United Kingdom
- Geographic location:The United Kingdom is located northwest of Continental Europe. It comprises England, Wales and Scotland and Northern Ireland, and is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, English Channel and Irish Sea
- Capital:London
- Language:English
- Travel documents required:Passport and visa for non EU residents, except for citizens of the USA and South America. Identity card or passport for EU citizens residing in the European Union
- Voltage used :Three-pin, 240 volts
- Time zone:GMT (or British Summer time +1 hour)
- Dialling code:Country code: +44
- Climate:Mid-latitude oceanic climate characterized by cold winters and occaisional warm summers with consistent rainfall throughout the year (the average ranges from 8.5 ° C-15 ° C)
- Vaccines:No vacinations are required
- Currency:Sterling Puond
Our travellers’ opinions on United Kingdom
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Edinburgh - the UK's real capital
by AlexLondon usually gets all the attention when people talk about the best places to go in the UK. But visit Edinburgh and you’ll find an altogether nicer city, that’s chock full of ancient and historic buildings, friendlier people, and is altogether easier to navigate. Edinburgh’s biggest draw apart from the magnificent castle and old town is the way it constantly draws on its’ heritage. You can’t escape the whiskey tasting, the wall-to-wall kilt shops, and enough woolly garments leave the sheep surrounding the city well and truly fleeced. The Fringe Festival and Hogmanay are the liveliest times to visit, but regardless of the time of year to go, Edinburgh remains one of the best places in the UK to enjoy a wild night out. It’s also where, after a few whiskies, visiting girl groups are brave enough to find out what men really do wear under their kilts�
- Published 29/04/2009
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Hogmanay Edinburgh
by AlexYou haven’t lived if you haven’t seen the New Year in Edinburgh. It seems as though the whole world flocks here to experience the ultimate New Year’s celebrations. The atmosphere in the city is amazing. With live concerts staged featuring some of the world’s best bands, there’s street theatre, stand-up comedy, dancing and fireworks over the castle, book your wristbands early and be part of the world’s best New Year’s Party�
- Published 29/04/2009
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Popular destinations in United Kingdom
- Aberdeen and Royal Deeside,
- Ascot,
- Ashford,
- Ayrshire,
- Banbury,
- Basingstoke,
- Bath,
- Bedford,
- Belfast,
- Birmingham,
- Blackpool,
- Bolton,
- Bournemouth,
- Bradford,
- Braintree,
- Bridgend,
- Brighton,
- Bristol,
- British Isles,
- Broadway,
- Cambridge,
- Canterbury,
- Cardiff,
- Carlisle,
- Channel Islands,
- Cheltenham,
- Cheshire,
- Chester,
- Colchester,
- Colwyn Bay,
- Coventry,
- Derby,
- Derry NI,
- Devon,
- Doncaster,
- Doncaster - Sheffield,
- Dumfries,
- Dundee,
- Durham,
- East Midlands,
- East Midlands Airport,
- Edinburgh,
- Edinburgh and Lothians,
- England East,
- England North East,
- England North West,
- England South East,
- England South West,
- Exeter,
- Folkestone,
- Fort William,
- Glasgow (Strathclyde),
- Glasgow and Prestwick,
- Gloucester,
- Grasmere,
- Grays,
- Guildford,
- Hampshire and The New Forest,
- High Wycombe,
- Huddersfield,
- Hull,
- Inverary,
- Inverness,
- Inverness and the Highlands,
- Ipswich,
- Isle of Lewis,
- Isle of Man,
- Isle of Mull,
- Isle of Skye,
- Isle of Wight,
- Jersey,
- Kendal,
- Lake District and Cumbria,
- Lancaster,
- Leeds,
- Leicester,
- Lincoln,
- Liverpool,
- Loch Lomond,
- London ,
- Maidenhead,
- Maidstone,
- Manchester,
- Margate,
- Middlesbrough,
- Milton Keynes,
- Newbury,
- Newcastle,
- Newcastle NI,
- Newport,
- Newquay,
- Norfolk,
- Northampton,
- Northern Ireland,
- Norwich,
- Nottingham,
- Oban,
- Oxford,
- Peebles,
- Perth and Perthshire,
- Peterborough,
- Pitlochry,
- Plymouth UK,
- Portsmouth,
- Preston,
- Prestwick,
- Reading,
- Saint Andrews (Fife),
- Saint Andrews-Dundee and Kingdom of Fife,
- Salisbury,
- Scotland,
- Scottish Borders and Dumfries,
- Scottish Islands and Outer Hebrides,
- Sevenoaks,
- Sheffield,
- Slough,
- Snowdonia,
- Southampton,
- St. Albans,
- Stevenage,
- Stirling,
- Stirling-Trossachs and West Highlands,
- Stoke on Trent,
- Stratford upon Avon,
- Sudbury,
- Swansea,
- Swindon,
- Taunton,
- Telford,
- Tewkesbury,
- Thurso,
- Torquay,
- Trossachs,
- Ullapool,
- Ullswater,
- Wakefield,
- Wales,
- Walsall,
- Warrington,
- Warwick,
- West Midlands,
- West Sussex,
- Wigan,
- Winchester,
- Windermere,
- Windsor and Slough,
- Wolverhampton,
- Worcester,
- York,
- Yorkshire
