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Following in the footsteps of Sherlock Holmes in London
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The adventures of the famous private detective are back in fashion thanks to British director Guy Ritchie (also known as Madonna’s ex husband). His latest film "Sherlock Holmes" comes out in France on the 3rd of February 2010 with Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law. Conan Doyle, who created the character back in 1887 tells the fantastic tales of the famous Londoner for about four decades writing 56 novels and 4 fictions works. Nowadays it all comes to 160 films, theatre plays, television or radio plays dedicated to the fictional character. And it is still possible to follow in the footsteps of the author and the famous detective throughout London. You can visit the sets of the film such as St Paul’s Cathedral, St-Bartholomew the Great Church…, try the hotels and restaurants which Conan Doyle used to go to, go shopping in century old umbrella hats or leather goods shops… which Sherlock Holmes could well have visited (Lock & Co., Swaine Adeney Brigg, James Smith and Sons...). The visit ends with the Sherlock Holmes Museum at 221b Baker Street. And last but not least, one for the road at the Sherlock Homes pub in honour of the 80 years of the disappearance of Conan Doyle.
HEMIS_363883 : United Kingdom, London, Piccadilly, Criterion restaurant with its neo-byzantine style where Conan Doyle used to go and where the fictional scene of the first meeting between Doctor Watson and Sherlock Holmes was staged
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United Kingdom, London, Marylebone, 221b Baker Street where Conan Doyle situated the fictional residence of famous detective Sherlock Holmes, The Sherlock Holmes Museum
United Kingdom, London, Marylebone, Baker Street metro Station, faience tiles with the profile of Sherlock Holmes
HEMIS_338489 United Kingdom, London, Tower Bridge
HEMIS_353883 United Kingdom, London, Marylebone, 221b Baker Street where Conan Doyle based the residence of famous detective Sherlock Holmes in his novels, The Sherlock Holmes Museum
HEMIS_363873 United Kingdom, London, Sherlock Holmes pub
HEMIS_363877 United Kingdom, London, Marylebone, statue of Sherlock Holmes in front of Baker Street metro station with the Planetarium in the background
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United Kingdom, London, Marylebone, 221b Baker Street where Conan Doyle situated the fictional residence of famous detective Sherlock Holmes, The Sherlock Holmes Museum
United Kingdom, London, Marylebone, 221b Baker Street where Conan Doyle situated the fictional residence of famous detective Sherlock Holmes, The Sherlock Holmes Museum
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United Kingdom, London, Marylebone, 221b Baker Street where Conan Doyle situated the fictional residence of famous detective Sherlock Holmes, The Sherlock Holmes Museum
United Kingdom, London, Marylebone, 221b Baker Street where Conan Doyle situated the fictional residence of famous detective Sherlock Holmes, The Sherlock Holmes Museum
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United Kingdom, London, Marylebone, 221b Baker Street where Conan Doyle situated the fictional residence of famous detective Sherlock Holmes, The Sherlock Holmes Museum
United Kingdom, London, Marylebone, 221b Baker Street where Conan Doyle situated the fictional residence of famous detective Sherlock Holmes, The Sherlock Holmes Museum
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United Kingdom, London, Marylebone, 221b Baker Street where Conan Doyle situated the fictional residence of famous detective Sherlock Holmes, The Sherlock Holmes Museum, statue of the famous detective
United Kingdom, London, Marylebone, 221b Baker Street where Conan Doyle situated the fictional residence of famous detective Sherlock Holmes, The Sherlock Holmes Museum
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United Kingdom, London, Marylebone, street plaque for Upper Wimpole Street, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who created the character of Sherlock Holmes opened here in 1891 his own medical cabinet at number 2
United Kingdom, London, Marylebone, statue of Sherlock Holmes installed in front of Baker Street tube station
