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London Dungeon 伦敦地牢



伦敦地牢是世界上最阴森恐怖的著名景点，它真实地再现了中世纪时期伦敦历史中黑暗凄惨的一面。
骇人可怕场面和形象的逼真程度不亚于杜莎夫人蜡像馆恐怖屋的的场景。
黑暗的地牢、屋顶上的滴水、白森森的骨架和低闷的钟声等背景音效所营造的气氛，使地牢里的场景更显得阴森可怕。
地牢里还展示具有伦敦特征各种可怕的场面，如开膛手杰克(Jack the Ripper)，还有伦敦发生一些事件的场景，如伦敦大火等。
所有象形和场景都非常逼真，再加上演员们恐怖的装扮和电影及电视的原始画面，重现当年伦敦的真实生活场景，有如身临其境的感觉。
由于场景太过于恐怖，不一定适合所有的儿童、尤其是胆小的儿童去参观。
想認識往日英國另一生活面，膽子也不小的人，不妨來參觀。。。

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伦敦动物园 (London Zoo)

伦敦动物园于1828年开放，是世界上最早的野生科学动物园。今天动物园有超过650种不同的动物物种，是在伦敦唯一能够看到许多野生生物的动物园，例如大象，犀牛和长颈鹿。参观新建的非洲博物馆，游客能够亲眼看到来自非洲的最稀有的动物，包括斑马，猎犬等等。其他新的展览包括蝴蝶天堂，游客可以享受无数蝴蝶围绕你的奇妙感受。在伦敦动物园一天的行程中旅客能够见到超过12,000的动物及极其美妙的动物展览，在动物园一天的美好时光很快就会结束。

动物园特色
1. 在动物园中玻璃亭举行的“生命之网展”[The Web of Life Exhibition]向游客们展示了自然界千姿百态的生物品种。
2. 在儿童乐园里，孩子们还可以与小动物们有亲密的接触。
3. 由名家设计的企鹅馆和大鸟舍都有很高的建筑欣赏价值，值得一看！企鹅是伦敦动物园最受欢迎的动物，建议在饲养员喂食的时候参观，那些企鹅非常之可爱！
4. 伦敦动物园的卖点之一是动物表演。比如你可以去看大猩猩学讲话。不过大部分情况下它都在睡觉。5. 外观是一个巨大充气昆虫形状的蝴蝶馆，里面开满了鲜花，各种各样的蝴蝶在你身边飞舞，它们一点都不怕人。

伦敦动物园虽然不大，却是孩子们最喜欢的景点。带小朋友玩伦敦，伦敦动物园是推荐的首选亲子游景点之一。

  

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Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain 戴安娜王妃纪念喷泉

由Gustafson Porter事务所设计的戴安娜王妃纪念园, 在英国王妃戴安娜辞世7周年之际，于2004年7月在伦敦的海德公园内建成



纪念园通过一条项链式的喷泉水系来表现戴安娜王妃的优雅和亲切。这条由545块巨大的花岗岩石材砌筑的、长度达210m的椭圆形的水渠，线形飘逸动荡。
水流从水渠南端的最高点喷出，然后分成两股，流向不同的方向，在中途还有补水。
水渠东部的水流通过池底表面凸凹不平的岩面，奔流跳跃；而喷泉西部的水流则宁静平稳，
两股水流最终汇集于水渠低处稍宽阔的水面之中。不同的水流形态、不同的水速、不同的水声，反映了戴安娜生命中多样的个性。
水渠中每一块石材的形状和尺寸都不一样，石料用计算机技术切割而成。
白色的水渠石条带在大地艺术般起伏的绿色草地上蜿蜒着，充满生机和雕塑感。

设计体现了自然与艺术的完美结合，也展现了设计与技术之间的紧密联系。
泉水多数是一层水膜，最深处不过1英尺(约30cm)，石材的表面都经过防滑处理，
目的是希望游人能进入喷泉之中，特别是孩子们能在水渠中游戏，喷泉的周围是开阔的草地，以便容纳尽可能多的游人。

