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London, The big smoke and one of the most famous cities in the world, this place has a lot to live up to. This vast city with 4 airports close by with cheap London Flights has a lot to offer and as the London 2012 Olympics are just around the corner things might be a little bit more tricky to get around this amazing city so here are some of the best ways to get about and go see the things you wanna see.

London Black Cabs

Its impossible to go to London and not get inside one of these famous black cabs, these are probably as famous as New Yorks yellow cabs. The drivers know everywhere there is to know in London, after taking a 5 year course to learn their A to Z road map and then pass their exams they then can be a qualified “London cabby”. So these are probably one of the safest ways to travel about London.

Cycling

Cyclists are everywhere in London so you won’t feel out of place on a bike. Bicycles can be rented from little cycle stations all over the city where you can take one from one part of the city and cycle to another part and drop it off, its that simple. Pretty much every main road in London has a cycle lane to keep cyclists out of the road but you still must be careful as nearly everyone in London seems to be in a rush and people do tend to drive in the bus and cycle lanes.

London Underground

The subway as most people may know it as, is more than likely the easiest and the most fastest way to get around London. Even though most of it is overground you can get from anywhere in London to anywhere in London with maybe 1 or 2 train changes along the way. The Oyster card is an easy way to pay for their services as all it is is a prepay top up card you just put money on and away you go, no more queuing at stations waiting to buy a ticket, you can just waltz on through by swiping your card. As you walk down the stairs to the underground stations its easy to see where you want to go and how to get there by the maps on the walls all over place.