Stop by Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace offers 775 rooms. These include 19 State suites, 52 Royal and guest bedrooms, 188 staff bedrooms, 92 offices and 78 bathrooms. In measurements, the building is 108 metres long along the front, 120 metres deep (including the central quadrangle) and 24 metres high.
It has become the few working royal palaces remaining these days. Over the summer, tourists can see the nineteen State Rooms, which make up the heart of the Palace. These impressive rooms are decorated with some of the greatest items from the Royal Collection, including art by Rembrandt, Rubens and Canaletto and sculpture by Canova.
The Tower of London
The Tower of London was home to the kings and queens of England for countless years. (Buckingham Palace has been the recognized London residence of Britain's sovereign since 1837.)
The Tower of London was a prison and lots of prominent prisoners were placed there including Sir Walter Ralegh – he was held inside the Bloody Tower for 13 years but utilized his time by writing The History of the World (published in 1614) and growing tobacco on Tower Green. The Tower of London held prisoners from the middle and upper classes so you won't notice any dungeons. A lot of tourists love to book into a hotel nearby the tower of London for their memorable vacation away. See our excellent choice of luxury hotels throughout London so feel free to browse through our site and find some good bargains.
The Natural History Museum
The Natural History Museum is centered on discovering the natural world around us and attracts all age brackets. One well liked sight is the enormous Blue Whale. This is certainly outrageous to see because you really won't be able to imagine how large a life-size model must be until you walk beneath it.
Also be sure to take a look at 'The Power Within' where you can encounter what an earthquake is like! It is among the three great museums on Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London, England (the others are the Science Museum, and the Victoria and Albert Museum). Its most important frontage is on Cromwell Road. The museum is an exempt charity, and a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
The museum hosts life and earth science specimens comprising some 70 million items within five main collections: Botany, Entomology,Mineralogy, Palaeontology and Zoology. The museum is a world-renowned centre of analysis, specializing in taxonomy, identification and conservation.