纪念园开放之初，由于始料不及的众多游人，场面一度极为混乱，并带来了危险。
接下来的一段时间内，水泵出现问题，喷泉过滤系统堵塞，草地也被踩得斑斑驳驳。

喷泉不得不被围栏围起来，限制游人进入。辉煌的戴安娜王妃纪念喷泉布满灰尘。
至此，戴安娜纪念园似乎在设计、经营、维护及使用之间，出现了难以协调的矛盾。
不过今天，通过更有效的管理，纪念园又重新开放了，围栏被去除，在纪念园的中心和喷泉的周围增加了一条铺装小路，以此来缓解游人容量的压力。
为确保安全，禁止游人在喷泉周围或水中奔跑，但鼓励人们坐在岸边，将双脚放入水中或者在水中洗手。

  

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The Brown Hotel, London
布朗酒店，伦敦

There have been many contenders for the highly-prized title of being named as “London’s oldest hotel”.Brown's Hotel is a luxury 5-star hotel in London, United Kingdom.

Opening its doors in 1837, it has been owned by The Rocco Forte Collection since 3 July 2003 and is a member of The Leading Hotels of the World.Brown's Hotel is set in the heart of Mayfair on Albemarle Street. It is located within walking distance of shopping streets such as Bond Street and Regent Street in addition to theatres, art galleries and central London landmarks. It also sits on the doorstep of Green Park and Hyde Park.

The Grosvenor (near Victoria station) and the Hilton Paddington (formerly the Great Western) can both lay claim to an impressive heritage dating back to the mid-nineteenth century during the reign of Queen Victoria. However, Brown’s in Mayfair probably wins the honour overall.

The hotel has hosted many distinguished guests over the years, including US president Theodore Roosevelt and legendary Ethiopian emperor Haille Sellassie.Brown’s has also witnessed many historic events, such as the first ever telephone call by Alexander Graham Bell.  Rudyard Kipling’s ‘The Jungle Book’ was also written during the author’s stay at the hotel and Agatha Christie apparently based her famous novel ‘At Bertram’s Hotel’ on Browns.

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British Library 大英图书馆

大英圖書館是英國的國家圖書館，擁有250年的歷史(原先是在大英博物館裡頭)，也是世界最大的圖書館之一，離King's Cross車站走路僅約五分鐘，就座落在熱鬧的大街旁。


The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom, and is the world's largest library in terms of total number of items. The library is a major research library, holding over 150 million items from many countries, in many languages and in many formats, both print and digital: books, manuscripts, journals, newspapers, magazines, sound and music recordings, videos, play-scripts, patents, databases, maps, stamps, prints, drawings. The Library's collections include around 14 million books (second only to the United States' Library of Congress), along with substantial holdings of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 2000 BC.

The library was originally a department of the British Museum and from the mid-19th century occupied the famous circular British Museum Reading Room. It became legally separate in 1973, and by 1997 had moved into its new purpose-built building at St Pancras

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Harrods London 伦敦哈罗德百货公司

创始于1849年，至今哈罗德的历史超过150年。哈罗德最初是由杂货商人亨利•查尔斯•哈罗德[Henry Charles Harrod]于1849年创办的，
1905年迁至骑士桥这里。1983年埃及富豪法耶兹[Al-Fayed]家族买下了这家伦敦高档百货公司。
位于伦敦骑士桥 Knightsbridge 区的哈罗德 Harrods 被誉为伦敦最有名和最高级的百货公司。
哈罗德不仅仅是一个百货公司，也是各国游客去伦敦必逛的景点之一。

风靡全球的哈罗德泰迪熊和维尼熊在哈罗德出售至今，已超过100年。
贴士:
1.哈罗德的地下一层设有戴安娜王妃和她情人法耶兹的灵堂。遗照前还摆着法耶兹送给戴安娜的钻戒。
2.在白金汉宫内看到的女王使用的器具在哈罗德都可以买到类似的。各类奢华用品让人大开眼界。
3.作为伦敦最高级的百货公司，哈罗德百货公司店内不允许双肩背包、禁用手机、不可衣冠不整。有保安在门口对双肩背包的游客进行劝阻，要求把包提在手里方可入内。
4.哈罗德百货的埃及厅让你仿佛置身于大英博物馆。英国名牌Burberry巴宝莉的专柜就在这里。电梯间四周装饰了法老头像等，非常有埃及风情。
5.哈罗德的洗手间高贵典雅，有专人为顾客服务。甚至连摆放着的洗手液和香氛等都是名牌产品。

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Somerset House London 常盛大厦伦敦

Somerset House in London is a spectacular neo-classical building in the heart of London (the work of architect Sir William Chambers, dating from 1776-96), sitting between the Strand and the River Thames. Somerset House hosts open-air concerts and films, contemporary art and design exhibitions, family workshops and free guided tours of spaces usually hidden to visitors. During summer months 55 fountains rise and fall dramatically in the courtyard, and in winter there is the famous ice rink.

