London is a big city.

1. LONDON London is a big city. In big cities, there are modern buildings, many shops and stores, hotels and cinemas. London is a great city. What things can you see only in London? In London -the different city- you find Beefeaters and Bobbies, Covent Garden and Madame Tussaud's Museum, the Houses of Parliament with Big Ben next to them.

2. Buckingham Palace The British king or queen has that palace in London. Queen Elizabeth lives there now. Tourists can see the Changing of the Guard. The guardsmen march to the palace and take the place of the old guard .

3. Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament They are beside the River Thames. Tourists in London always want to visit Westminster and see Big Ben. They want to see the clock and they want to hear the bells. Big Ben is really a bell.

4. The Tower of London The Tower is old, and it has a long and cruel history. There are several buildings, the White Tower, the Bloody Tower. People say there are ghosts in the tower. You can see Beefeaters there and the Crown Jewels.

5. Tower Bridge Tower Bridge is one of the most famous bridges across the Thames. It is near the Tower of London.

6. London's churches You can see a number of famous churches from the river. St Paul's Cathedral has 627 steps from the floor of the cathedral to the top. Westminster Abbey is near the Houses of Parliament. It is old (1042-1065) and very big (158 metres long).

7. Markets In London there are several street markets. In Portobello Road you can buy old things. It is a collector's market. Camden Town market is quite a big market. You can buy many things there, from leather jackets to awful hats.

8. Museums Madame Tussaud's Museum is a famous waxworks museum in London, opened in 1835 by Marie Tussaud. The museum contains wax figures of famous and notorious characters . There is a Chamber of Horrors. The British Museum contains one of the world's richest collection of antiquities. The National Gallery is an art gallery . There are very famous pictures in it.

9. London's parks and gardens Londoners like the parks. Office workers often sit in them and eat their lunch. Hyde Park is a very big one with its Speaker's Corner . Regent's Park has the London Zoo . Green Park and St. James's Park are very near Buckingham Palace .

10. Interesting places: Piccadilly Circus, Leicester Square, Soho Piccadilly Circus is in London's "West End" and there is a very famous statue in the middle. It is called Eros, the Greek God of love . Piccadilly Circus is a very busy place day and night because there are many shops and pubs, restaurant and discotheques. You can get food from twenty different countries in West End restaurants. You can also go to theatres. You can buy cheaper tickets in Leicester Square near Piccadilly Circus . And there are a lot of cinemas near Piccadilly Circus.