1、British Tourist Attractions1 景点名称: Edinburgh castle爱丁堡城堡特色介绍:The main introductionEdinburgh castle is the symbol of Edinburgh, Scotland spirit even standing at the top, High in death volcanic rocks overlooking Edinburgh city, every August in this FenLieShi (Military Tattoo held marching) and, more w
2、ill be Edinburgh castle solemn majestic atmosphere shows. To Edinburgh tourist would not miss Edinburgh castle, because in Edinburgh castle volcano in granite top, Edinburgh castle in downtown every corner can be seen. Edinburgh castle in the 6th century became the royal fort, Edinburgh castle thenc
3、eforth become important royal residence and the state 爱丁堡城堡是爱丁堡甚至于苏格兰精神的象征,耸立在死火山岩顶上,居高俯视爱丁堡市区,每年八月在此举办军乐队分列式,更将爱丁堡城堡庄严雄伟的气氛表露无遗。 到爱丁堡旅游的人都不会错过爱丁堡城堡,爱丁堡城堡在市中心各角落都可看到。爱丁堡城堡在 6 世纪时成为皇室堡垒,爱丁堡城堡自此成为重要皇家住所和国家行政中心。门票:The price of the ticket: 成人:9.5 镑 儿童:2开放时间:The time: 4-10 月 9:30-18:0011-3 月 9:30-17:00地址
4、:The address :英国,苏格兰联系方式:The contact:电话 网上订票2 景点名称: Buckingham Palace白金汉宫特色介绍:The main introductionBuckingham Palace is the monarchs present London home,facing St. James park. It was built for the Duke of Buckingham and Normandy John Sheffield in 1703. Buckingham House was bought by George III for h
5、is wife at the price of 28,000 pounds in 1761 and the royal family moved there from St. James Palace. It was enlarged in the Palladian style by John Nash in the reign Of George IV and then the building became known as Buckingham Palace. When Victoria came to the throne,she made it the royal palace.
6、In the palace can be found the Marble Hall, Sculpture Gallery,the Picture Gallery,the Throne Room, the Drawing Room,the Library,the Royal Stamp-Collecting Room,the Grand Staircase and Vestibule,over 600 rooms and halls in all. The grounds cover 40 acres and there are collections of famous paintings
7、and of furniture,most of which are works dating from George IVs time. Since 1993,Buckingham Palace has been open to the public during the summer months only. 白金汉宫英国的王宫。建造在威斯敏斯特城内,位于伦敦詹姆士公园(St. James Park)的西边,1703 年为白金汉公爵所建而得名,最早称白金汉屋,意思是“他人的家”。 1762 年英国王乔治三世购买了当时在现址上的一所房子作为私人住宅。1821 年开始兴建白金汉宫,从维多利亚女
8、王登位(1837)至今一直是英国国王或女王在伦敦的行官。如今女王的重要国事活动,如召见首相和大臣、接待和宴请来访的外国国家元首或政府首脑、接受外国使节递交国书等都在该宫举行。此外,来英进行国事访问的国家元首也在宫内下榻。王宫由身着礼服的皇家卫队守卫。富有特色的换岗仪式一般在每天上午 11:30举行。1门票价格:The price of the ticket 成人:18 英镑; 学生和 60 岁以上的老人:16.5 英镑; 17 岁以下:10.25 英镑 5 岁以下: 免费家庭票(二位成人以及 3 位 17 岁以下的孩子):47 英镑 开放时间:The time: 7 月 28 日 9 月 25
9、 日 9:45-18:00,15:45 后谢绝入内地址:The address联系方式:The contact: 电话 网上订票3 景点名称: Big ben大笨钟特色介绍:The main introductionBig Ben is the colloquial name of the Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster in London and an informal name for the Great Bell of Westminster, part of the Great Clock of Westminster. The clo
10、ck tower is located at the northwestern end of the building, the home of the Houses of Parliament, and contains the famous striking clock and bell. The new Parliament was built in a Neo-gothic style. Although Barry was the chief architect of the Palace, he turned to Augustus Plugin for the design of
11、 the clock tower, which resembles earlier Plugin designs, including one for Scarisbrick Hall. The design for the Clock Tower was Plugins last design before his final descent into madness and death, and Plugin himself wrote, at the time of Barrys last visit to him to collect the drawings: “I never wo