HEMIS_187481 United Kingdom, London, Sherlock Holmes statue in front of Baker Street underground station with Planetarium in the background
HEMIS_086355 United Kingdom, London, Baker Street, Sherlock Holmes museum
HEMIS_363876 United Kingdom, London, Sherlock Holmes pub, detail of window
HEMIS_086354 United Kingdom, London, Sherlock Holmes, plate in a tube station
HEMIS_363881 : United Kingdom, London, Marylebone, advertising stikers for the release of film Sherlock Holmes and faience tiles with the profile of Sherlock Holmes at Baker Street metro Station
HEMIS_086357 United Kingdom, London, Sherlock Holmes
HEMIS_363921 United Kingdom, London, Marylebone, Baker Street, Park Plaza Sherlock Holmes, bust of Sherlock Holmes in the bar Sherlock
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United Kingdom, London, Marylebone, Baker Street, Park Plaza Sherlock Holmes, bust of Sherlock Holmes in the bar Sherlock
United Kingdom, London, Marylebone, Baker Street, Park Plaza Sherlock Holmes, cocktail Doctor Watson based on bourbon maraschino syrop and martini rosso
HEMIS_363922 United Kingdom, London, Marylebone, Baker Street, facade of Park Plaza Sherlock Holmes
HEMIS_136879 United Kingdom, London, Strand district, Northumberland street, Sherlock Holmes pub
HEMIS_363924 United Kingdom, London, Northumberland St, Sherlock Holmes pub
HEMIS_363927 United Kingdom, London, Northumberland St, facade of Sherlock Holmes pub
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United Kingdom, London, Marylebone, statue of Sherlock Holmes erected in front of Baker Street tube station
United Kingdom, London, Marylebone, tiles depicting Sherlock Holmes and tube logo at Baker Street underground station
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United Kingdom, London, Marylebone, tiles depicting Sherlock Holmes and tube logo at Baker Street underground station
United Kingdom, London, Marylebone, advertising stickers for the release of film Sherlock Holmes with Robert Downey JR and faience tiles with the profile of Sherlock Holmes in Baker Street metro station
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United Kingdom, London, Northumberland St, Sherlock Holmes pub, portrait of Conan Doyle
United Kingdom, London, Charing Cross, the only pub which is in two parts of the city, The Ship & Shovell with The Arches Shopping in the background
HEMIS_177130 United Kingdom, London, Mayfair District, The Arcade, former passage on Albemarle Street
HEMIS_310815 United Kingdom, London, Mayfair, Burlington Arcade at Piccadilly
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United Kingdom, London, the City, Leadenhall Market by architect Horace Jones (1881)
United Kingdom, London, St James’s Street, hat seller, leather shop, umbrellas... Swaine Adeney Brigg created in 1750 and supplying to the royal family
HEMIS_181972 United Kingdom, London, Mayfair, Royal Arcade, shop window, G.J. Cleverley Shoes
HEMIS_181973 United Kingdom, London, Mayfair, cab driver waiting at dusk
HEMIS_363900 : United Kingdom, London, St James’s Street, hat seller James Lock & Co created in 1676, supplying the royal family and creator of the hat of Sherlock Holmes in the film by Guy Ritchie
HEMIS_181988 United Kingdom, London, Mayfair, Piccadilly, Caffe Nero
HEMIS_181989 United Kingdom, London, Mayfair, Conduit Street,Sketch, restroom
HEMIS_181992 United Kingdom, London, Mayfair, Conduit Street, Restaurant Sketch
HEMIS_181993 United Kingdom, London, Mayfair, Conduit Street, statue at Sketch
HEMIS_214322 United Kingdom, London, the City, Leadenhall Market by architect Horace Jones (1881)
HEMIS_214335 United Kingdom, London, the City, Royal Exchange Grand Cafe and Bar (Conran group)
HEMIS_187456 United Kingdom, London, Burberry store
HEMIS_214337 United Kingdom, London, the City, Royal Exchange, French restaurant Sauterelle
HEMIS_215029 United Kingdom, London, Mayfair, Claridge's Hotel, doorman
HEMIS_214324 United Kingdom, London, Mayfair, Claridge's Hotel, main entrance
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United Kingdom, London, Mayfair, Claridge's Hotel, The Fumoir, making of a cocktail
United Kingdom, London, Mayfair, pedestrian with a Union Jack umbrella looking at an advertisement for Louis Vuitton with Catherine Deneuve
