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Have you done all the obvious London Tourist stuff?
Posted by MokAsh about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago
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Yes yes, I KNOW that a lot of it is hideously overpriced, but have you actually visited the usual, obvious tourist sites that this city has to offer? Or do you feel it is all a bit commercial and beneath you, and prefer to head out to visit the Bethnal Green Museum of Quiche? A while ago I visited the Tower of Lo...
Cool markets and other places to take people new to London - anyone know any?
Posted by Joelle about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago
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My cousin (age 22) has recently arrived in London from Mauritius. Being a Londoner all my life, I’m so used to seeing and experiencing London everyday, I suppose I take it all for granted. What cool places can I take her that aren’t too expensive? She’s done the National Gallery, Trafalgar Squar...
Where would you take an Italian abroad?
Posted by NARDINI about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago
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I would like to ask for some help on behalf of my brother-in-law and his wife. He is Italian – in fact, they both are – living in Italy. He can speak reasonable English, but she can only just about manage “ello” – and Ciao, of course. My – well, their – problem is where t...
Wheelchair-friendly places in central London?
Posted by MonkeysAhoy! about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago
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I find myself possibly on the receiving end of playing general host and guide to a group of American visitors this summer (ugh, Americans). Students, to boot (ugh, students). One of them is in a motorized wheelchair, and their group leader has been asking me about how accomodating central London will be to the whe...
How has London Transport been voted best one out of all of them?
Posted by plum 10 months ago
Last active 10 months ago
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Wonders will never cease – apparently our huge, rickety and highly unreliable public transport system has been voted by ‘world travellers’ as the best in the world for the second year running, no less! I can’t imagine the sample was the best cross-section that could possibly have been achiev...
Can you find Roman antiquity in a barber shop basement?
Posted by whenthiswasfields about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago
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In Gracechurch Street in the City there is a barbershop which has a Roman antiquity in its basement. I know because I was having my haircut when a group of German (I think) tourists came in to have a look. It’s accessed through a broom cupboard. Scipio Africanus
premiumWhere can I find a sporty pub near.... stuff?
Posted by MattFromLondonist about 1 year ago
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I’ve got some old Uni friends visiting in a few weeks. One of them wants, nay needs, to watch a mid-afternoon footy match, while the others do not. So, can anyone think of a good pub for watching football that is close to interesting stuff for tourists? Maybe somewhere in Greenwich, or South Bank, or South Ken...
Has anyone ever actually eaten at a Garfunkels or Aberdeen Steakhouse?
Posted by freedapeople about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago
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And if so why? No, I’m really interested cos obviously one of the first things you learn as a Londoner or incomer (along with black snot and not walking slowly down Oxford Street) is never ever EVER eat in a Garfunkels or AS cos you’ll get rat faeces served on a bed of lollo rosso and only tourists are ...
premiumWho are London's best-loved tourists?
Posted by BraveNewMalden about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago
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I’ve never had a problem with London’s tourists. Perhaps it’s because I once used to be a tour guide, or, before that, because I used to live in an area of London popular with young foreign students visiting the big city. brief wistful gaze into middle distance Hey, I even like visitors from ...
202 Things To Do Before You Leave London - what would you add?
Posted by Simone about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago
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Despite the fairly miserable assumption that everybody’s going to leave (it’s no place to raise a family, after all…), there’s at least some point to Time Out’s list. Last year’s: http://www.timeout.com/london/features/2253/1.html This year’s: http://www.timeout.com/londo...
