London on the River Thames is the biggest city of Europe.
Rich in historical sites and overwhelmingly beautiful attracts several million tourists each year.
Southern coast with its numerous palm trees is a wonderful contrast to the historic university cities such as: Oxford, Cambridge, old city of York and other remaining left by the Romans.
You can’t miss the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben, Westminster Abbey or Windsor Castle, the famous Tower of London or Buckingham Palace. A visit at Trafalgar Square or Piccadilly Circus is a must. Just like the Museum of Science, Natural History Museum, Victoria & Albert Museum*Royal Albert Hall and The Greenwich Meridian. Every tourist visiting London should also step into Madame Tussaud Wax Figures Gallery.
Contemporary London is also the biggest European financial centre (several hundred banks, the biggest Stock Market in Europe, numerous insurance and investment companies); and a vast industrial centre (electronics industry, production of ships, chemical industry and textile industry).
There are five airports around London: London City, London Gatwick, London Heathrow, London Luton and London Stansted.
The connections with London are run usually by the low-cost airlines therefore; everyone can travel to London nowadays. The price of return flight ticket ranges from 100PLN to 70PLN. The most popular airlines connecting with London are: EasyJet, Wizz Air, Centralwings, Sky Europe, LOT, British Airways.
Accommodation in London depends on the zone we want to stay in. We can choose an expensive and luxurious hotel as well as a low-cost accommodation. Price depends highly on the zone where the hotel is situated. The most expensive zone is the first one. Here, double room costs about L80 per person. If you wish to stay in London for a week the best choice of accommodation would be in the second and third zone. We are still nar. The centre of London and the cost is lowered by half which is about L30-L50 per person for a double room for a week. The further zone the lower the cost of accommodation – even to. L20 per person for a week in a double room.
Some hotels where the prices range from 326 PLN a day:
Ambassadors Hotel, City Hotel, Enterprise Hotel, Ramada Encore London West, Corbigoe Hotel, Ramada Ealing, The Regency, Hyde Park Premier London Paddington, City Inn Westminster Hotel, The Cumberland - a Guoman Hotel, Sofitel London Gatwick, Hilton London Paddington, The May Fair.
Most of the products and services in London are slightly more expensive than in other cities. The biggest difference can be seen in the prices of meat, sausages, cigarettes, alcohol, service and in restaurants or pubs.
Bread - L0,40 - L1,00
Baguette - L0,40
Ham 450g - L2,00
Butter - L0,60
10 eggs -L 0,70 - L1,20
Cream - L0,80
Mineral Water 2l - L0,40 - L0,60
Juice 100% 1l - L0,50 - L1,30
Coca-Cola 1l - L1,70
Nescafe 100g - L3,00
Beer - L1,00
Marlboro - L4,30
Toothpaste - L1,00 - L2,00
Stamp - L0,50
Postcard - L0,10 - L0,50
One hor Internet connection - L1
First League Match - L10 - L40
A room - L15 - L60
