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Sherlock Holmes’s flat

• One of most popular sights of London is 221B Baker Street. It is the Sherlock Holmes Museum, which was opened in 1990 by the Sherlock Holmes International Society.

Sherlock Holmes’s flat

• Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson lived at 221b Baker Street between 1881- 1904, according to the stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
• Visitors can see the real study in Victorian style where the world famous detective was spending hours solving the greatest mysteries of the crime society.

Sherlock Holmes’s flat

London Zoo

• London zoo was opened in 1828 and was originally intended to be used only for scientific study.
• Some buildings in the zoo are real architectural masterpieces.

London Zoo

• Throughout its history the zoo has had many well-known residents. The zoo was home to the only living quagga ever to be photographed, before the species became extinct.

Sealife Aquarium

• It is a home to one of Europe’s largest collections of global marine life.

Sealife Aquarium

• The amazing experience, spread over three floors, starts in the depths of the Atlantic Ocean. It continuous with underneath the darkest zone of the Pacific Ocean.

Chelsea Physic Garden

• Situated in the heart of London, Chelsea Physic Garden has a unique living collection of around 5, 000 different edible, useful, medicinal and historical plants.

Chelsea Physic Garden

• London’s oldest botanic garden, Chelsea Physic Garden was founded in 1673 by the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries for the purpose of training apprentices in identifying plants.

Peter Harrison Planetarium

The Planetarium is a 120-seat digital laser planetarium, situated in Greenwich Park. It opened on May 25, 2007.

Peter Harrison Planetarium

• The planetarium uses Digistar 3 software with blue, red and green lasers and grating light valve (GLV) technology to create a 4,000 pixel strip.
• The planetarium is housed inside a 45-ton bronze-clad truncated cone, tilted at 51.50 to the horizontal, and stands parallel to the prime meridian.

The Rotating Bridge

In London, it turns out, has a Rotating bridge. The Rolling Bridge, located on the Paddington Basin in London ,was created by Thomas Hearherwick. It is twelve meters long and opens every Friday at noon.

The Rotating Bridge

• Rather than a conventional opening bridge mechanism, consisting of a single rigid element that lifts to let boats pass, the Rolling Bridge gets out of the way by curling up until its ends touch

The Tower Orbit

• The Tower Orbit is in Olympic park. It was built for the summer Olympic games 2012. It is 115metres tall. It is red. The tower is made of interlocking rings and reminds intersecting orbit.

The Tower Orbit

• The tower has two observation decks. Tourists can get on the elevator or the spiral staircase. Staircase consist of 455 steps. The tower’s weights is one thousand tons. The tower is worth 20 millions Euros. It is a work of British contemporary art.

London Eye

• A very popular tourist attraction is the London Eye, a giant observation wheel located in the Jubilee Gardens on the South Bank the river Thames. The 135 meter (443ft) tall structure was built as part of London's millennium celebrations.
• The structure was designed by the architectural team as a landmark for the new millennium.
• Since opening in March 2000 the London Eye has become an iconic landmark and a symbol of modern Britain. The London Eye is visited by over 3.5 million people a year.

London Eye

• You can see around 40KM (25 miles) from the top as far as Windsor Castle on a clear day.
• Each of the 32 capsules weighs 10 tonnes.
• Each rotation takes about 30 minutes, meaning a capsule travels at a stately 26cm per second, or 0.9km (0.6 miles) per hour - twice as fast as a tortoise sprinting; allowing passengers to step on and off without the wheel having to stop.

The Gherkin

• This new skyscraper of the British capital was built in 2004. Its informal name is the Gherkin. Some people think it reminds us a cucumber. But in our opinion it looks like a bullet.
• This 41-storey round building is 180metres high.

The Gherkin

• Its official name is 30 St Mary Axe. It is an office building. It is situated in the city of London.
• The building has become an iconic symbol of London and is one of the city's most widely recognised examples of modern architecture.