London
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
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(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
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| (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 |
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(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/output/page555.asp
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(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: www.royal.gov.uk/output/page563.asp |
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(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:
www.momoresto.com
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(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 |
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(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 |
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(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 |
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(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 |
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(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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