Thinking about traveling to England...?

Question

can anyone give me any suggestions about what to do in England.. ie. Places to go, Accomadations etc.. Any advice? What is your opinion about england.. From what I hear it is lovely and wonderful.. Thank you so much.. Any information would be great.. Ciao..

Answer 1

London, home to St. Paul's Cathedral, Tower Bridge, the British Museum, Trafalgar square, The Tower of London, and a slue of other attractions; both old and new. Very much an international city, visitors flack to see London theater, browse at Covent Gardens and take a stroll along the Themes.
London is big, but fortunately for the traveler, almost all the major sights of interest are with in reasonable reach. I am not recommending anyone try to walk to all the sights but if you select an accommodation near one of the London sights listed on the left, you can easily use the Metro (Underground) to see all the other sights in the list.
I was last in London in 1992, being from the USA midwest, I was impressed by the internationalism of the city, people and business from all over the world seem to be represented. While I have noticed my home state growing in diversity over the past 14 years, I was still surprise how even more international London is today than it was on my last visit. Traveling the metro and streets of London, you may need to listen carefully to hear an English accent among the crowd.
Large cities tend to be more expensive for the visitor than villages and London is no exception. No longer the most expensive city in the world to live in; St. Petersburg now holds that title. Some visitors might still raise an eyebrow at the cost of things in London, on the reasonable but low end, a couple can spend 30 pounds for a dinner, and 100 pounds for a relatively inexpensive hotel. Of course, at the luxury end of the scale, the sky is the limit.

With its oriental stylistic architecture, the Royal Pavilion of Brighten certainly stands out from the other tourist attractions of Britain. It was George IV that build the Pavilion and help to establish Brighten as a world fame st beach resort.
Today, Brighton is still a major British resort, specialty shopping, top restaurants and art galleries are in abundance. But, from what I can gather, the real attraction is the inclusive nature of the crowd in Brighten. A visitor to the city can often observe the cultural and economic extremes side by side in the shops, cafes and clubs.
As a thriving vestige of the beach resorts of the late 19th century, Brighton retains one of its two pleasure piers.
A third pier, destroyed about the time as the Brighton "Royal" pier was build, has some entertainment associated with it, but it was primarily a working pier.
Pleasure Piers were establish in Britain in the mid 1800's to allow vacationers to have a nice view of the ocean at low tied, apparently visitors found it disappointing to go to a seaside resort only to see an expanse of sand and seaweed where water should be.
During Victorian times, these seaside resorts with their amusement park piers, represent the ultimate"holiday" experience.

If you are visiting southern England, a visit to Stonehenge is almost a must do. Ask people on the street to name the top five tourist sights in England, I suspect Stonehenge would be on most list. Never the less, many leave Stonehenge slightly disappointed, "I thought it would be bigger", "This site is over rated, Avebury's stones are better", "You can not walk among or even touch the stones".
By luck as much as by design, we arrived early at Stonehenge. The first in the gate, I feel no pressure to rush to the stones, not realizing with in minutes the hordes will arrive.
Still, Stonehenge represents well the mystery surrounding bronze and pre-bronze culture in the UK. Who were the people that started the first earthen works at Stonehenge (3000 BC) and who carried on their work until completed around 1600 BC? What is Stonehenge significance, religious, legal (boundary setting, law giving), astronomical? There is no end to the speculation as to who and why but facts are somewhat limited
Stonehenge was in use from 2800 BC until after 1100 BC. Early Stonehenge consisted of circular earthwork enclosures, some possibly dating back to 3000 BC. The rock structure we see today, was put in placed from 2000 to 1500 BC, during the early Bronze Age.
Stonehenge has the largest stones of any standing stone circle in the UK. If you are looking for the largest circle of standing stones you will need to go to

Answer 2

ive have been to England twice once in high school then again with family in 85 . i would love to go again with my husband . my family and i stayed in bed and breakfast very reasonable and more personal than hotels . you get to meet people that way to. get out of London and see the country it is beautiful and transportation is great . you can travel by underground and the railway , rent a car . buses in the city , walk . get a copy of froms travel on England they have places to see and stay . you may want to be a little more careful since some things happening in London but i think you'll be fine . have a great time .

Answer 3

I would recommend spending some time in the country side as well as going to the big sites of London. Maybe you should fly to Heathrow/Gatwick/Luton Airport and then maybe stay for a while in the New Forest National Park. It is about 1 1/2 trains ride from London, picturesque and so quiet.

Answer 4

I just came back from england, stayed 2 months in oxford, at central backpackers (staff is very friendly there). not so crowded as london and much safer. Police are always patrolling around. and if you wan to travel to other parts of england its very accessible as well. I went to stradford upon avon, where shakespear lived and died there. Also a good place for shopping and sight seeing. I went to london as well, just find it too crowded for me but the london eye area is really nice to walk around. Also recommend going to Bath as well even though I didnt went there but heard so much about it. look on the internet and guide books for more information. Hope this helps. Cheers :)

Answer 5

UK is my best place for visits since i was visited it for 3 times in my life. IN London the big city that the best is the British Museum and the chinatown real HK chef for chinese foods.In Cambridge the lovely rivers ,beautiful & peaceful lakes and bridges and the wonderful colleges.Bath~ the Queen of english cities.18th century for wide pavements &spring hot water flowed 8000 years .Stonehenge as famous & historic stones circles.I do recommended to go Scotland as well .

Answer 6

hang with the boys *wink*