Travel ♥ Walk Around London
Friday, July 19, 2019London is the city I like the most. It is a very busy, and highly developed city.
Comparing to Canterbury where I have been living in 3
years for studies, London is more convenient.
Though, all cities in the UK have their own unique
characteristic, giving people a mystery and attractive feeling.
WALK AROUND LONDON
Transportation
In Europe
Travelling by train is the most expensive choice
Flight is the middle
and apparently bus is the cheapest way to travel
But, it varies on different situation and depends on what
kind of trip you want
By train:
You can take train from Paris/ Brussels to London
These are the most popular, convenient cities and near to
London
Normally the train ticket is from 30 pounds one way
I suggested to compare with flight ticket because the
total journey time would probably the same
Train from/to London/ Paris is approximately 3 hours and
from/to London and Brussels is approximately 2 and half hours
To buy all train ticket in the UK you can go to Thetrainline
By bus:
The thing you need to know if you travel by bus is you can
only travel on a specific time
Even though some discount/ promotion train ticket also
only allowed you travelling on certain train and time
But bus is always fixed
You can sometimes ask driver if you can take the bus
earlier than the bus time you purchased but no later than the time
The driver can also reject you request (to take earlier
bus) if he/she thinks the bus is full
There are several bus companies in the UK
These three bus companies are the most common and budgeted
By flight:
This is the most easy and fastest way to travel to London
from other country
From Malaysia, for example, it is usually RM2200 to
RM3000+ for round trip or higher price form premium flight
Direct flight takes 13+ hours to London and 11+ hours from
London to Malaysia
Transportation inside London
Underground
Underground in London is complicated when you first visit (for me)
It has Zone 1 to Zone 8
All attractions mainly located in Zone 1 - 2
Airport located in Zone 6
you can also download apps in your phone
you can also download apps in your phone
The pricing in different zone is
Zones
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Single journey ticket
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Oyster card/ Contactless payment cards/
Travelcards
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Adult
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Child (11 -15)
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Peak
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Off Peak
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Zone 1
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£4.90
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£2.4
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£2.4
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£2.4
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Zone 1 – 2
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£4.90
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£2.4
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£2.9
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£2.4
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Zone 1 – 3
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£4.90
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£2.4
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£3.3
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£2.8
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Zone 1 – 4
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£5.9
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£2.9
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£3.9
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£2.8
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Zone 1 – 5
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£5.9
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£2.9
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£4.7
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£3.1
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Zone 1 – 6
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£6.0
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£3.0
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£5.1
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£3.1
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Zone 2 – 6
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£5.9
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£2.9
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£2.8
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£1.5
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Peak fares: Monday – Friday (0630 – 0930 & 1600 – 1900)
except public holiday
Children under 5 is free; age 5 – 10 pay to travel in
underground but free if travel by bus and tram, DLR and overground and TfL
train services, should accompanied by a paying adult.
Oyster
card is a permanent reusable electronic ticket which
is topped up from time to time by its owner. It can be top up onto the any
electronic Oyster card or counter which can be found in every underground
station.
The oyster card is £5 but
it is refundable
The maximum usage for Oyster card a day:
Zone 1 – 6 for £8.6 and Zone 1- 9 for £9.2
Oyster cards are eligible on all of London's public
transport (Underground, buses, Overground, DLR, suburban rail services and some
river services)
Contactless cards (standard credit
or debit cards) that support the contactless payment technology, the total cost
of all the journeys that you make in one day is calculated at the end of the
day and a single charge is made to your Contactless payment card account.
Unlike the Oyster card the contactless facility has a
7-day cap as well as the Oyster daily cap used by Oyster.
Travelcards are another
alternative. Travelcards are valid on the same modes of transport but are
unlimited travel passes for a fixed flat fee. Travelcards are available for 1
and 7 days, 1 month and 1-year durations.
Group Tickets - 1 Day Group Travelcard for Groups of 10 or
more
This ticket is for groups of 10 or more travelling
together.
