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Entertainment
Introduction: Entertainment: Performances, Museums, Night Clubs; Landmarks are: Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, St. Paul's Cathedral, the Tower of London and Tower Bridge (84) Annabel's; Entertainment:
Night Club; Founded by Mark Birley in 1963, this aristocrat discotheque
was named after his former wife, Lady Annabel Goldsmith, and it has managed
to keep its glamorous cachet over all this years. Entrance only as or with
a member, annual membership GBP 500, join. fee GBP 250; Tel: +44-20-7629
1096; Fax: +44-20-7491 1860; 44 Berkeley Square; Mayfair, London W1X 5DB;
Open: Mon-Sat 7pm-3am; Tube: Green Park; website: no website available
yet
(85) Barbican Centre; Entertainment:
Concert, Opera & Ballet; Large modern concert hall and home of the
Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Art Exhibitions, Classic Concerts & Film;
Tel: +44-20-7638 8891; Fax: +44-20-7382 7270; Barbican; City, London EC2Y
8DS; Open: Box office: Mon-Sun 9am-8pm; Tube: Barbican; e-mail: info@barbican.org.uk;
website: www.barbican.org.uk
(86) British Museum, The; Entertainment:
Museum; In pursuit of illuminating the history of world cultures: impressive,
especially the parts of the Parthenon in Room 8; Tel: +44-20-7636 1555;
Fax: +44-20-7323 8616; Great Russell Street; Bloomsburry, London WC1B 3DG;
Open: Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun noon-6pm; Tube: Holborn / Tottenham Court Road;
e-mail: information@thebritishmuseum.ac.uk; website: www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk
(87) Buckingham Palace; Entertainment:
Museum; The Queen's London residence can be visited during her summer holiday,
entrance fee GBP 10; Tel: +44-20-7839 1377; Fax: +44-20-7321 2233 (tickets);
1 Buckingham Palace Road; Westminster, London SW1; Open: From early August
to end of September: Mon-Sun 9.30am-4.15pm, Changing of the guards: Mon-Sun
11.30am from April-July, call for Aug-March; Tube: Victoria Station / St.
James's Park; website: www.royal.gov.uk/palaces/bp.htm
(88) English National Opera (ENO);
Entertainment: Concert, Opera & Ballet; Classic opera in English language
in the Coliseum; Tel: +44-20-7632 8300; Fax: +44-20-7379 1264; Coliseum,
St. Martin's Lane; Covent Garden, London WC2N 4ES; Open: Box office: Mon-Sun
24 hours; Tube: Leicester Square; e-mail: boxoffice@eno.org; website: www.eno.org
(89) Kensington Palace, Orangery
and Kensington Gardens; Entertainment: Museum; Stroll through Kensington
Gardens and have a look at Kensington Palace, home of the late Princess
Diana, (GBP 7.50), Kensington Orangery offers a light lunch or afternoon
tea (also for functions), no credit cards; Tel: +44-20-7937 9561; The Broad
Walk; Kensington, London W8; Open: Palace: 10am-5pm (Oct-Mar -3pm), Orangery:
10am-6pm (Oct-Mar -4pm), Gardens: dawn till dusk; Tube: High Street Kensington
/ Queensway; website: no website available yet
(90) Momo Restaurant and Kemia Bar;
Entertainment: Night Club; Momo has not only a excellent Moroccan cuisine
and interior (set lunch GBP 16, dinner GBP 30), but also a quite elite
nightclub bar, the Kemia, downstairs with Moorish look and plush interior.
