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14Sightseeing15SouthwarkSwitchboard: +44 (0)20 7887 8888Recorded information:+44 (0)20 7887 8008www.tate.org.ukOpen: 10am-6pm Mon-Thur, Sun;10am-10pm Fri, Sat.Admission: FreeThe view from Tate ModernTate TourStart at Pimlico Tube station andfollow the signs to Tate Britain 1 ,looking across the river to thecontroversial MI6 building 2 thatyou might have seen James Bondscrambling down. Inside TateBritain – with its lovely café andsuper smart restaurant – is thefinest of British art including theworld’s best Turner collection.From Tate Britain you can hop onthe Damien Hurst-designed TateBoat, which will take you downpast the London Eye 3 and theSouth Bank to Tate Modern 4 ,the world’s biggest (and mostexciting!) museum of modern art.Lose yourself in here (not forgettinga great and very funky restaurantwith views across the river onthe top floor): there’s usually anexciting exhibition in the massivehangar-like Turbine Hall as well asSponsored byThe Millennium Bridgethe permanent collection ofmodern masterpieces.If you turn right outside TateModern and walk along the river,you come to The Globe Theatre 5 ,a faithful reconstruction of thetheatre that staged Shakespeare’sgreatest hits: and you can stillcatch a play in the open-air spaceTate Britainfrom May till October. Retraceyour steps to Tate Modern andyou’ll see a skinny, spidery bridge(the Millennium Bridge 6 byNorman Foster) that will takeyou across the Thames toSt. Paul’s Cathedral 7 .Climb to the top of that dome(the second biggest in the worldafter St. Peter’s in the Vatican) orexplore the old-meets-ultra newstreets around the Fleet Streetand Old Bailey areas.Tate BritainMillbank, SW1PPimlicoSwitchboard: +44 (0)20 7887 8888Recorded information: +44 (0)207887 8008Admission: Freewww.tate.org.ukTate BoatTravelcard Holder: Single £2.85,River Roamer £4.90Adults: Single £4.30, River Roamer£7.30. Tickets are available atwww.tate.org.uk, from Tate Modernand Tate Britain or by calling+44 (0)20 7887 8888 (9.45am-17.50pm, Monday-Friday).Tickets are valid for use all day,and you can make as many tripsas you wish.The Tate Boat runs every 40minutes during gallery openinghours between Tate Britain andTate Modern and also stops at theBritish Airways London Eye.Tate ModernBankside, SE1Shakespeare’s GlobeTheatre21 New Globe Walk, Bankside,SE1 9DTMansion House+44 (0)20 7902 1400www.shakespeares-globe.orgOpen: Exhibition and tours 19 Oct-5May 10am-5pm daily. 6 May-9 Oct9am-noon Mon-Sat; 9-11.30am SunAdmission: £9St. Paul’s CathedralLudgate Hill, EC4MSt. Paul’s+44 (0)20 7236 4128www.stpauls.co.ukOpen: 8.30am-4pm Mon-Sat.Galleries, crypt etc. 9.30am-4pmMon-SatAdmission: Adults, £9.50 (withgroup rates available)PimlicoV1START2St Paul’s Cathedral37FINISHSt Paul’s64 5visitlondon.com/gay