UK: The medieval splendour of London
A magical historic tour of the old city of London Huge stone walls and splendid towers, dampened by the humidity of the river Thames, and paved, narrow streets leading to old pubs, abbeys and stone coats, as well as magnificent cathedrals, all of them a vivid reminder of the birth of the city of London: A small commercial city on the banks the Thames was destined to become, hundreds of years later, the center of the industrial revolution and the great metropolis that we all know. However, one just needs to wander around the streets of the old city of London and immediately he will come face to face with its bewildering past and the medieval atmosphere, witnessing this historic transition that affected not only the United Kingdom but the entire Western culture, and the whole world. The Tower Bridge and the Tower of London Your first stop in this “medieval tour” should be the prominent Tower of London, on the banks of Thames, with the Traitor's Gate resemblin...