People who like to see some interesting monuments during their holidays have multiples options to choose, not only in Europe but also in other continents. However if you only have a time for a short, lasting one hour trip, you should visit a place where you can get using a plane, like London for example. How to look for the cheapest flights? And which monuments are the most important in there?

Plan your trip

Because of the huge amount of Poles which are living in London, flights to this locations are very popular. You can get to the capital of England couple times during the week, using small airline companies offers. However you should be aware, that for the same ticket you may pay totally different price, especially when it is for a hot season date. That is why if you like to save a lot of cash on a trip, you have to start to look for the tickets at least six months before flight. Thanks to that you will pay even two times less!

Sightseeing

The capital of England is one of the oldest cities in the Europe, you may notice that thanks to it architecture. if you are looking for the oldest building in London, go for a trip to the Tower. It was build in eleventh century by William the Conqueror, and it was main residence of kings till the fifteenth century. Then it became the prisons for important people, like Mary of Stuart for example, you can still visit the dungeons. Another important building in the capital is the Westminster Palace, founded in the Gothic Revival style in 19th century, after former Westminster was destroyed. It is popular because of the tower with Big Ben, the icon of entire London. If you are admirer of sacral architecture, a trip to the Westminster Abby will be the perfect call. It is important place for royals, in local cathedral kings are buried, married and coroneted. Cathedral is made of a white stone, it is typical material in this part of Europe.

Another monuments

Of course during the trip to London you have a lot more attractions to explore then buildings. If you like to spend a day on a fresh air, you may visit local zoologist garden. It is very modern complex with a lot of rare animals, like panda an koala bears for example. Admirers of art need to visit Tate Britain, a museum with huge collection of British paintings, like Gainsborough, Rossetti and Blake for example. In the Tate Modern you will find a collection of recent artists, including Picasso, Dali and Kandinsky. And people who are into the pop culture may visit Madam Tussauds Museum.