A guide to London by Olga Suinysheva https://padlet.com/olgasarom/jisdiqpnfyafv4h6 Being a tourist in London en-us 2022-02-25 11:26:44 UTC 2022-02-25 14:07:03 UTC hello@padlet.com olgasarom https://padlet.com/olgasarom/jisdiqpnfyafv4h6/wish/2066220889 2022-02-25 11:31:19 UTC https://padlet.com/olgasarom/jisdiqpnfyafv4h6/wish/2066220889 The Biggest Hindu Temple Out of India https://padlet.com/olgasarom/jisdiqpnfyafv4h6/wish/2066363909 The BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir (don’t worry, you don’t really need to know the name!) is a white marble masterpiece standing out against the surrounding modern buildings. If you’re lucky enough to be there during a religious rite, you’ll be enchanted by the colours and the melodies.
Take the underground Jubilee line for Neasden, which is close to Wembley Stadium: it takes approximately half an hour from central London, but it’s well worth it
BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir:
Opening Hours: Monday-Sunday 9AM – 6 PM
There is no admission fee for walk ins. Also, no fee for tours - which - for 9 or more people, should be booked ahead of time. It would be polite and respectful to leave some sort of donation.]]> 2022-02-25 13:39:27 UTC https://padlet.com/olgasarom/jisdiqpnfyafv4h6/wish/2066363909 Tower Bridge https://padlet.com/olgasarom/jisdiqpnfyafv4h6/wish/2066367065 Tower Bridge is London’s most distinctive bridge. It spans the River Thames to the east of the city, flanked by the Tower of London on the north bank and City Hall on the south. As well as its role as a vital river crossing, it’s a popular tourist attraction.]]> 2022-02-25 13:41:23 UTC https://padlet.com/olgasarom/jisdiqpnfyafv4h6/wish/2066367065 Madame Tussauds https://padlet.com/olgasarom/jisdiqpnfyafv4h6/wish/2066367200 You won't turn into a sheep if you look here! Madame Tussauds museum.
To travel so far and not even meet the Queen and her family? In addition to photos with famous people, you will also get a fascinating history of wax making and try to make a figurine yourself.]]> 2022-02-25 13:41:29 UTC https://padlet.com/olgasarom/jisdiqpnfyafv4h6/wish/2066367200 Saint Dunstan in the East https://padlet.com/olgasarom/jisdiqpnfyafv4h6/wish/2066369406 The church of Saint Dunstan is located in between the Tower of London and London bridge.
The medieval church that was originally built in the 11-12th century and then has been partially destroyed during WWII. In 1967 the ruins of St Dunstan were turned into a public park, and became one of the most beautiful London’s parks, where you can escape from the noisy city]]> 2022-02-25 13:42:50 UTC https://padlet.com/olgasarom/jisdiqpnfyafv4h6/wish/2066369406 https://padlet.com/olgasarom/jisdiqpnfyafv4h6/wish/2066370282 MI6 building in Lambeth, London
The SIS Building or MI6 Building at Vauxhall Cross houses the headquarters of the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS, MI6), the United Kingdom's foreign intelligence agency. It is located at 85 Albert Embankment in Vauxhall, a south western part of central London, on the bank of the River Thames beside Vauxhall Bridge. The building has been the headquarters of the SIS since 1994.]]> 2022-02-25 13:43:22 UTC https://padlet.com/olgasarom/jisdiqpnfyafv4h6/wish/2066370282 The Shard https://padlet.com/olgasarom/jisdiqpnfyafv4h6/wish/2066374679 The Shard, also called the Shard of Glass, is a 95-storey skyscraper in London.

It stands above London Bridge Station on the South bank of the River Thames.

The building houses offices, restaurants, a hotel and the highest public viewing platform in Britain on the 72nd floor.

]]> 2022-02-25 13:46:15 UTC https://padlet.com/olgasarom/jisdiqpnfyafv4h6/wish/2066374679 https://padlet.com/olgasarom/jisdiqpnfyafv4h6/wish/2066376230 If you have no time but want to see the wild nature of great islands and London, you’d have to visit the National Gallery with works of Da Vinci, Van Eyck, Holbein, particulary landscapes of Thomas Gainsborought. ]]> 2022-02-25 13:47:21 UTC https://padlet.com/olgasarom/jisdiqpnfyafv4h6/wish/2066376230 Hampstead heath https://padlet.com/olgasarom/jisdiqpnfyafv4h6/wish/2066378396 Located just four miles from Trafalgar Square, Hampstead Heath is one of London's best loved green spaces. It includes Parliament Hill, Golders Hill Park (with a zoo and butterfly house), an open air lido (open 365 days a year), swimming ponds, splash pools, countless sports pitches and facilities, athletics track, playgrounds, stunning listed pergola and hill garden and enough green space to really feel like you have escaped the City!]]> 2022-02-25 13:48:50 UTC https://padlet.com/olgasarom/jisdiqpnfyafv4h6/wish/2066378396 https://padlet.com/olgasarom/jisdiqpnfyafv4h6/wish/2066381327 Mornings in London start with coffee. From a cup of coffee at a height of 180 meters. Mary-Axe Skyscraper, with the main feature - it has no angles, so, 60 per cent of the ventilation provides by the wind outside.  It has observation 360 degrees and a restaurant on the 41th floor. you can take a great feelings for a price of couple of coffee.]]> 2022-02-25 13:50:51 UTC https://padlet.com/olgasarom/jisdiqpnfyafv4h6/wish/2066381327 RIB Experience https://padlet.com/olgasarom/jisdiqpnfyafv4h6/wish/2066384434 The good old boat trip along the Thames in our crazy time has turned into a race on speedboats with a capacity of 400 horsepower. At a speed of more than 60 kilometers per hour, you will rush past the main attractions of London. There is also a special 80-minute walk for James Bond fans - a fascinating route through the iconic places of Ian Fleming's films and books about the famous spy past the headquarters of the secret service MI5.]]> 2022-02-25 13:52:57 UTC https://padlet.com/olgasarom/jisdiqpnfyafv4h6/wish/2066384434 https://padlet.com/olgasarom/jisdiqpnfyafv4h6/wish/2066388611 The most taste are places, you doesn’t find in travel-guides. The Shoreditch area is the same. It’s because of street art, old shabby walls of bricks of houses, garages is a real London, which residents are embarrassed to show to tourists. The name of the quarter comes from the word "ditch" - a dead place like dirty open drain.]]> 2022-02-25 13:55:44 UTC https://padlet.com/olgasarom/jisdiqpnfyafv4h6/wish/2066388611 https://padlet.com/olgasarom/jisdiqpnfyafv4h6/wish/2066393218 You are still languishing in the stuffy museum and watching the landscapes of Thomas Gainsborought? Real beauty you find in losts of parks: Hyde Park, Rigent's Park. That’s all about a classical culture of London.]]> 2022-02-25 13:58:44 UTC https://padlet.com/olgasarom/jisdiqpnfyafv4h6/wish/2066393218