LONDON

The Safestay London Elephant and Castle is not far from the center of London, and to get there you have to walk about 5 or 7 minutes until you get to the Elephant and Castle tube station. This is the easiest and fastest way to travel inside London. From there, to get to Picadilly Circus, we have to take the brown tube line, the one called Barkerloo, and wait until the fifth stop. There we have to get off and we'll already be there. 

The hostel offers many facilities (see photo), some of which are about the property, like free Wi-Fi, or laundry; others about the room, like bunk privacy curtains or personal power sockets; and it also offers different services, such as breakfast service, or towel hire/purchase.

Near the hostel, about 30 minutes or less on foot, there are several parks you can visit and have a walk around them. For example, the Pullens Gardens or the Nursery Row Park (photo). You can also visit the Amen Church, a small neigbourhood church. For going shopping, the Elephant and Castle Shopping Centre is very near. 

MUST-SEE LANDMARKS IN LONDON

Of course, if you visit London you have to see its most famous landmark: Big Ben, the famous tower clock. Actually, at the beginning, "Big Ben" was only the name for the bell it contains, but eventually the whole tower is known as Big Ben. To get there from our hostel, we need to walk to the Elephant and Castle tube station, and there take the brown line, Barkeloo. Then, we have to get off the tube at the Waterloo stop, where we'll be able to take the grey line,  Jubilee, and get off at the next stop, Westminister. 

Another must-see landmark in London is the London Eye, also called Millenium Wheel. It is an enourmous Ferris wheel in the centre of London, right beside the Tamesis, the river that crosses the city. If you get the chance to get on it, you'll be able to admire the beautiful views of the city. If we want to get there from the hostel, we have to take again the brown line to get off at the Waterloo stop, ehich is the nearest to the London Eye. 

And finally, another important and famous landmark in London is the Hyde Park. It is the biggest park in the city and it is also one of the eight royal parks distributed around London. Inside the park there are plenty of activities you can do, as well as things to visit, for example the Wellington Arch, a triumphal arch which commemorates the Waterloo battle. To get there from our hostel, we have to take the brown line at the Elephant and Castle stop, and then we have two options. We can get off at the Picadilly Circus stop, there take the blue line, called Picadilly, and get off two stops later, at the Hyde Park Corner stop. Or we can also continue in the brown line for another stop, until the Oxford Circus, there take the red line, called Central, and get off at the Marble Arch, the third stop, which is maybe the nearest one to Hyde Park.