常盛大厦是在伦敦市中心的一个主要的艺术和文化中心。 55个的喷泉在夏季期间在庭院里翩翩起舞。在冬季，您可以溜冰。

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London Canal Museum 伦敦运河博物馆

位于伦敦King’s Cross地段，运河博物馆所处的地方原先是冰工厂，在1862年为著名的冰淇淋制作商卡罗莱加蒂所建。运河的船只能够将大量的冰块运往伦敦的各处地方。

伦敦运河博物馆讲述了伦敦运河的发展史：早期它们是伦敦工业商业生活的重要组成部分，随着时代的变迁，经历了没落和衰退，今天参观运河成为英国追求休闲的象征。

在欣赏运河的同时，旅客还可以参观船舱，了解过去以水路为生的人们是如何工作和生活的。运河博物馆是伦敦唯一一个内陆水路博物馆，同时也是英国最好的内陆博物馆之一。                                

At the London Canal Museum you can see inside anarrowboat cabin, learn about the history of London's canals, about the cargoes carried, the people who lived and worked on the waterways, and the horses that pulled their boats. Peer down into the unique heritage of a huge Victorian ice well used to store ice imported from Norway and brought by ship and canal boat to be stored. This unique waterways museum is housed in a former ice warehouse built in about 1862-3 for Carlo Gatti, the famous ice cream maker, and features  the history of the ice trade and ice cream as well as the canals.

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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 邱园/基尤植物園

The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, usually referred to as Kew Gardens, is 121 hectares of gardens and botanical glasshouses between Richmond and Kew in southwest London, England. "The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew" and the brand name "Kew" are also used as umbrella terms for the institution that runs both the gardens at Kew and Wakehurst Place gardens in Sussex. Created in 1759, the gardens celebrated their 250th anniversary in 2009.

The director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, is responsible for the world's largest collection of living plants. The organisation employs more than 650 scientists and other staff. The living collections include more than 30,000 different kinds of plants, while the herbarium, which is one of the largest in the world, has over seven million preserved plant specimens.

邱园 正式名称为皇家植物园（Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew），座落在英国伦敦三区的西南角，原是英国王家园林，收了约5万种植物，约占已知植物的8分之1，目前是联合国认定的世界文化遗产，植物园规模庞大，除了常规的园林设计，还有专门的野生动物保护区，该保护区濒临泰晤士河，具备良好的生态环境。

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Natural History Museum 自然历史博物馆

The Natural History Museum is one of three large museums on Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London

英国自然历史博物馆（Natural History Museum） 位于伦敦市中心西南部、海德公园旁边的南肯辛顿区。
博物馆总建筑面积为4万多平方米，馆内大约藏有世界各地的7000万件标本，其中昆虫标本有2800万件。
全馆有20间大陈列厅，内容包括古生物、矿物、植物、动物、生态和人类等六个方面 ..

中央大厅为现代生命科学陈列厅，用立体景观、展柜介绍进化论和人类学知识。
1层 右翼各陈列厅 ... 其中以鸟类的陈列最为出色。
2层 左侧展出哺乳动物，其中较精采的是非洲热带草原动物和澳大利亚有袋动物的陈列；右侧陈列矿物、 ...

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London Covent Garden  科芬园

Covent Garden was once a covered whole sale market for fruits and vegetables.
It was designed in 1833 by Charles Fowler. Since 1974 the area has been transformed and is now known as the Theatrical and Entertainment district.
There are several theaters as well as the Royal Opera House. Covent Garden and the central market are very busy with tourists and street performers and musicians.
A lot of shops, restaurants and pubs can be found in this traffic free area.
Covent Garden and the Seven dials is very colorful and busy area. If you are a theater lover this is the place to be.