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United Kingdom, London, Central Markets Smithfield, reader leaned against telephone box
United Kingdom, London, Mayfair, fashion shop of Stella McCarthey, the daughter of the ex Beatles, Paul McCartney
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United Kingdom, London, the City, Tower 42, Champagne Bar Vertigo 42 with a view on the 30 St Mary Axe (Gherkin) by the architect Norman Foster and Canary Wharf in the background
United Kingdom, London, Swiss Re Building nicknamed The Gherkin by architect Norman Foster seen from Shoreditch district
HEMIS_220794 United Kingdom, London, Mayfair district, Hill Street
HEMIS_251064 United Kingdom, London, Mayfair District, chocolate maker Charbonnel and Walker
Royal Arcade gallery, entrance of
HEMIS_177121 United Kingdom, London, Mayfair District, entrance of The Arcade, former passage on Albemarle Street
HEMIS_353905 United Kingdom, London, Holborn, James Smith and Sons shop specialised in umbrellas since 1830, cyclists
HEMIS_363888 : United Kingdom, London, The City, St Paul's Cathedral achieved in 1710, stairs where some of the scenes of Harry Potter and Sherlock Holmes by Guy Ritchie were shot
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United Kingdom, London, St James’s Street, hat seller, leather shop, umbrellas... Swaine Adeney Brigg created in 1750 and supplying to the royal family
United Kingdom, London, Regent Street, The Langham hotel opened in 1865 where Oscar Wilde, Mark Twain, Somerset Maugham, Conan Doyle amongst others used to go..., lobby
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United Kingdom, London, Soho, Simpson's in the Strand restaurant which exists since 1828 and where Vincent Van Gogh, Charles Dickens, Sherlock Holmes, amongst others used to go
United Kingdom, London, West Smithfield, St.Bartholomew the Great Church funded in the 12th century where were shot some of the scenes of Shakespeare in Love, Sherlock Holmes by Guy Ritchie...
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United Kingdom, London, West Smithfield, St. Bartholomew the Great Church funded in the 12th century where were shot some of the scenes of Shakespeare in Love, Sherlock Holmes by Guy Ritchie...
United Kingdom, London, West Smithfield, St Bartholomew the Great Church funded in the 12th century, gravestone of the founder of the place
HEMIS_363895 United Kingdom, London, West Smithfield, St Bartholomew the Great Church funded in the 12th century and where were shot some of the scenes of Shakespeare in Love and Sherlock Holmes by Guy Ritchie
HEMIS_224124 Red phone box and St. Paul's Cathedral, London, UK. Š Ian Cumming/Axiom.
HEMIS_265322 United Kingdom, London, St pauls cathedral
HEMIS_357734 United Kingdom, London, St Paul's Cathedral, traffic trails during blue hour
HEMIS_327884 United Kingdom, London, the Strand, Somerset House,ice skating
HEMIS_363886 United Kingdom, London, The City, St Paul's Cathedral achieved in 1710, the nave
HEMIS_363891 United Kingdom, London, The City, St Paul's Cathedral achieved in 1710, the nave
HEMIS_363890 United Kingdom, London, The City, St Paul's Cathedral achieved in 1710
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United Kingdom, London, The City, St Paul's Cathedral achieved in 1710, ambulatory
United Kingdom, London, The City, St Paul's Cathedral achieved in 1710, gravestone of Admiral Nelson in the crypt
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United Kingdom, London, Marylebone District, Mandeville Hotel, couple in deVigne Bar
United Kingdom, London, Mayfair District, Alexander Mc Queen shop in Old Bond Street
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United Kingdom, London, Marylebone, Madame Tussaud's wax museum, The Beatles
United Kingdom, London, Mayfair District, in Selfridges shop, the VIP restaurant chez Momo
HEMIS_363906 : United Kingdom, London, Regent Street, The Langham hotel opened in 1865 where Oscar Wilde, Mark Twain, Somerset Maugham, Conan Doyle amongst others used to go, Artesian bar
HEMIS_266472 United Kingdom, London, Mayfair District, Selfridges shop
HEMIS_072405 United Kingdom, London, Tower Bridge
HEMIS_353927 United Kingdom, London, Mayfair, taxis on Piccadilly with the green wall of Athenaeum Hotel created by Patrick Blanc in the background
HEMIS_119616 United Kingdom, London, Tower Bridge overhanging the Thames river