5 things to do in London

The London Parks crossing

For your first day in London, this walk is really nice. You can visit the most famous areas in London like Hyde Park, Buckingham Palace and the Parliament.

Begin your trip in Kensington garden, the Ouest part of Hyde Park. You will see Kensington palace, the Lady Diana's Memorial and following the Serpentine, you will arrive at Hyde park Corner in the Southeast of the park.

Go throught Wellington Arch to join Green Park. After 5 to 10 min by walk, you will see Buckingham Palace. Take your time to see the queen's guards and then cross St James's Park.

In the other side, you will arrive at the Calvalry. Take your camera with you because you will meet the riders of the Queen.

Continue strait away and you will see the Thames. Follow the Banks on your right to see the Parliament.

Kew Garden

Kew Garden is the botanic garden of the Queen. It is located in zone 3 on the District line. It was opened in 1759 and holds more than 30 000 species which belong from all other the world.

Most of the collection are devided in 3 greenhouses :

• The Palm House, a victorian greenhouse, is the most famous of this garden. It was inaugurated in 1844 and was renovated 2 times in 1950 and 1980. It holds a beautiful collection of palms and tropical plants.
• Temperature House is the bigest victorian greenhouse of the world. It was finished in 1863 when Palm House became too little. It welcomes subtropical and mediterraneane plants.
• Princess of Wales Conservatory : It was created in honor of Princess Augusta, the kew garden fondator. It was inaugurated by princess Diana in 1887. 10 zones present plants from all the climates.

You can also visit the japonese garden, the Bamboo house and others.

The admission is charged : £13.90 for adult, £11;90 for students and children are free. To have more information, please visit this website.

The british museum

This museum of history and human civilisations is located in Holborn in the center of London. It was created in 1753 thanks to Sir Hans Sloane's collection but became public in 1759.

Nowadays, 7 million objects from all the civilisation and times are exposed. The British museum holds the bigest egyptian exhibition of the world. You can meet mummies, statues, objects and the Rosetta Stones, the one which permits to decipher the hieroglyphs. Be carefull, there are two stones in the museum. Are you able to find the right one?

The admission is free like important museums in London but donation are welcomed.

Tower of London

The tower of London is a fortress situated in the north banks of the Thames closer from Tower Bridge. Its construction begun in 1066 and knew lot of transformations. Even if it was the Royal Palace, it became a prison in 1100.

Nowadays, this fortress is Unesco classified. It holds interesting exhibitions. The most famous is the Royal Jewels.  The White tour presents an amazing weapons collection from all other the world and times.

It is a wonderfull family day out. The entrance is charged : £19,80 far an adult, £17,50 for student and £10,45 for children. Please, clic here to visit the website.

Shopping

Oxford Street and Regent Street are the shopping Queen. Along 2,5km, Oxford street is the longest  comercial street of the World. There are more than 300 shops. Regent Street holds more luxurious shops. You can't miss the first Apple Shop of Europe and the bigest Toys shop of the World, Hamleys.

What kind of shop do they have in London ? There are the important european brands : H&M, Zara, Mango, Esprit, Zara, New Look, Bershka, Desigual... But there are some new unknown shop there. Primark sells clothes and accessories at the lowest prices. French Connexion and All Saint are less afordable but I really like them.