科芬园(Covent Garden) 是伦敦最具规模的跳蚤市场，全市最具规模的跳蚤市场，
在古代原為威斯敏斯本篤会女修道院花园，十七世纪贝德福伯爵扩建，后来是伦敦最重要的青果花卉市场长达三百多年。

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Hampstead Heath 汉普特斯西斯公园

Hampstead Heath (locally known as "the Heath") is a large, ancient London park, covering 320 hectares (790 acres).
This grassy public space sits astride a sandy ridge, one of the highest points in London, running from Hampstead to Highgate, which rests on a band of London Clay.
The Heath is rambling and hilly, embracing ponds, recent and ancient woodlands, a lido, playgrounds, and a training track,
and it adjoins the stately home of Kenwood House and its grounds.
The Heath has long been a popular place for Londoners to walk and take in the air.

伦敦北部的汉普特斯西斯公园 [Hampstead Heath]，是伦敦面积最大的绿地。所谓绿地，其实根本就是一片森林迷宫。在里面绕一整天都未必能看个概貌。

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The Prince of Wales Theatre 伦敦的威尔士王子剧院

The Prince of Wales Theatre is a West End theatre in Coventry Street, near Leicester Square in the City of Westminster.
It was established in 1884 and rebuilt in 1937, and extensively refurbished in 2004 by Sir Cameron Mackintosh, its current owner.
The theatre should not be confused with the former Scala Theatre in Charlotte Street,
off Tottenham Court Road that was known as the Prince of Wales Royal Theatre or Prince of Wales's Theatre from 1865 until its demolition in 1903.

伦敦的威尔士王子剧院建于1884年，是英国一流的演出场所，无论是国际、国内，凡是著名的音乐会、演唱会或者优秀剧目的演出，都在这里进行。

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Sea Life London Aquarium 伦敦水族馆
The Sea Life London Aquarium is located on the ground floor of County Hall on the South Bank of the River Thames in central London, near the EDF Energy London Eye.

It first opened in March 1997 as the London Aquarium and remains the capital's largest collection of aquatic species and hosts about one million visitors each year.

In April 2008, the aquarium was closed for major refurbishments at a cost of £5 million, which were completed in April 2009. The attraction officially became a Sea Life Centre when it reopened in April 2009.

In May 2011, the aquarium opened a new penguin exhibit, with 10 gentoo penguins that were transferred from the Edinburgh Zoo.

伦敦水族馆是全欧洲最大的海洋生物之家，栖居着来自全世界的海洋生物，也是全英和全欧洲28所海洋生物景观之一。

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Portobello Market 倫敦

Portobello Market in West London is one of the most famous street markets in the world. It is a popular destination for Londoners and tourists alike. Portobello Road goes straight through the heart of Notting Hill.
Portobello Market takes up most of what is actually more properly called Portobello Road, it stretches for around two miles, although on a crowded saturday afternoon it takes quite a while to walk from end to end.

歐洲最大的古董跳蚤市場，亦都是電影“ Notting Hill ”的拍攝地點，年中吸引不少當地人以及遊客在此尋寶以及回味電影中的點滴。要注意的是，最受歡迎的露天市集要到星期六才開放，要算好日子才來訪。從 Notting Hill Gate 地鐵站一出便能感受到熱鬧的氣氛，跟着人潮一直走，沿路亦有不少特色店舖值得一看。

長長的街道兩旁有過百的攤檔，從舊書、舊玩具、飾物、古董相機以至銀器等都可在此找到。不要以為舊東西不值一哂，其實當中的價值可能遠超想像。在舊書攤可以找到數十年前的硬皮版格林童話，亦能在其他攤檔找到極據童年回憶的鐵皮公仔、價廉物美的英式銀器，女市們更不要錯過特色飾物！

除了街道旁的攤檔外，後面的有蓋市場更是不可錯過的藏寶庫。皆因此處集合了多間名貴古董店，從中世界的古董家具到維多利亞式的花瓶都有，有意要買不妨多作比較，貨比三家後才決定買入也未遲。更要認住如果店舖是 “ Portobello Antiques Dealers Association London ”（即 PADA）的會員的話，購買時可以更加安心，多一重保障。