What are the special tours in Britain?

Drive directly into the university town

Oxford and Cambridge are the most representative university towns in Britain, and their history, architecture and surrounding scenery have the most British cultural characteristics. Two cities, one in the northwest of London and the other in the northeast, take only 1 hour by train and drive for 2 hours. The main content of visiting two university towns is to visit more than a dozen ancient college buildings under the universities.

Tickets are mostly collected during the day, and each college charges 1-2. After 5: 00 or 5: 30 in the afternoon, the college is closed. In fact, you can just stroll around. In Britain, it often gets dark at eight or nine in summer. At night, many tourists are marching, even if the doorman is there, he doesn't care. In Cambridge, several of the most famous and beautiful colleges are lined up on the banks of Jianhe River (that is, He Kang in Xu Zhimo's poems). Although it is next to each other, there is a wall in the middle. Even rivers and lawns are divided into pieces. Visitors must go out from this door and go around to the door of the next college. At night, all the gates on the river are locked, and the famous river punting closes after 6 o'clock.

A paradise for tennis fans

I met a tourist and tennis fan from Taiwan Province province. He came to Britain for the first time and stayed in the museum for three weeks. He still feels dissatisfied and plans to come back next year to make up for Wimbledon. Wimbledon is held from the end of June to the beginning of July every year, ranking first in the four major tennis events in the world. Wimbledon is therefore quite prosperous. Located in the southwest suburb of London, the subway "regional" line can be reached directly. Tennis Center is located between Wenzhen Town and Nandi Town. English people like to pursue elegance and nobility. They make a sports event elegant and popular, and attach a beautiful handbook to introduce the history and characteristics of the event when selling tickets, which is an excellent souvenir in itself. All relevant personnel: referees, ticket inspectors, ticket inspectors, shop and restaurant waiters, etc. , are also wearing a unified design. The whole tennis center with green and purple as the keynote is very harmonious, which makes fans feel that the 8-pound ticket is well spent. Of course, the last tickets were sold out months ago, so you have to make a reservation in advance.

Calculate the transportation fee carefully.

British railways extend in all directions and are on time at high speed, but the fare is 50% higher than that of long-distance buses-100%. If you buy a railway discount card, it will be 30% cheaper. Long-distance buses also have discount cards for students and the elderly, which cost 8 pounds a year. There are many kinds of train and bus fares in Britain. In a week or a year, due to the busy off-season, the ticket price often fluctuates, and usually the weekend ticket price is slightly higher. A round-trip ticket is often similar to a one-way ticket. Long-distance buses are state-owned and locally operated, but they are rarely privately owned. State-owned buses are equipped with air conditioners, air conditioners and toilets, and those who drive for more than 5-6 hours also provide hot tea, coffee and snacks.

The accommodation problem is easy to solve.

The cheapest is the Youth Hostel (YHA), which has traditional bunk beds, multi-person rooms, single, multi-person rooms and family rooms. A youth hostel on the outskirts of London costs 65,438+00 a night, and breakfast is extra. The price in London is higher. In fact, this price is already more expensive than that in continental Europe, and the same price usually includes breakfast in continental Europe.

Most youth hostels in Britain are located in the suburbs. For people with cars, the environment here is very quiet and it is a good place to go. For backpackers, another kind of backpacker hotel came into being. This kind of hotel only accepts students and tourists, and the accommodation conditions are often not as good as those of youth hotels. But most of them are located in the city center, which is suitable for short-term stay, but no free reservation service is provided. No matter "backpackers" or youth hostels, there are kitchens, knives and forks, pots and pans, microwave ovens, and you can cook by yourself. Similar to the tourist conditions of young people, there are hostels run by YMCA (YWCA for short), not as many as youth hostels. The best is the YMCA in Bath, which is only 10 minutes' walk from the railway station and bus station, 1 1 pound/night, including breakfast.

There are also BB hostels in Britain, and the price is between youth hostels and general hotels. BB means bed and breakfast, which is often vacated by families in urban areas for business. Multi-rooms are more cost-effective than youth hostels. Generally, each person spends about 10 per night, and the price of a single room ranges from 14 to 18. In London, during the tourist season, the price will rise to more than 20 pounds.

Information spreads in hands.

The first stop to Britain is often London, and there are tourist information brochures at all major stations in London. At Victoria subway station, because it is close to the only long-distance bus station in London, the Tourism Bureau has set up a large information center to get all kinds of information free of charge, including YHA address, telephone number, train, subway and car route maps and preferential prices.