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Our guide features London's best galleries, museums, landmarks,historical sites, shopping areas and entertainment zones, allguaranteed to provide the ultimate London tourist experience. Theattractions we've highlighted are unashamedly well known, but do youreally want to be returning home to tell your friends about thefantastic thimble shop in Pimlico you visited? Or would you rather raveabout the phenomenal view of one of the world's great cities from thetop of The Eye, or that you've actually seen the beauty of Van Gogh'sSunflowers with your own eyes? London has a multitude of variedand exciting attractions but these are the ones without which, yourtrip just wouldn't be the same! Oxford Street Britain'sbusiest high street and London's best known shopping area ischock-a-block full of the largest branches of the nation's most popularshops - over 300 in fact. Many of the biggest high street names havetheir flagship stores here and the street also boasts the oldest recordshop in the world (HMV at number 363). It's not all hardcore shoppingthough - light entertainment is often provided in the form of chantingHari Krishnas skipping along the pavement. If you can't find what youwant to buy in Oxford Street, you haven't got much of a hope elsewhere. Nearest Tubes: Marble Arch, Bond Street, Oxford Circus, and Tottenham Court Road Camden MarketIf you're after a more bohemian approach to shopping than the OxfordStreet experience, then get yourself up to Camden. One of London'scoolest areas has a seemingly endless array of shops and stalls sellingsuch items as clothing (new, second hand and retro), customised DocMartins and trainers, jewellery, bootleg CDs and DVDs and craft ware.Open daily; it's a multi cultural experience with some great littlefood outlets dotted all over. Nearest Tube: Camden Town Tower of LondonBuilt by Billy The Conqueror nearly a thousand years ago, this is oneof the best preserved and most famous historic landmarks in the world.Full of the history of executions and imprisonments and offering thespectacle of the Beefeaters, the ravens and the crown jewels as well asthe majesty of the building itself, this remains THE essential place ofhistoric interest to visit when in London. http://www.camelotintl.com/tower_site/index.html Nearest Tube: Tower Hill. St. Paul's CathedralBritain's best known place of worship and certainly one of its mostrecognisable buildings, having so often been the centrepiece of stateoccasions. The cathedral was designed by Sir Christopher Wren and built300 years ago following the destruction of the previous building by theGreat Fire Of London. An awe inspiring feat of architecture, steeped inhistory and featuring works of art, monuments, mosaics and theWhispering Gallery, the Cathedral is also still a busy working church.So booking your wedding here during the summer months might just be abit tricky. Nearest Tube: St Pauls National GalleryThe National Gallery is home to one of the greatest collections ofEuropean art in the world. Featuring works painted between 1250 and1900, the collection includes such well known pieces as Van Gogh'sSunflowers, Botticelli's Venus And Mars and Constable's Hay Wain.Sadly, the work of the great Rolf Harris is too recent and tooAustralian to be included - see the Tate Modern. Nearest Tube: Charing Cross. Admission: Free British MuseumFounded over 250 years ago, it could be said that the British Museum isone of London's oldest and most prized exhibits - the museum buildingitself is one of Britain's greatest architectural landmarks. Housedinside is a collection of art and antiquities from ancient and livingcultures the world over spanning two million years featuring theRosetta Stone, the Easter Island statue and the earliest known image ofChrist. Nearest Tubes: Tottenham Court Road, Goodge Street, Russell Square & Holborn. Admission: Free London EyeUndoubtedly the quickest way to take in all of London's majorattractions is by jumping on the Eye. There's not much of the city thatcan't be seen from the top of what has become one of the Londonskyline's most dominating features. To further enhance your flight onthis modern day feat of engineering, you can even order champagne to beserved in your capsule (not recommended for the easily nauseas). http://www.londoneye.com Nearest Tubes: Waterloo & Westminster. Tate ModernIf random blobs of paint on canvas and piles of rusty old engine partsis your idea of art, then get yourself down to the Tate Modern. Createdin a disused power station on the banks of the Thames, the gallery hasbecome one of London's most fascinating attractions since opening in2000. The collection features works by Picasso, Matisse, Dali, Pollockand Warhol and represents all the major movements since 1900. Sadly,the work of the great Rolf Harris is too art like to be included - seethe National Gallery. Nearest Tubes: Southwark & Blackfriars. Admission: Free (however donations are gratefully received) Covent GardenFormerly a fruit and vegetable market, 'The Garden' is now a constantand varied hive of activity. It has a hugely diverse selection ofshops, eateries, bars, a market selling art, crafts, antiques andsouvenirs, historic buildings, theatres, the Royal Opera House andfantastic free entertainment provided by street entertainers andmusicians. If you can't find something to capture your interest atCovent Garden then you must be harder to please than Simon Cowell on abad day. Nearest Tube: Covent Garden. Trafalgar SquareUndoubtedly one of the most famous sights of London without visitingwhich, a trip to the capital would be incomplete. Not only are touristsdrawn to see Nelsons Column, the fountains, the lions, the annual giftof a huge Christmas tree from Norway and the pigeons (dirty little soand sos), but it is where the masses flock to in times of nationalcelebration or when there is cause to demonstrate. Trafalgar Squaretruly is the meeting place of the nation. Nearest Tube: Charing Cross. Article Tags: Oxford Street, Nearest Tubes, Nearest Tube, National Gallery, Tate Modern, Admission Free, Covent Garden