London  Weblinks

 

Tourism:  

Visit Britain <http://www.visitbritain.com/>.

Totally London <http://www.visitlondon.com/>

This is London (Evening Standard) <http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/home/>.

Street Sensation <http://www.streetsensation.co.uk/>.

Time out <http://www.timeout.com/london/>.

 

Shopping:

Londontown <http://www.londontown.com/shopping/>.

Londonvisions <http://www.londonvisions.com/main_shopping.htm>.

 

Hotel: 

Royal National Hotel <http://www.imperialhotels.co.uk/royal.htm>.

 

Baggage: 

<http://www.britishairways.com/travel/baggag/public/en_us>

 

Weather:  

Totally London <http://na.visitlondon.com/info/weather>.

BBC <http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?world=0008>.

Currency Conversion:

<http://www.xe.com/ucc/> or Yahoo <http://finance.yahoo.com/currency?u>
Remember to use British Pounds (GBP) and US Dollars (USD);  take note of which way you are converting--the dollar is worth less than the pound.  In January it is about two US $ to one GB £.

Destinations: 

Royal Residences, Windsor Castle <http://www.royal.gov.uk/OutPut/Page557.asp>;  Windsor Castle and St. George's Chapel <http://www.windsor.gov.uk/attractions/castle.htm>.

Historic Royal Palaces <http://www.hrp.org.uk/> (includes both Tower of London and Hampton Court).

Tower of London: Royal Armories <http://www.royalarmouries.org/>;  unofficial:  <http://www.toweroflondontour.com/>.

Hampton Court Palace <http://www.hamptoncourt.org.uk/>.

Leeds Castle <http://www.leeds-castle.com/goto.php>.

Canterbury <http://www.canterbury.co.uk/>; <http://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/>; <http://www.theheritagetrail.co.uk/cathedrals/canterbury cathedral.htm>;  .

Dover Castle <http://www.theheritagetrail.co.uk/castles/dover castle.htm>.

Other Places to go and see:

Tate Modern and Tate Britain <www.tate.org.uk>.

Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace <http://www.changing-the-guard.com/>.

The British Museum <http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/>.  The British Library <http://www.bl.uk/>.

The Wallace Collection <http://www.wallacecollection.org/newsite/public/>.

London Eye <http://www.londoneye.com/>.

General Travel info:

Rick Steves Travel <http://www.ricksteves.com/home.htm>

International Travel Information from the State Department (Warnings, Announcements, Background) <http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis_pa_tw_1168.html>

And in paper:  travel guides by Michelin, Eyewitness, Frommer, Knopf, the book London: A History by A. N. Wilson.

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