To know more details of the card click here
Attraction
All attractions are in the centre of London
The top attractions you must visit:
1. Big Ben (Currently under construction since
2018)
3. Palace of Westminster
4. Natural History Museum
5. Royal Observatory Greenwich
6. Harry Potter Platform 9 3/4
7. Tower Bridge
8. Oxford Street
9. China Town
10. Covent Garden
11. Buckingham Palace
12. St Paul's Cathedral
13. British Museum
14. Borough Market
15. The Shard & Sky Garden
16. Royal Botanic Garden, Kaw
17. Tate Monument
18. Millennium Bridge
19. Camden Town
20. Sherlock Holmes Museum
21. Winter Wonderland
21. Winter Wonderland
Accommodation
You can book any hotel/ hostel or airbnb within Zone 1 - 2
you can use my code to book accommodation in booking.com
you will get discount on it, just drop me a message and I will send it to you
you can use my code to book accommodation in booking.com
you will get discount on it, just drop me a message and I will send it to you
1.
Transport交通
a.
Underground maps
伦敦是我去过那么多国家,
觉得火车网线最发达和复杂的国家。可是如果明白之后就会觉得它是一个很方便的城市。
伦敦的Underground分成8个区域, 其中最里面的两个zone
1 & zone 2 是所有主要景点的分布。而最出名的国际机场Heathrow airport就在zone 6。
要怎样知道你想去的地方在哪一站？其实在UK,
Google maps是很方便也很准确的, 所以你也可以用google maps来找想去的地方交通怎么搭也是很方便的。
其中最出名的Bigben,
London eye 就在两对岸, 所以搭到Westminster/
Embankment都可以的。其他比较出名的火车站就有Covent Garden, Leicester square
(唐人街),
Regent’s park/ Oxford circus/ Bond street (Oxford street 名牌街), Victoria
(巴士火车总站),
King’s cross st. pancras (哈利珀特飞入墙和专卖店/ 国际火车站) 。
b.
Oyster card
Oyster card是在伦敦最普遍的交通卡, 跟我们的touch n go card很相似。
购买方式:
到underground或者便利商店的柜台就可以购买,
买卡的价钱是£5, 旅行的最后还可以将卡里用剩的钱和买卡的Deposit退出来。Topup除了到火车柜台和特定的便利商店之外,
在underground的机器也可以很方便的做到。
使用方式:
在进去和出来都要先扫卡。 某些火车站是没有关卡的所以如果没有扫卡的话到了另外一站就可能出不到了。
很多时候看到不知道的人会买站到站的车票但是其实Oystercard是比较便宜的，比如说zone
1 – zone 1的车票是£2.4 那么买车票的就会是£2.6了。
价钱表参考以下的图表
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Zones
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Single journey ticket
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Oyster card/
Contactless payment cards/ Travelcards
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Adult
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Child (11 -15)
|
Peak
|
Off Peak
|
|
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Zone 1
|
£4.90
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£2.4
|
£2.4
|
£2.4
|
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Zone 1 – 2
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£4.90
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£2.4
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£2.9
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£2.4
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Zone 1 – 3
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£4.90
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£2.4
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£3.3
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£2.8
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Zone 1 – 4
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£5.9
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£2.9
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£3.9
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£2.8
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Zone 1 – 5
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£5.9
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£2.9
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£4.7
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£3.1
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Zone 1 – 6
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£6.0
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£3.0
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£5.1
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£3.1
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Zone 2 – 6
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£5.9
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£2.9
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£2.8
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£1.5
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Oystercard还有一个好处就是一天最多只会扣到一定的价钱，这个也是取决于你一天里搭车区域。Zone
1 – 2 一天 £8.6, 而 Zone 1 – 6 一天 £12
你也可以选择搭巴士, 巴士一天最多只需要£4。只不过时间方面就会比火车来的久, 因为伦敦的交通是很繁忙的。你也可以选择买Travelcards, 它有1天到7天的选择。适合10个人以上的旅行群组。更详细的资料可以到这里点进去看。
2.
