as the Victoria and Albert Museum). Its primary frontage is on Cromwell Road. The museum is an exempt charity, and a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. The museum hosts life and earth science specimens comprising some 70 million items within five major collections: Botany, Entomology,Mineralogy, Palaeontology and Zoology. The museum is known as a world-renowned centre of exploration, focusing on taxonomy, identification and preservation.
Go to Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace features 775 rooms. These include 19 State suites, 52 Royal and guest bedrooms, 188 staff bedrooms, 92 offices and 78 bathrooms. In measurements, the structure is 108 metres long across the front, 120 metres deep (including the central quadrangle) and 24 metres high.
It is among the handful of working royal palaces remaining in the world today. During the summer, tourists can tour the nineteen State Rooms, which form the heart of the Palace. These spectacular rooms are embellished with some of the best items from the Royal Collection, including paintings by Rembrandt, Rubens and Canaletto and sculpture by Canova.
The Tower of London
The Tower of London was home to the kings and queens of England for many years. (Buckingham Palace continues to be the official London dwelling of Britain's sovereign since 1837.) The Tower of London was a prison and several well known prisoners were kept there such as Sir Walter Ralegh – he was held inside the Bloody Tower for 13 years but utilized his time by writing The History of the World (published in 1614) and growing tobacco on Tower Green.
The Tower of London held prisoners from the middle and upper classes so there isn't any dungeons. A lot of tourists love to book into a hotel nearby the tower of London for their unforgettable trip away. See our great choice of tluxury hotels around London so feel free to flick through our site and find some good bargains.