Londonat this time of the year is definitely a winter wonderland, with all the beautiful lights, the shop windows decorated for Christmas, and the historic tradition at Trafalgar Square, which has been presented with a large Norwegian tree each winter for over 60 years as a token of friendship and gratitude for Britain’s assistance during World War II.
Londonat this time of the year is definitely a winter wonderland, with all the beautiful lights, the shop windows decorated for Christmas, and the historic tradition at Trafalgar Square, which has been presented with a large Norwegian tree each winter for over 60 years as a token of friendship and gratitude for Britain’s assistance during World War II.
This year marks the 65th tree to come to London from the city of Oslo, celebrating goodwill and friendship at Christmas, the Christmas tree was lit at 6pm on the 1st of December, at a ceremony featuring the Lord Mayor of Westminster, the Mayor of Oslo, St Martin in the fields choir and the Salvation Army.
This age old tradition presents a 20 to 25 metre tall tree decorated in traditional Norwegian style with hundreds of individual white lights, and has become an iconic London Christmas image. The lighting of this tree includes a programme of festive events, some of which are on-going until Christmas Day, this typically will include carol singing and more, the tree will remain at Trafalgar Square until the 5th of January 2012.
This is why so many visitors come to the city of London to see London in its winter coat, and enjoy many festive events. Tourists book early for the Christmas period, but apart from the normal stay in a London hotel there are other options such as serviced apartments in London, which is the perfect option for someone wanting to enjoy self-catering facilities for the whole family.
This serviced accommodation Londonis so comfortable with plenty of facilities that corporate companies are using these well fitted apartments as business accommodation in London. The apartments come in one, two, or three bedroom self-contained apartments with lounge area, fully fitted kitchen, of course bedrooms and bathrooms, flat screen TV and Wi-Fi connections, apart from the perfect holiday accommodation makes it also perfect accommodation for business personnel to work from, and more importantly can be shared by several business colleagues.
Luxury serviced apartments Londonare becoming more popular with tourists and business personal alike, simply because there is much more space than a typical hotel room, and when holidaying with small children it is much more convenient to have everyone in one apartment rather than separate hotel rooms.
Most of these apartments are in central locations, and one can get around the city by either a simple underground ride, a bus, or simply on foot, which of course you will see much more of the real London.
A spokesman for Dolphin House part of the Dolphin Square complex and in the heart of Westminster said “our apartments are perfect for the tourist or business person to relax, and be totally self-sufficient, all the apartments are beautifully furnished, and we have plenty of facilities to entertain our tenants, we have an indoor pool in the complex you can eat, shop all within the Dolphin Square complex, we have accommodated many famous people, and tourists will especially be interested in the history of this place”.
Londonis the place to be at this time of the year and if the perfect accommodation is at hand it makes for a wonderful holiday for all.
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