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Rick Steves Tour: Tower of London
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Rick Steves Tours eBooks are straightforward, self-guided tours of some of Europe's most popular museums, ancient buildings, and other points of interest, designed for easy reference on your mobile device or eReader. In Rick Steves’ Tour: Tower of Londonfor less than the price of a cappuccinoRick shares his candid advice on how to get the most out of a visit to the Tower of London, including when to go, how much it costs, and what's worth your time once you're there. With Rick's knowledgeable, humorous writing in hand, you'll also learn some interesting historical facts about the Tower along the way. Packed with indispensable tips and recommendations from America's expert on Europe, Rick Steves’ Tour: Tower of London is a tour guide in your pocketand on your smartphone.
Rick Steves' Tours and Walks are available for must-see locations throughout London, Paris, Rome, Florence, Venice, Amsterdam, Vienna, Budapest, Athens, and Istanbul.
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Tower of London Tour
Map: Tower of London Tour
Orientation
The Tour Begins
1 Entrance Gate
2 Traitor’s Gate
3 White Tower
4 White Tower Museum
5 Tower Green
6 Scaffold Site
7 Beauchamp Tower
8 Crown Jewels
9 Bloody Tower
10 Medieval Palace
11 Walk the Wall
12 Ravens
William I, still getting used to his new title of “the Conqueror,” built a castle tower here (1077-1097) to keep the Londoners in line. Over the centuries, his successors built more walls and towers around it to create this complex, which today covers 18 acres. The heavily fortified Tower served as a royal residence, the Royal Mint, the Royal Jewel House, and, most famously, as the prison and execution site of those who dared oppose the Crown.
The Tower represents the ultimate power of the monarch. See the execution site where Henry VIII axed exes. Ogle the crown jewels, the richest on earth. See prisons that held the likes of Sir Walter Raleigh, Queen Elizabeth, and the Nazi Rudolf Hess. Tour halls of armor and weapons and take a meaty Beefeater tour. You’ll find more bloody history per square inch than anywhere else in Britain by touring this original tower of power.
Map Key
1 Entrance Gate
2 Traitor’s Gate
3 White Tower
4 White Tower Museum
5 Tower Green
6 Scaffold Site
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- On Sale
- Aug 16, 2016
- Page Count
- 13 pages
- Publisher
- Rick Steves
- ISBN-13
- 9781631215285
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