Newcastle is a bright， fast-paced city. Grainger Town is the historic center of the city， featuring impressive Georgian architecture1， but， for excitement， the quayside2 is the place to be. This modern complex of restaurants， galleries， bars， and other places of entertainment has replaced the old dockyards3， and overlooks the Tyne River. If youre in Newcastle in October， you can grab a few laughs at Newcastles world famous comedy festival.

第一：紐卡斯?fàn)?/p>

紐卡斯?fàn)柺且粋€充滿活力、節(jié)奏很快的城市。格蘭杰城區(qū)在歷史上是這個城市的中心，令人印象深刻的喬治時代的建筑是這個城市的一大特色。如今，城堡旁邊的碼頭周圍是紐卡斯?fàn)栕顬闊狒[的地方：泰恩河兩岸到處是餐館、畫廊、酒吧、客棧以及其他娛樂設(shè)施，取代了原來的造船廠。如果十月份來這里，你還可以趕上世界聞名的紐卡斯?fàn)栂矂」?jié)，開心地笑上幾回。

NO. 2： York

York is the most important city of the north， with over two thousand years of stories to tell. Its city walls and spider-web of narrow， medieval4 streets make it a unique5 place to wander around and discover.

The Merchant Adventurers Hall， an original medieval town hall， built in about 1360， is surrounded by unusual shops. In nearby Jorvik （the Viking name for “York”） there is a restored6 Viking settlement with state-of-the-art exhibits on all things of Viking. The Shambles， a set of medieval streets， gives you an up-close look at what neighborhoods were like in the Middle Ages. And no visitor to York should neglect7 to check out the darkness of the York Dungeons！

第二：約克

約克是英格蘭北部最為重要的城市，具有兩千多年的歷史。狹窄的中世紀(jì)街道像蜘蛛網(wǎng)一樣，兩邊城墻環(huán)繞，使得約克成為一個風(fēng)格獨(dú)特的地方。人們可以盡情徜徉其間，去探索發(fā)現(xiàn)。

商業(yè)冒險者會堂曾是中世紀(jì)時期的市政大廳，大約建于1360年，周圍有許多不同尋常的店鋪。附近有一個名叫喬維克（Jorvik是維京語“約克”的意思）的博物館，是一座修復(fù)后的維京人村落，里面的展品具有維京人的藝術(shù)特點(diǎn)。肉鋪街一系列的中世紀(jì)街道讓你可以身臨其境地感受中世紀(jì)的大街小巷。去約克旅游的人都會去參觀陰森可怕的約克地牢。

NO. 3： Cambridge

One of the most famous university towns in the world， Cambridge is quiet and compact8， and easy on the walking traveler. Its one main street is lined with lots of unusual and interesting shops for the creative mind. One of the best ways to see the parade9 of colleges in Cambridge is from a punt10 floating down the Cambridge River.

第三：劍橋

作為世界上最著名的大學(xué)城之一，劍橋?qū)庫o且布局緊湊，徒步旅行者可以在此處悠閑漫步。它只有一條主要街道，兩旁是各種頗有創(chuàng)意的商店。在劍橋，觀光的最佳方式是乘著穿梭在劍河上順流而下的那些平底小船，觀賞鱗次櫛比的各個學(xué)院。

NO. 4： London

Everyone has heard of London， and everyone wants to see London. Its one of the most interesting places in the world to visit. What cannot be missed are Big Ben， the parliament buildings， Buckingham Palace， Westminster Abbey， Piccadilly Circus， Soho， Covent Garden， and the British Airways London Eye， the biggest Ferris wheel in the world， also known as the Millennium Wheel. Culture lovers have scores of museums and galleries at their disposal11.

第四：倫敦

人人都知道倫敦，人人都想看倫敦。它是世界上最具吸引力的地方之一。千萬不要錯過大本鐘、議會大廈、白金漢宮、威斯敏斯特修道院、皮卡迪利廣場、蘇活區(qū)、科芬園和英航倫敦眼——這可是世界上最大的觀光摩天輪，又被稱作“千禧輪”。文化好愛者還有數(shù)十座博物館和美術(shù)館可以任其觀賞。