Attractions For Tourist In Marylebone

Marylebone, barely one by two kilometers in size, is home to a sufficient number of tourist attractions to keep one busy for several days. Only a few will be highlighted here, but there are many others to delight just about everyone's preference of tourist attractions.

At the northwest corner of Marylebone, just outside the traditional limits of the village proper, but still well worth the effort, is Little Venice, a system of waterways reminiscent of the famous Italian city on the Adriatic Sea. It can in no wise be mistaken for the Italian city by the architecture, but it is a delightful series of waterways first coined "Little Venice" by poet, Robert Browning. At the union of Regents Canal and the Paddington Arm of the Grand Union Canal there is a small island on which Browning once planted willows. On the south shore of Browning's Pond is the boat launch of Little Venice. At the north side of the pond is the Puppet Theatre Barge, offering marionette shows. Shops and restaurants line the canals.

In the heart of Marylebone in Manchester Square is the gathering of 25 galleries comprising the Wallace Collection in Hertford House, which was once the home of The Marquesses of Hertford and Sir Richard Wallace. Collected there are eighteenth and nineteenth century paintings, sculpture, furniture, porcelain, silver and goldsmith work and armoury.

Just east a few blocks from the Wallace Collection is Wigmore Hall, the best venue for classical chamber and soloist music in London. The building is a beautiful marble and alabaster structure containing an intimate concert hall more accommodating to this style of live music performance. There are numerous events, including lectures, scheduled. Occasionally, there may be a couple of events scheduled on a single day.

Northeast of Marylebone in Regents Park is the Zoological Society of London (ZSL London Zoo), a world landmark zoo featuring over 12,000 animals in its collection. These animals receive some of the best care available for captive animals. Visitors to the zoo also have some of the best opportunities to meet and greet animals in enclosures closely matching their natural habitats. Interaction with zoo-keepers and some of the animals represents some of the best time spent at the zoo. Plan ahead to see what activities are scheduled throughout the year, such as the annual animal weigh-in, when virtually every animal in the zoo is weighed to be certain their diet is maintaining them properly.

Of course, Marylebone, as a living, working village, is full of shops and restaurants not necessarily geared to tourism but which are an integral part of the living, working village available to tourists to take a slice of life in Marylebone. There are over 120 restaurants in Marylebone, offering meals from around the world. There are more shops for personal apparel, gifts, memorabilia, home decor, etc.

For the tourist wanting to experience a small village atmosphere in the heart of greater London, Marylebone is one of the best examples of such a functioning village.

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Article Source: Robert_Fogarty

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