LONDON TRAVEL BOOK
4º ESO SCHOOL TRIP 13th -17th APRIL , 2015
This travel book belongs to:
IES Poeta Añón OUTES
TRIP SCHEDULE MONDAY 13
TUESDAY 14
WEDNESDAY15
THURSDAY 16
FRIDAY 17
8.30 Breakfast
Luggage storage.
3:30 Coach to Port
8.50 Taking off 11.00 Landing at Gatwick Airport and transfer to Hotel
11.30 Changing of
9.15 Meeting at hotel
9.30 Tube to London
the Guard at Buck-
10.00 London Mu-
9.15 Meeting at hotel reception
Museum (Barbican)
8.30 Breakfast
9.30 Tube to Natural History Museum
seum
Museum-Science Mu-
12.00 City walk: St.
seum
ingham Palace.
Checking bedrooms.
Houses of parliament-
Paul’s- Tower of Lon-
Lunch
.Big Ben- London Eye
don (tube Tower Hill)
British Museum (3
(rotation)
–London Bridge
Walk to Kensington
Lunch. Tower of Lon-
Palace.Diana’s memo-
don
rial.Speaker’s corner
WALK:Soho-China
hotel
Regent’s Park –
Globe Theatre-Tate
Primrose Hill
Bridge-. View of
Dinner: Covent Gar-
Thames River- London
Back to Hotel 00.00 Lights Out
Modern-Milenium
den area
Back to hotel 00.00 Lights out at
Lunch at Camden Town.Shopping.
Dinner: Trafalgar Sq. area
Tube to Camden
Eye (2nd chance)
Dinner. Westminster
00.00 Lights Out
Back to Hotel
Harrods
19.30. Musical: Theatre Royal.
00.30 Lights Out
Lunch and shopping in Portobello.
Leisure time. 18.00 Back to hotel to get luggage.
18.30 Transfer to airport and dinner
Dinner. Covent Garden Back to Hotel
Tube to Portobello Road
Street. Carnaby St.
10.00 King’s Cross
93/4
Lunch:Hyde park area.
Oxford Street -Regent
9.30 Check- out.
Station. Platform
10.00 Natural History
Royal National Hotel.
Trafalgar Sq
9.30 Tube to Charing
8.30 Breakfast reception
Cross
Town- Picadilly-
9.15 Meeting at hotel reception
12.30 Check- in at
hours)
8.30 Breakfast
22.00 Departure 0.20 Arrival at Oporto Airport
4.45 Arrival at school (Outes)
Travelling to London is a fantastic opportunity to broaden your mind and open your eyes to the world. This city is, without any doubt, one of the most interesting places to explore. Samuel Johnson, a British writer and lexicographer who lived in the XVIII century, once said : “When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life�. This saying gives you an idea of all what the capital has to offer. So, we really hope that you make the most of your visit to this city, that you have fun and that you will leave London wanting to go back soon.
This travel book could be a nice way to remember your school trip, especially if you make it more personal and try to update it with your experience, pictures, comments, ... Have a nice stay and enjoy yourselves!! Paca and Dolores
Do not separate from the group
SOME ADVICE Always have the necessary documentation on you and at hand
when you are doing group activities or travelling by tube. If you are going to, you must tell your teachers in advance. Remember that it is a different
(ID card or Passport, Health Insurance card). Your teachers will take the parental authorization. Always
walk
in
small
groups.
Don’t let any mate alone at any
country
its price and only then carry out the sale. Remember that in tourist zones
SE and THANK YOU and stand on the right on underground scalators). Bear in mind that the best way to get to know a city is on foot. Get a good pair of trainers and consider that you are going to walk a lot. In the street and in places with a
everything tends to be more expensive. Carry small banknotes and do not go into the street with large quantities of money.
with different customs.
You must adapt to them:( e.g.: say PLEA-
moment. Before buying something ask for
and REMEMBER...
lot of people, always carry your bag or backpack in front of you where you can see it. It is also convenient to use one of those wallets that goes under your clot-
Try to speak English and learn as
hes for keeping your money and docu-
much as you can.
ments.
