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The beauty of the London sightseeing bus tour is that you can use your ticket on three premium routes allowing you to interchange between them to hop off at over 60 points of interest in the city. Take advantage of our 48 hour valid ticket between the 1 st of November and the 29th of February and plan your expedition using our downloadable map to visit more attractions and make each day a completely different tour experience, exploring this unique city at your own pace.The sightseeing itinerary possibilities are endless and completely exciting to each individual.

Let our bus tour guide you through the things to do in London. Visit London and take our sightseeing bus tour, you will quickly discover that there is certainly no shortage of things to do in London.

6 Study the map of Central London and name the places where you would like to go on different situations.

• to hear a symphony

London Symphony Orchestra; Hyde Park;

• to see the exhibition of paintings

Victoria and Albert Museum, National Gallery, Tate Gallery;

• to see a play

London Theatre, Queen's Theatre;

• to stay in London for a couple of days

The Kensington Hotel, Double Tree Hotel, Strand Palace Hotel, Grays Inn.

• to learn more about the medieval history of England

Wallace Collection;

• to see royal places

Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, St. Paul's Cathedral, House of Parliament;

• to enjoy beautiful natural landscapes

Hyde Park, Green Park, St. Jame's Park;

• to go shopping

Pall Mall, Oxford Street;

• to look at London from bird's eye

London Eye;

• to learn more about the queen Victoria epoch

Victoria & Albert Museum;

• to go to London's suburbs

You can go to London's suburbs by metro train. London underground includes 11 lines. Some of the stations are on the map.

9 Complete the text.

Birmingham

Birmingham is situated in the centre of the upland area in the valleys of three small rivers. These rivers flow into the Trent, a big navigable river.

Birmingham is considered a country, borough of Warwickshire and a market center of the Black County. Birmingham is younger than the major part of British cities. People do not know the exact date of birth of their town but it is known for sure that it did not exist before Anglo-Saxon times

In the 13th century the Midland coal fields influenced its development and growth In the 19th century the Black County was called Birmingham, it was all due to the intensive activity of the heavy industry.

Birmingham is an industrial city. The cultural life is centred there. There are departments of science, arts, medicine, commerce and law at the University of Birmingham . And of course it is an important research centre.

There are many modern factories, but its industrial pattern is mostly based on small firms. Birmingham produces brassware, silverware motor vehicles electrical equipment, machine tools, metal goods, jewellery, small arms and plastics.

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