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VanDam's New 2024 London Transit UNFOLDS (R) Pop-Up maps all top attractions including museums, monuments and sights plus the entire Tube system with trams and select bus routes to help you discover new worlds while navigating London like a local. Easily access any station by line and know exactly where you are going.Coverage: London Tube Map; Inner London City Street Map 1:20,000; London Overview map; West End Theatreland Map: 1:9,000 Central London & Docklands Map, Tour map of the Elizabeth Line. Product Dimensions: 3.75 x 6 folded, 8.5 x 11 unfolded per map section.
All maps are clear and easy to read from three feet away which has earned VanDam maps a place in the MoMA Collection. The map is laminated, pocket-sized and unfolds to 12 times its original size, then refolds itself when closing the covers. The map easily fits into your pocket or purse.
Nine self-guided train and bus-tours whisk you away from the tourist throngs to the exotic worlds of Southall via the new Elizabeth line in a couple of stops from Paddington: South Indian food and the best sari & wedding gear shopping west of Delhi await. Or explore British Naval history and Edwardian Baroque in Woolwich with a drink at the Dial Arch Pub and an encore at Punchdrunk Theater just a couple of stops from the City. Fancy a skinny dip at the sand beach at Royal Victoria Docks in front of Custom House -- now City Hall? Bring your swimsuit, then drop anker at the Good Hotel for rooms with water view rooms starting at GBP75.
For some culinary history head to Robins Pie & Mash in Rumford where savory pies come with "liquor," a tasty parsley sauce or jellied eels.
Among our favorite walks: from The Mile Square City, now the Financial Centre, to St Paul's crossing Millennium Bridge to Tate Modern with grand views back over the Thames. Knightsbridge and Belgravia are among the toniest neighborhoods. Start at Harrods, the mother of all department stores, to see the latest fashions and taste from the mind-boggling selections of hams on the ground floor, then walk off the calories in Hyde Park with a visit to Serpentine Gallery for cutting edge art and design.
Or start the day sipping cappuccino at the London Review of Bookstore on Bury Pl, then take the 55 bus from Bloomsbury to the Sunday Flower Market on Columbia Rd in East London with lunch at Rochelle Canteen on Arnold Circus. Then stroll down Brick Lane to check out the latest East End fashions.
Whatever excursions you plan our laminated, pocket-sized pop-up map will make you travel with confidence and help create lasting memories. So get yourself the new 2024 London Transit UNFOLDS (R) Pop-up map and travel London like a Londoner.