Keep silence and order during rest periods in the hotel! Be responsible and punctual in group excursions!
Dividing up
n o d n Lo
To find out roughly where in London an address is, look at its postcode. London postcodes are made up of six or seven letters and numbers. The first 2 or 3 letters and numbers give you the district. For example, a postcode beginning with WC1 or 2, or 4 tells you that the address is in west central London (Bloomsbury or Covent Garden) or east central London (parts of islington or the City). Then you might have
W1(west),
NW1(north-west),
N1 (north), E1(east), SE1 (southeast), SW1(south-west). In most cases, the higher the number the further out it is. So the South Bank is in SE1, whereas Greenwich is SE10.
Mr/Ms
8.25
Porto Francisco Sa Carneiro
London Gatwick
13 April 2015
13 April 2015
8.50
11.00
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627-10 81 33
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Monday, 13th
13.oo Royal National Hotel
Arrival at
11.oo
Check-in and distribution
Gatwick Airport Transfer We’ll spend 3 hours at a museum dedicated
of bedrooms.
A question for you...
to human history and culture. Foun-
The ROSETTA STONE was a va-
ded
luable key to the decipherment of
in 1753, it is the first national
public museum in the world.
It has
over 8 million objects of which only 50,000 are shown to the public. You should not miss the ROSETTA STONE (room 4), Assirian Lion Hunt reliefs
(room
10),
sculptures
from
PARTHENON (room 18), bust of RAMESSES THE GREAT (room 4), an automated model of a ship (room 39), the Lewis chessmen (room 40), Mummy of Katebet (room 63), Sphinx of Taharqo (room 65), to mention just a few of its marvels….
hieroglyphs. The text is inscribed on the Stone 3 times. In which 3 languages? ______________, _________________ ____________
Monday, 13th
Trafalgar Square
afternoon
One of the most popular
17.30
spots for tourists in Lon-
WALK: Soho-China Town–
don.
Trafalgar Square
At
Nelson’s
its
centre
column
is
guarded
by four lions. It commemorates the naval victory of the British over France and Spain off the Cadiz coast in 1805. Nowadays it’s a public space used for political demonstrations and also a meeting point to celebrate New Year’s Eve. To the north of the square you will see the NATIONAL GALLERY, a neo-classical building with columns that hosts one of the most important painting collections in the world which includes masterpieces like: The Arnolfini marriage (Van Eyck), Sunflowers, (Van Gogh), Venus with a mirror (Velazquez),
or The Virgin of the Rocks (Leonardo da
Vinci)
2o..oo
Dinner time!!
Back to hotel
Tuesday, 14th
morning
7.30 a.m. I’m up! Leicester Charing Cross
Royal London icons walk We will go sightseeing in the Westminster area to meet some of the most popular London icons: 10, Downing Street, Buckingham Palace (and Changing of the Guard at 11.30)., Houses of Parliament, Big Ben, Westminster Abbey and London Eye OPTIONAL ACTIVITY: Our first chance to go for a 30-minute rotation on the highest observation wheel in Europe, weather permitting. GROUP TICKET (mínimum 15 people): £15,50 child fare
Tuesday, 14th
afternoon
If you still feel full of energy we can walk back to Primrose Hill following Regent’s Canal
Embankment Lunch and shopping at Camden Town...
Camden Market is the name given to to the microcosm of markets that make up the northern Camden Town area. Here you can find a wide range of goods on offer: fashion and vintage, jewellery, shoes and accessories, home and decoration, gifts games and hobbies, music, books and film, art and photography, health treatments, food and drink. There are no chain stores at Camden market which guarantees that you will find something unique and different.
TIP: The singer AMY WINEHOUSE loved this part of London. Her body was found dead in her Camden Town house in 2011. Try to find her statue in Camden Town Market and take a pic with her.
2o.oo
Dinner at COVENT GARDEN area
Wednesday, 15th
morning
Breakfast time! Get ready for another intense day in THE CITY
King’s Cross Barbican heading for the...
