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At Four Seasons, you enjoy a unique vantage point from which to explore the sights, sounds and experiences around you. We hope the highlights of local attractions below help simplify your planning. Please let us know how else we can assist you. Attractions on this page
Walk Completed in 1778 for Lord Apsley, Apsley House was enlarged 50 years later to provide a suitably grand home for the Duke of Wellington, the politician and soldier who achieved a famous victory against Napoleon at Waterloo. It is now a museum of fascinating memorabilia and trophies, dominated by Canova’s twice-life-size statue of Napoleon, which once stood in the Louvre in Paris.
Wellington Arch
This triumphal arch was erected in 1828, with a sculpture by Adrian Jones added in 1912. It once housed one of London’s smallest police stations.
Buckingham Palace
The headquarters of the British monarchy, used as an office, as a home and for ceremonial occasions such as state banquets. Converted by John Nash for George IV (reigned 1820–1830); however, the first monarch to reside here was Queen Victoria.
Churchill’s wartime bunker, preserved as it was during World War II, including Churchill’s bedroom and chamber pot, along with the telephone hotline to the White House.
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The National Gallery
Founded in 1824, the gallery houses one of the greatest collections of European paintings in the world. The pictures range from 1260 to 1900, with artists including Botticelli, Michelangelo, Poussin and Monet. Admission is free.
Features fish, sharks and sea life from around the world.
Lyceum Theatre
Currently showing The Lion King, with performances Monday to Saturday at 7:30 pm, Wednesday and Saturday at 2:00 pm. Tickets are available from the Hotel's Theatre desk.
Madame Tussaud's
London's top visitor attraction, this waxwork museum features models of famous people. The latest waxwork figures include William Hague MP, Kylie Minogue and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Admission fee applicable.
Natural History Museum
Features major exhibitions of dinosaurs, ecology, human biology, man's place in evolution and the origin of species. National collections of living and fossil plants, animals, minerals, rocks and meteorites add up to 68 million specimens. A new permanent exhibition, Plant Flower, explores the different ways in which man is dependent on the plant kingdom for food, shelter, warmth and the birth of the Industrial Revolution. Admission is free.
Prince of Wales Theatre
Currently showing the hit show Mamma Mia, with performances Monday to Thursday 7:30 pm, Friday 5:00 pm and 8:30 pm, and Saturday 3:00 pm and 7:30 pm. Tickets can be booked through the Hotel's Theatre desk.
Queens Theatre
Currently showing Les Miserables, with performances Monday to Saturday at 7:30 pm, Thursday and Saturday at 2:30 pm. Tickets are available from the Hotel's Theatre desk.
This national treasury of art and artifacts displays the works of man from all over the world, all periods and civilizations, with permanent exhibitions on all aspects of historical art. The latest attraction is a new Money Gallery devoted to the history of money, tracing its amazing variety and uses around the world over the last 4,000 years. Admission is free.
London Zoo
With over 600 species of animals, including Sumatran tigers, black rhinos, sloth bears and Asian lions, the zoo shows young visitors how its conservation work is helping ensure the survival of these species in the 21st century. Favourite destinations are the touch paddock and the elephant house. Admission fee applicable.
This collection of international modern art is housed in the recently transformed Bankside Power Station. It houses four themed groups: Landscape, Still Life, the Nude and History. Admission is free.
Tower of London
The most impregnable fortress in England has served as palace, arsenal and prison. Displays include the nation's Crown Jewels, regalia and coronation robes and a fine collection of spears, swords and guns. Admission fee applicable.
The riverside home of King Henry VIII is renowned for its maze.
Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Club
The annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships are held here during the last week of June and first week of July.
Built 900 years ago for William the Conqueror, to guard the western approach to London, Windsor Castle is still a working palace today. The State Apartments contain some of the finest works of art, armour, pictures and interiors in the world. Those areas that were damaged by fire in November 1992 have been completely restored over a five-year period by some of the finest craftsmen in the country. Admission fee applicable.
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