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SET YOUR WATCH ON THAMES TIME
Big Ben to Greenwich Mean - London Sight-Seeing Cruises along the River
So,
you’ve got time on your hands in London. You’re punctual
like a water clock. You’re a clock watcher and a watch winder.
Phinneas Phogg is your diety. You can travel Around the World in 80 Days,
2 hours, 35 minutes, 8 seconds minutes exactly. After you've seen the the
river and the city from Europe's largest observation wheel, the London
Eye,Take
a river cruise from London’s Big Ben, the ultimate icon of grandfather
clocks to Greenwich, the home town of time. Greenwich Mean is the time
standard
against which
all the world’s
clocks are measured. The setting of Greenwich as the center of the
world’s
colock was born from England’s
historical maritime empire, when one of Great Britain’s majesty’s
ships was always somewhere in a colony around the globe. Aside from
the atomic clock at the Greenwich Observatory which keeps the world
ticking,
Greenwich is the home to Britain’s National Maritime
Museum and Royal Observatory with some of
the world’s most important
artifacts on the history of Britain at sea, including maritime art, cartography,
scientific and navigational instruments, time-keeping
and astronomy.
Cruising the Thames River for
Sight-Seeing
The hands
down best way to get to Greenwich while taking in all the sights of
London, St. Paul’s, The Tower of London (see Mind
Your Head and the Family Jewels,
Tower Bridge is by boat along the Thames River itself from which the
whole of London’s
maritime
history arose to get to the sea and conquer the world. There are a number
of cruise companies, most with "hop on hop off" ticketing
which allow you to stop at the sights to while away some time and continue
on your journey a direct trip down and back takes about an hour, but
you can spend all day. ©Bargain
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Get a “River Roamer” ticket on the Riverline and you can
make your way down the river, hopping on and off at all the places you
want to explore. The ticket is £7.30 for one Adult, and £16.60
for a whole family to explore all day. A straight cruise to Greenwich
takes about 30 minutes and a round trip 60 if you don’t want to
get off.
City Cruises offers dinner and dance cruises along the river as well
as sight-seeing cruises. Eat lunch while passing under the Tower Bridge
on an arranged charter or take the London Showboat with a four course
dinner and cabaret show.
Catamaran Cruisers offer a multi-lingual commentary in
enclosed comfort. They offer both tourist sightseeing
cruises and operate the popular luxury restaurant cruises
brand Bateaux London for a more elegant experience.
Catamaran Cruisers/Bateaux London
44 (0)20 7987 1185
Or take the RIB River Speedboat Adventure on the
Thames at 35 Knots down the river like James Bond for the whole family. Located
near the London Eye at Waterloo Millenium Pier.
London RIB
Voyages
44 (0) 20 7928 2350
And save the fumbling through your wallet trying
to calculate pounds and “hay-pennies” while
the kids tug at your sleeve.
The
London Pass - is accepted at many of the venues along the Thames
and provides admission to 50 attractions for one price.
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