City of London trail: from City Information Centre to Tower Bridge Don’t miss!! 1. St. Paul’s Cathedral 2. St Mary-le Bow 3. Guildhall Great Hall 4. Bank of England 5. Mansion House 6. The Monument 7. Tower of London 8. Tower Bridge
THE GREAT FIRE and THE MONUMENT Sometime after midnight on Sunday 2 September 1666, a fire started in a Baker’s shop in Pudding Lane near London Bridge. By morning the flames had reached the riverfront and were spreading fast. The fire lasted 4 days: when it finally ended, more than three quarters of the City were in ruins, including St Paul’s Cathedral..A few years later, a Stone tower called THE MONUMENT was built near the spot where the fire had started. It is 62 metres high, the exact distance to the site in Pudding Lane where the fire began
Wednesday, 15th
afternoon After lunch, get ready for an
13.3o
at Tower of London area.
Back to Hotel. Leicester Russel Square
LONDON EYE ( 2nd chance) Sunset on the Wheel!
interesting walk along the River Thames
My favourite spot
Thursday, 16th
This museum opened in 1881 in a magnificent
morning
romanesque building. It is home to one of the largest natural history collections in the world from microscopic slides to mammoth skeletons.
7.3o
Don’t be lazy! Only 2 days left to enjoy London!!
The museum is divided into four coloured zones: GREEN ZONE: facts about life, the planet, environment and evolution. RED ZONE: our planet
South Kensington
BLUE ZONE: life diversity ORANGE ZONE: Wildlife garden and Darwin centre .
I loved...
Thursday, 16th – REST OF DAY 11.45
13.3O
THE SCIENCE MUSEUM is one of the most interactive in the city, with lots of hands-on exhibits. In the high-tech Wellcome Wing, visitors can digitally alter their faces to look older or younger, and manipulate their voices. Some of the highlights include the Launch Pad gallery, which explains basic scientific principles, Puffing Billy, the oldest steam locomotive in the world and the actual Apollo 10 capsule.
Hyde Park Walk
19.3O Theatre Royal
Plot
Drury Lane
Charlie Bucket, a boy from an impoverished family under the shadow of a giant chocolate factory, wins a candy bar contest and is given a tour, along with four other children, of the
( Window) Shopping
Oxford St.
Regent St. Carnaby St
amazing factory run by the eccentric Willy Wonka and his staff of Oompa-Loompas.
Dinner
FRIDAY, 17th 7.3o
Ladbroke Grove
morning
My last day in London. What a pity!
Portobello Road Market is probably the world’s best known market, and in 2015 is celebrating
Check –out Leave luggage at hotel storage
being
150
years
old.
Though famous for antiques, it’s also a heaven for lovers of fashion, food, books and music. It’s the place for anyone
If you're a Harry
who wants to find something really unique or just lo-
Potter fan, you
ves a great bargain. Portobello Road goes straight
know that Plat-
through the heart of Notting Hill, the trendy area of
form 9 3/4 at King’s Cross station in London is extremely important to young wizards, as that’s where one departs for Hogwarts via the Hogwarts Express. In response to the worldwide popularity of Harry Potter, years ago King’s Cross Station installed an actual 9 3/4 sign and a half trolley lodged in a wall so fans could visit the station and take fun pictures . Don’t miss the chance to do so!!
London made famous by the film.
Friday, 17th
afternoon FLIGHT
After lunch, we will have
13.3O
some leisure time until we return to Hotel
Before leaving, you should know that the
Oo.2o h
area where our hotel is located, is known as BLOOMSBURY, a quarter that has
Marx
created
Oporto Sa Carneiro
horas antes da saĂda
writers of all times. It was in Bloomsbury Karl
London Gatwick
Temos que estar no aeroporto alomenos dĂşas
traditionally appealed to thinkers and that
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communism,
Virginia Woolf defined the twentieth century British novel, and Charles Darwin
My feelings after 5 DAYS in London
first conceived the theory of natural selection. The British Museum and Library, the University of London and Charles Dickens museum are just some of the most significant buildings in the area..
18.3O Transfer to airport from hotel
Dinner at airport
NOTES
PHOTO ALBUM
London tube map - Zones 1- 2