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Leaning Tower of Pisa – An Accidental Star of Pisa

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Visitors Can Climb The Leaning Tower of Pisa For an Aerial View of Pisa and its Surrounds: After over a decade of being strapped in steel cables and inaccessible to tourists, the Leaning Tower of Pisa or La Torre di Pisa (officially called the Torre Pendente di Pisa) is open once again. Nearly … [Read more...]

Regent’s Canal Walk – From Little Venice to Camden

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Regent's Canal Walk - A Beautiful London Walk From Little Venice To Camden Lock: The Regent's Canal Walk from Little Venice to Camden was one of the London walks that we had planned to do on our London stop.  It was a strange coincidence that Linda and Neil, our London friends, had recently … [Read more...]

Visiting the Famous London Markets

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Things To Do in London - Visit One of the Specialty London Markets: For a shopping and sightseeing experience that's a little different from the usual tourist trail, head for one of the many specialty London markets on your London holiday. The food markets in London are fascinating places to … [Read more...]

Currency for Estonia: The Euro

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Currency for Estonia (EUR) : Estonia has a New Currency as of January 1, 2011: Estonia became the 17th member of the Euro-zone on January 1, 2011 and so from this date the Euro replaced the Kroon as the currency for Estonia. Estonia's eight Euro coins (1, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 50 cent, €1 and €2) … [Read more...]

Neal's Yard – An Interesting Corner of Covent Garden

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Neal's Yard - An Sanctuary of Cafes, Shops and Alternative Businesses: Sometimes you come across places that you instantaneously take a liking to and Neal's Yard is one of these places for me. I love bright colours and this a small alley in the top corner of Covent Garden is full of brightly … [Read more...]

Seven Dials – Covent Garden's Hidden Shopping Village

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Seven Dials is the Pillar with Six Sundials and Also Refers to the Surrounding Neighbourhood: In the upper corner of Covent Garden is a junction where seven streets converge.  Seven Dials, a pillar with six sundials, marks the crossroads with the central spike supposedly representing the seventh … [Read more...]

Things to See Along London's Whitehall

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Whitehall is not Just about all Things to do with the British Government: To many the name 'Whitehall' evokes 'British Government'. And, indeed, between Parliament Square and Trafalgar Square are the Houses of Parliament at one end of the street running north from Parliament Square, 10 Downing … [Read more...]

Harry Potter in London – Black Taxi Tours

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See the Sights of Harry Potter in London with a London Black Taxi Tour: Nobody knows the streets of London better than a London cabbie, so what better way to see the sights of Harry Potter in London than through a London Black Taxi tour. The Harry Potter Black Taxi Tour of London is a tour that … [Read more...]

London Rock Music Tour

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Discover Abbey Road and Other Rock Music Landmarks on a London Rock Music Tour: Since the Abbey Road album, Beatles fans from around the world have been coming to this famous Abbey Road pedestrian crossing to imitate the Fab Four crossing and pose for photos. The Abbey Road zebra crossing outside … [Read more...]

Who is behind Travelsignposts?

Helen and Tony Page at Singapore Changi Airport

We're Helen and Tony Page, and we love travelling - lucky as we've been doing it for the last few decades!

Tony has long been a professional photographer and writer, but Helen now writes most of the posts and takes a lot of photos herself!

Travelsignposts is our main travel planning site, but we've just launched Travelsignposts China and Tony also runs the Travelsignposts Photo and Guerrilla Travel Photography web sites, as well as publishing the Take Better Digital Photos and Guerrilla Travel Photography eBooks.

Read more about Helen and Tony or contact them.

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