12、rked so hard in my life for Mr. Barry for tomorrow I render all the designs for finishing his bell tower & it is beautiful.“6 The tower is designed in Plugins celebrated Gothic Revival style, and is 96.3 meters (315.9 ft.) high.,大本钟(Big Ben)代表了英国古典文化,是伦敦的标志,也是英国人的骄傲。大本钟即威斯敏斯特宫钟塔,英国国会会议厅附属的钟楼 (Clock
13、Tower) 的大报时钟的昵称。大本钟巨大而华丽。大本钟从 1859 年就为伦敦城报时,根据格林尼治时间每隔一小时敲响一次,至今将近一个半世纪,尽管这期间大本钟曾两度裂开而重铸。现在大本钟的钟声仍然清晰、动听。自从 1859 年投入使用后,英国政府每隔五年就要对大本钟实施维护,包括清洗钟体、替换大本钟的报时轮系和运转轮系等。钟楼高 95 米,钟直径 9 英尺,钟重 14 吨,时针和分针长度分别为 2.75 米和 4.27 米,钟摆重 305 公斤,每 15 分钟响一次。,四个钟面的面积有两平方米左右,每个钟面各由 312 块乳白色玻璃镶嵌而成。大本钟自 1859 年被安装在钟楼上。成为世界上第
14、二大的同时朝向四个方向的时钟。每个钟面的底座上刻着拉丁文的题词,“上帝啊,请保佑我们的女王维多利亚一世的安全。”门票价格:The price of the ticket:免费开放时间:The time: 每周一、周二、周四 14:30-22:00,周三 10:00-14:30,周五 9:30-15:00地址:The address联系方式:The contact: 电话 网上订票4 景点名称:Hyde Park海德公园特色介绍:The main introductionThere is something for everyone in Hyde Park. With over 4,000 t
15、rees, a lake, a meadow, horse rides and more it is easy to forget youre in the middle of London. About the Park When King Henry VIII and his court were thundering across Hyde Park in 1536 in pursuit of deer and wild boar, it would have been difficult to visualize that years later the noble art of ta
16、i chi would be peacefully performed among the trees in the early morning, and the Italianate tenor of Pavarotti would echo across the park, applauded by vast audiences. 海德公园位于英国英格兰伦敦西敏寺附近,占地 360 多英亩,原属威斯敏斯特教堂产业。十八世纪前这里是英王的狩鹿场。16 世纪,英王亨利八世将之用作王室的公园。查理一世执政期间,海德公园曾向公众开放。1851 年,维多利亚女王首次在这里举办伦敦国际博览会。这里现在
17、也是人们举行各种政治集会和其他群众活动的场所,是伦敦市最著名且最大的皇家公园。门票价格:The price of the ticket:免费开放时间:The time: 5:00-00:00地址:The address联系方式:The contact: 电话 网上订票5 景点名称: British Museum.大英博物馆 特色介绍:The main introductionThe British Museum was established in 1753, largely based on the collections of the physician and scientist Sir
18、 Hans Sloane. The museum first opened to the public on 15 January 1759 in Montagu House in Bloomsbury, on the site of the current museum building. Its expansion over the following two and a half centuries has resulted in the creation of several branch institutions, the first being the British Museum
19、 (Natural History) in South Kensington in 1887. Until 1997, when the British Library opened to the public, the British Museum was unique in that it housed both a national museum of antiquities and a national library in the same building. Its present chairman is Sir John Boyd and its director is Neil
20、 Macgregors with all other national museums and art galleries in Britain, the Museum charges no admission fee, although charges are levied for some temporary special exhibitions.大英博物馆(British Museum),又名不列颠博物馆,位于英国伦敦新牛津大街北面的大罗素广场。大英博物馆成立于 1753 年,1759 年 1 月 15 日起正式对公众开放,是世界上历史最悠久、规模最宏伟的综合性博物馆,也是世界上规模最
21、大、最著名的博物馆之一。大英博物馆和纽约的大都会艺术博物馆、巴黎的卢浮宫同列为世界三大博物馆。博物馆收藏了世界各地的许多文物和图书珍品,藏品之丰富、种类之繁多,为全世界博物馆所罕见。目前博物馆拥有藏品1300 多万件,由于空间的限制,目前还有大批藏品未能公开展出。门票价格:The price of the ticket:大英博物馆历史上除了 1972 年的几个月外,一直都是免费对公众开放的开放时间:The time: 博物馆开放时间 星期六至星期四:10:00 - 17:30 星期五:10:00 - 20:30 广场开放时间 星期一:09:00 - 18:00 星期二和星期三:09:00 - 21:00 星期四至星期六:09:00 - 23:00 星期日:09:00 - 21:00 博物馆在下列日期闭馆元旦,12 月 24 日、25 日、26 日地址:The address联系方式:The contact: 电话 网上订票