Teacher: Ilies Lacramioara Petronela Bibliography: Humphreys, Rob (1997) London.

. The Rough Guide, The Rough Guides, London

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London has a temperate climate. English summers rarely get hot, though the last couple of years have had July heat waves. The winters dont get very cold, though they are often wet. It is impossible to say with any degree of certainty that the weather will be pleasant in any given month. May might be wet and grey one year and sunny the next one. Similarly, November can be crisp and clear or foggy and grim. Humphreys, Rob (1997) London. The Rough Guide, The Rough Guides, London

 Fully protected animals other than birds include all bat species, common dormouse, great crested newt, badger, otter, and a recent discovery, the tentacled lagoon worm, the water vole. There are some partially protected species such as: common lizard, slow-worm, grass snakes and adder, common frog, common toad, smooth and palmate newts, chalkhill blue, small blue, purple emperor, white-letter hairstreak and stag beetle.

 It stretches over 218 acres, being comprised within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It was planned by Sir James Pennethorne, at first destined to be a parkland, associated with the Bishop Bonners Palace. Bishop Bonner is the last Lord of the Manor of Stepney.

This is the worlds oldest scientific zoo and it was first built to serve as a collection for scientific study. It is the first to open a Reptile House (1849), a Public Aquarium (1853), an Insect House (1881) and a Children Zoo (1938).

 It is one of Londons grandest architectural set-pieces. Its initial name was to have been King William the Fourths Square, but at George Ledwells suggestion it was changed into Trafalgar Square". The place was officially named as such in 1830. This square commemorates the Battle of Trafalgar, which was an important British naval victory of Napoleon. George Ledwell Taylor (1788-1873) was an architect and landowner who lived in London. He designed the Garrison Chapel at the Royal Dockyard, Chatham, and Hadlow Castle, Kent.

It represents one of the citys first traffic roundabouts. Here lie the statues of Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Disraeli and Jan Smuts. Other statues near Westminster Bridge: Boudicca (Boadicea), Coad Stone Lion, were made from a weather resistant pottery, invented in the 18th century by Elizabeth Coade

 The name has nothing to do with the district called as such since it is in fact a blend of South and Houston.

In the 1980 if you lived in Soho it meant that you have problems with the law. Nowadays, Soho is known for its eclectic mix of different boutiques for shopping, including great names such as Prada, Chanel, Apple.

 Piccadilly is in fact a thorough fare whose name first appeared in 1626 as Pickadilly Hall, named after a house belonging to a certain Robert Baker, a tailor who was famous for selling piccadills or piccadillies, a term used for various types of collars.

 The Tower of London became famous as a place of imprisonment and death. It has variously been used as a royal residence, armoury, mint, menagerie, observatory and a safe deposit box for the Crown Jewels.

 The Buckingham Palace is popularly known as Buck House. It has served as the monarchs permanent London residence since the accession of Queen Victoria. It was first used until 1702 as the Duke of Buckinghams city residence.

 For a display of British pomp and ceremony, watch the Changing the Guard ceremony outside Buckingham Palace. This is where one member of Queen's Guards exchanges duty with the old guard. Both guards are dressed in traditional red tunics and bearskin hats, and the ceremony is set to music. To catch the ultimate royal experience, stand outside Buckingham Palace at 10.45am and again at 11.40am to watch the mounted guards ride out of the palace and down The Mall.

Windsor is the oldest in continuous occupation.

This castle is famous for being the largest inhabited castle in the world.

The House of Commons is the dominant branch. It is a democratically elected body which includes 646 members called as Members of Parliament (MPs).

In Parliament the members of the 731 seat House of Lords currently outnumber the members of the 646 seat House of Commons.

It was founded in 1897 as the National Gallery of British Art. Its role was changed in order to include Modern Art and then it was renamed as the Tate Gallery after Henry Tate, who is in fact its founder. It is a complex of four museums: Tate Britain (opened in 1897 and renamed in2000), Tate Liverpool (1988), Tate St. Ives (1993) and Tate Modern (2000).

This famous wax museum was set up by a wax sculptor named Marie Tussaud (1761-1850). She was born in Strasbourg, France. She created her first wax figure of Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire in 1777. Jean-Jaques Rousseau and Benjamin Franklin are just two examples of famous people she has modelled.

 This museum is located in a 1970s building close to Barbican Centre. The admission to the museum takes no charge. It illustrates the history of London from the Paleolithic to the present day.

It is located on Ludgate Hill and is the seat of the Bishop of London. The present Cathedral dates from the 17th century. It reached its present form after at least five reconstructions.

 Situated in the West part of the city, Heathrow is the airport with the highest passenger traffic in the world.

It has four terminals and serves over 180 destinations in 90 countries.

Londons bus network is one of the largest and most complex urban transport systems in the world. Every weekday 6 million passengers are transported via busses on over 700 different routes. Big Double Decker red buses became a symbol for London. This capital has the most extensive night bus network in the world. If you want to travel by bus in London you must have a ticket or travel card.

The London Underground, or the Tube as it is universally known to Londoners, is normally the quickest and easiest way of getting around London London is served by 12 Tube lines and 274 stations. Underground trains on all lines run every few minutes between 5.30 until 00:30 Monday to Saturday, and between 7.30 and 23.30 on Sundays.

General Services

A full time staff to guest room ratio of over 2:1 24 Hour hall porters concierge desk Five private dining rooms in the adjoining 18th century William Kent House The Ritz Restaurant The Palm Court The Rivoli Bar 24 Hour currency exchange 24 Hour room service