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Greater London is divided into thirty-two boroughs, spread over more than 1,500 square kilometres of terrain. Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea, Camden, Islington....are just some of the most interesting boroughs to visit during your holiday in London. As you would expect, many of the most interesting places to visit in London are concentrated in the centre of the city, for example Tower Bridge and the Tower of London, where the royal jewels and crowns are kept, guarded by the famous Beefeaters; or the City, the financial centre of the country, and the oldest part of London. These areas are in the East end of the city centre.
In the West end you will find Piccadilly Circus, Trafalgar Square, and Regent Street and Oxford Street with their many clothes shops and department stores, and Convent Garden, home to the Royal Opera House. At night the theatres, pubs and bars of this area throng with people.
In East London preparations are under way for the 2012 Olympics, with key infrastructures for the event being built. There is quite a lot of port activity in this part of London, and several interesting markets to visit.
In the 1990's many financial institutions built huge office spaces in Docklands in East London, and relocated their bases there because of the saturation of the City of London. As a result the area has also seen a massive level of construction of houses and apartment buildings, as well as restaurants, bars and shopping centres, something which has effectively regenerated the zone.
In the west of London you will find some of the more elite neighbourhoods of London, such as Notting Hill, Holland Park and Kensington.
In the south of London we find Wimbledon, home to the famous tennis club, and Greenwich, home to the important observatory.
North London also has some interesting neighbourhoods such as Golders Green, a predominantly Jewish area, and Hampstead with its enormous park, Hampstead Heath, from where you can enjoy panoramic views of the city. |