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London From Thames

Viewing London from Thames is the leastbeautiful buildings and sights from a
stressful way to travel in London and is heapcompletely different view. The tour guide
of fun. There are 9 piers from which to stopgives you loads of information about the
or start one's journey. These are: Hamptonbuildings  and  views  one  pass.
Court Pier, Richmond Pier, Kew Pier, Putney
Pier, Westminster Pier, Charing Cross Pier,One of these tours goes to the London Tower,
Tower Pier, Greenwich Pier and Thames Barriera museum located at Tower Bridge. During this
Pier.trip one canview several well-known bridges,
like Blackfriars Bridge, London Bridge and
A visit to London is incomplete without aTower Bridge. There are several famous and/or
cruise along the Thames, either as anbeautiful buildings (for instance the Royal
introduction to the many sights and scenes toFestival Hall, Shakespeare's globe which was
be enjoyed during one's stay or as aused by him as a theatre, the oldest pub of
treasured memory of one's visit. All yearLondon and last but not least the Tower of
round, there are that boat service leavesLondon), landmarks (like Cleopatra's Needle
regularly from Westminster Pier, passingand the Oxo tower) and wharves to be seen on
historic and modern places of interest. Overthe way. One can view the HMS Belfast, a
the centuries the river has brought life tonaval ship that is used as a museum nowadays.
London. Hustling boats, teeming wharves,
trade and commerce at every turn. RemindersAnother tour starts from Hampton Court, which
of days gone by are still to be seen alonghas been the Royal residence for centuries
the riverbanks. The classic architecture offrom the 16th century onwards. The route this
Greenwich contrasts with the modern style ofboat sails is the same as the kings used to
Canary  Wharf.travel to Hampton Court. There are several
beautiful and/or famous buildings for
To travel by water is one of the easiest waysinstance Big Ben, Houses of Parliament and
to get around London. At the time of theLambeth Palace. One passes several well known
Romans until the 18th century there was onlybridges like Westminster Bridge, Lambeth
one bridge across the Thames, and naturallyBridge and Hammersmith Bridge. Going
it was clogged with traffic. It was quickerthrough two locks through a boat is quite an
and easier to hire water boats to carryexperience  in  itself.
travelers from one bank to the other, or up
and  down  the  Thames.One prominent feature is the further away
one comes away from the centre of London, the
The early 19th century saw a proliferation ofmore expensive the houses became. There are
canals built into and around London, usuallyalso more and more yachts which slowly became
for goods transport. These canals fell out ofmore expensive too. Around Kew and Richmond
service as rail transport became a viablethere was number of expensive yachts vying
option, but now they offer a relaxing way towith  each  other.
travel  about  the  city.
The best part of tour was the natural
Along river Thames one can find several tourscenery. Sometimes it looked that one was not
boat operators, where one can buy tickets forin London anymore. There was nothing but
a sightseeing tour on the river. These tourspeace and quietness all around and all one
are recommended because one travel on thecould hear was the pounding of the boat
beautiful river Thames and see London and itsitself.



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