Tours & Activities in United Kingdom

The United Kingdom is the only country in the world with a reigning monarch who appears on its currency, and King Charles III's portrait now features on all new banknotes.

Big Ben is technically the name of the Great Bell inside the Clock Tower (renamed Elizabeth Tower in 2012), not the tower itself.

The UK invented tea culture as we know it today—afternoon tea became fashionable in Britain during the 1840s and remains a cherished tradition.

Scotland's Loch Ness is the largest freshwater lake in the British Isles by volume, containing more water than all the lakes in England and Wales combined.

The London Underground, opened in 1863, is the world's oldest subway system and still operates 11 lines across 270 stations.

Welsh is an official language in Wales alongside English, and road signs in Wales are bilingual by law.