Frommer's London 2011 (Frommer's Color Complete)
Danforth Prince
Language: English
Pages: 464
ISBN: 0470614390
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
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Hundreds of color photos
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Free pocket map inside,plus easy-to-read maps throughout
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Exact prices, directions, opening hours,and other practical information
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Candid reviews of hotels and restaurants,plus sights, shopping, and nightlife
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Itineraries, walking tours, and trip-planning ideas
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Insider tips from local expert authors
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bitter assessments of modern Britain such as Naked (2003), and even Harry Potter’s “Platform 93⁄4” at King’s Cross station—although the movies actually used the more suitably gothic St. Pancras for filming. (See also “Five Classic London Movies,” above.) The city is inevitably a favorite subject of feature-length television. Londoners’ increased suspicion of politics and politicians is typified by miniseries such as the BBC’s House of Cards (DVD, 1990) and State of Play (DVD, 2003). (Alan The
woodland; it maintains its rural atmosphere despite being surrounded by cityscapes on all sides. The “village center” of Hampstead is filled with cafes and restaurants, and there are pubs galore, a few with historic pedigrees. HIGHGATE Along with Hampstead, Highgate is another choice north London residential area, particularly on or near Pond Square and along Highgate High Street. Once celebrated for its “sweet salutarie airs,” Highgate has long been a desirable place for Londoners to live;
interior space—his picture gallery, for example, is filled with three times the number of paintings that a room of similar dimensions would normally hold. One prize of the collection is William Hogarth’s satirical series The Rake’s Progress, a satire on mid-18th-century politics. Soane also filled his house with classical sculpture: The sarcophagus of Pharaoh Seti I, found in a burial chamber in the Valley of the Kings, is here. Insider’s tip: On the first Tuesday evening of every month, this
Imperial War Museum. Imperial War Museum London MUSEUM From 1814 to 1930, this deceptively elegant, domed building was the Bethlehem Royal Hospital, an old-style “madhouse,” where the “patients” formed part of a Victorian freak show—visitors could pay a penny to go and stare at the lunatics. (The hospital’s name has since entered the language as “Bedlam,” a slang expression for chaos and confusion.) Thankfully, civilization has moved on in its treatment of the mentally ill, although as this