Attractions
a.
Big Ben 现在正在维修中, 完工时间还未知。
b.
London Eye 就位于BigBen对面, 两个最出名的景点之间夹着泰晤士河。风景很美很浪漫,
是一个打卡的地方
c.
Natural history Musuem
d.
Royal Observatory Greenwich 本初子午线, 位于伦敦外围。需要另外搭火车或巴士才可以到的地方。
e.
Tower bridge 伦敦最出名的伦敦桥,
我们小时候很喜欢唱的歌 London bridge is falling down 原来只是一座普通的桥。伦敦最美的桥就是这一座了!
桥上面有一小段玻璃地板可以看到车辆在你脚下走动。只不过那一小段就要花你£7-10, 看你想不想上去看看咯。
f.
Oxford street是伦敦最出名的Shopping街。各式各样的名牌店, 服装店, 精品店都可以在这里找得到。你看过的没有看过的这里都有, 在各种节日, 这里的人潮是最多最热闹的。这里最出名的装饰就是圣诞节天使的装潢了, 非常有气氛啊。
g.
Borough market 英国也有他们特色的Food Market。里面有着各国的小吃, 其中这里最出名的就是他们的donut啦, 试了一次还想再买来吃啊
h.
The sky garden 是一个免费上去看的景点, 360°全方位的风景 比起上London eye还要高还要全面。只不过免费的票一个星期前才会开放订票, 并且很快就会被订完。必须知道的是如果票顶了却没有出现或使用是会被罚款的哦。
i.
Other: Cambridge,
Canterbury, Liverpool, Edinburgh, Oxford, Bath 等等也是很值得去看看的。
3.
Weather
英国的天气是出了名的千变万化。所以如果遇到下雨不要伤心因为5分钟过后就会天晴。看到太阳很大不要觉得天气非常好可能下一秒就乌云密布。
英国的天气是冬暖夏凉, 但是渠道北部还是会很冷的。伦敦天气夏天一般是20度左右, 冬天在5至0度。如果遇到寒流,
通常会在3月头, 那么下雪的机会会比在冬天的几率还要高。
4.
Expenses
花费: 英国人用卡付钱的概率很高,
在便利商店,
餐厅等等都可以使用信用卡付账。小吃档口就很不一定,
所以身上带点现金还是比较安全的。英国的纸币有最小£2 到最大£50。硬币最小1pens到最大£1。拿到硬币的时候不妨看看硬币上的图画, 你会发现很多不一样的惊喜哦。
在吃的方面一般在餐厅正常合理的价钱是£7 – 8, 换算过来就是大概RM40左右一餐。如果在比较高级的餐厅那相对比较贵一些了。如果你住的地方有厨房可以不妨自己下厨, 在英国的supermarket的食物算是很便宜的, 所以自己煮东西吃有便宜又有满足感呢!
住宿方面建议住在市中心, 因为搭车方便之余, 在Zone1 – 2 之间搭车一天只要£8。另外你也可以用走路的方式旅行。这个我是非常建议的, 走路有不但可以省钱, 在英国天气又允许。走路的方式旅行也是另外一种很特别的方式, 可以看到更多不一样的风景呢!
5.
安全
在英国相对巴黎, 这里算是比较安全。但是小偷方面和巴黎就不相上下,
骗人和偷钱的手法我们都猜不透。所以务必带好自己的财务,
金钱不露外,
书包尽量贴身不要太张扬和大个。
另外, 我遇过最扯的是我们在和景点拍照然后一两个穿着奇形怪状打扮的人走来和我们合影,
之后还跟我们要钱。所以大家要多多注意不要随便和别人合照啊。
伦敦街上也是会有很多留多街头的流浪汉占住,
晚上独自回家的小仙女就要多加小心了。
明白了吗? 不明白就直接来DM我吧!
还在等什么, 是时候收拾行李整装出发了!
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