Entrance normally for members and their guests only, but if you are smart
looking you might have a chance to enjoy the Momo Special fresh-mint vodka
drink; Tel: +44-20-7434 4040; Fax: +44-20-7287 0404; 25 Heddon Street;
Mayfair, London W1R 7LG; Open: Restaurant: Mon-Fri noon-2.15pm, 7-11.15pm,
Sat 11.30am-4pm, 7-11.15pm, Bar: Mon-Sat; Tube: Picadilly Circus; website:
No website available yet
(91) Monte's; Entertainment:
Night Club; Not only a Cigar shop but also stylish Cocktail Bar, restaurant
(Naked Chef Jamie Oliver) and Art Deco night club, except for lunch entrance
only as or with a member, annual membership GBP 500, join. fee GBP 200;
Tel: +44-20-7245 0896; Fax: +44-20-7245 0895; 164 Sloane Street; Chelsea,
London SW1X 9QB; Open: Restaurant: Mon-Fri 12.30-2.30pm, 7.30-11pm, Sat
7.30-11pm, Bar: Mon 11am-11pm, Tue 11am-2pm, Wed-Sat 11am-3pm; Tube: Sloane
Square; e-mail: montes@hytlondon.co.uk; website: www.montes.co.uk
(92) National Gallery; Entertainment:
Museum; Enjoy the superb collection of Western European painting from 1260
to 1900 in a wonderful neo-classical building, admission free; Tel: +44-20-7747
2885; Trafalgar Square; Mayfair, London WC2N 5DN; Open: Mon-Sun 10am-6pm,
Wed -9pm; Tube: Charing Cross / Leicester Square; website: www.nationalgallery.org.uk
(93) Rock; Entertainment: Night
Club; The latest trendy place for a party loving more sophisticated crowd
18+, modern international food available, annual membership GBP 100-500,
entrance for member's guests: first 2 (Thu-Sat)-4 (Wed&Sun) free, Wed
GBP 5, Thu GBP 8, Fri&Sat GBP 10; Tel: +44-20-7976 2006; Fax: +44-20-7976
2008; Hungerford House, Victoria Embankment; Strand, London WC2; Open:
Wed-Sun 9pm-3am; Tube: Embankment; e-mail: info@rockclubs.co.uk; website:
www.rockclubs.co.uk
(94) Royal Academy of Arts (RAA);
Entertainment: Museum; Founded by King George III in 1768 to support British
artists with the Summer Exhibition, exhibitions also show world-class artists
today; Tel: +44-20-7300 8000; Burlington House, Piccadilly; Mayfair, London
W1V 0DS; Open: Mon-Sun 10am-6pm, Fri (or June & July Sun) -8pm; Tube:
Green Park / Piccadilly Circus; website: www.royalacademy.org.uk
(95) Royal Albert Hall; Entertainment:
Concert, Opera & Ballet; Designed by Prince Albert, consort of Queen
Victoria, in 1853 and famous for its Promenade Concerts (the Proms) from
July to September every year; Tel: +44-20-7589 8212; Fax: +44-20-7584 1406;
Kensington Gore; Kensington, London SW7 2AP; Open: Box office: 9am-9pm;
Tube: South Kensington; e-mail: teamleader@royalalberthall.com; website:
www.royalalberthall.com
(96) Royal Festival Hall; Entertainment:
Concert, Opera & Ballet; Huge building from 1951 with concert halls
with superb acoustics for star artists, cinema and gallery; Tel: +44-20-7960
4242; Fax: +44-20-7921 0821; South Bank Centre, South Bank; Southwark,
London SE1 8XX; Open: Box office: Mon-Sat 9am-9pm, Sun 9.30am-9pm; Tube:
Waterloo / Charing Cross; e-mail: boxoffice@rfh.org.uk; website: www.rfh.org.uk
(97) Royal Opera House Covent Garden;
Entertainment: Concert, Opera & Ballet; Famous grand 18th century opera
house also for ballet, often with international stars such as Placido Domingo.
Since the re-opening in 2000, there are excellent theatre dinner arangements
by Searcy's on the Vilar Floral Hall Balcony or in the Amphitheatre Restaurant;
Tel: +44-20-7304 4000; Fax: +44-20-7212 9460; Covent Garden; Covent Garden,
London WC2E 9DD; Open: Box office: Mon-Sun 10am-8pm, returned tickets on
same day from 4pm; Tube: Covent Garden; e-mail: webmaster@roh.org.uk; website:
www.royalopera.org
(98) Tate Gallery (Tate Britain);
Entertainment: Museum; Tate Britain's collection display includes Britain's
finest painters: Turner (1775-1851), Gainsborough (1727-1788), Constable
(1776-1837) and Reynolds (1723-1792), Tate Modern's collection comprises
art of the 20th century (the nude, landscape, still life and history paintings),
both Tates are free except for temporary exhibitions; Tel: +44-20-7887
8000; Millbank; Pimlico, London SW1P 4RG; or: Tate Modern: Bankside, London
SE1 9TG; Open: Tate Britain: Mon-Sun 10am-5.30pm, Tate Modern: Sun-Thu
10am-6pm, Fri&Sat 10am-10pm; Tube: Pimlico (Tate Modern: Blackfriars);
e-mail: informatin@tate.org.uk; website: www.tate.org.uk
(99) Victoria and Albert Museum
(V&A); Entertainment: Museum; The largest museum of decorative
arts in the world founded in 1852 by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert;
Tel: +44-20-7942 2000; Cromwell Road; South Kensington, London SW7 2RL;
Open: Mon-Sun 10am-5.45pm, Wed 6-8.30pm; Tube: South Kensington; website:
www.vam.ac.uk
(100) Wigmore Hall; Entertainment:
Concert, Opera & Ballet; Best chamber music hall in London with many
international star musicians; Tel: +44-20-7935 2141; Fax: +44-20-7935 3344;
36 Wigmore Street; Marylebone, London W1H 9DF; Open: Box office: Mon-Sat
10am-8.30pm, Sun 10.30am-5pm; Tube: Bond Street / Oxford Circus; e-mail:
info@wigmore-hall.org.uk; website: www.wigmore-hall.org.uk
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