In your free time, take in 英格兰’s many famous sites. From prehistoric Stonehenge to the two-thousand year old Hadrian’s Wall, once the northernmost border of the Roman Empire, 这个小岛屿国家拥有足够的历史遗迹,让你在整个逗留期间都充满好奇. Marvel at the 1400-year-old Canterbury Cathedral, the heart of the Church of 英格兰 and an icon of Gothic architecture. 游览美丽得令人惊叹的罗马浴场,它建于近两千年前的巴斯市. 在威廉·莎士比亚的故乡驻足, 埃文河畔斯特拉特福德, 去看看他和他的一些家庭成员曾经居住过的保存完好的房子. Visit Oxford University, the oldest English-speaking university in the world. 在英国君主和其他著名人物的最后安息之地向他们致敬, 威斯敏斯特教堂. Stand below the towering skeletons of dinosaurs at the Natural History Museum.
需要一些与大自然相处的时间? 在广阔的汉普顿悬崖上,你可以看到多少种海鸟,或者花一整天的时间在美丽的湖区国家公园里闲逛, 崎岖的山脉, 宁静的湖泊, and miles of green hills make for an idyllic getaway. 对于有抱负的环保人士, 康沃尔的伊甸园项目是一个不容错过的景点:这个生态公园拥有世界上最大的室内雨林, along with several other habitats housed in their own biomes. If you’re lucky enough to be an intern abroad in 英格兰 during the spring or summer, have yourself a beach day at Brighton Palace Pier, an impressive example of Edwardian architecture situated on the island’s southern coast. 花一天的时间在科茨沃尔德,你可以在美丽的韦斯顿伯特植物园欣赏超过一万五千种树木,或者在海格罗夫的皇家花园中漫步. 来一次更积极的户外旅行, 前往How Stean Gorge徒步旅行, 独木舟, 或者沿着考特利喷口瀑布向下喷涌.
The birthplace of some of the most popular and influential artists of all time, 英格兰 delivers a smorgasbord of cultural events, 活动, 展品随处可见. 你喜欢视觉艺术吗? 在国家美术馆稍作停留,欣赏欧洲最伟大画家达·芬奇的作品, 卡拉瓦乔, 米开朗基罗, 鲁本斯, 伦布兰特, 和其他人. Take part in 伦敦’s Mayfair Art Weekend, three colorful days of free access to the district’s art galleries and auction houses. 如果想要更随意的出游,可以去肖尔迪奇区(Shoreditch)的小巷里看看充满活力、值得拍照的街头艺术.
书虫,欢喜! 英国的文学遗产和对书籍的热爱意味着你将有足够的时间让你在业余时间忙碌起来. Visit the Jane Austen Centre in Bath, where the beloved author of Pride & 偏见占据了她生命的大部分时间. 在为期两周的伦敦文学节上,听听当今小说和非小说类榜单上的大牌作家谈论他们的作品. 在菲茨罗伊酒馆放松一下, where several of 英格兰’s best authors were seen throughout the 20th century, 包括弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫, 乔治·奥威尔, 迪伦·托马斯. Take your picture at Platform 9 ¾ in King’s Cross Station, for your Harry Potter moment. 英格兰 is still home to plenty of bookshops, where you can spend many a quiet afternoon browsing the shelves for your next read.
舞台爱好者会发现,在英国有比其他任何地方都多的机会体验到精彩的表演. Watch a Shakespearean play put on in the writer’s own Globe Theater. If you’re in 埃文河畔斯特拉特福德, seeing the Royal Shakespeare Company in action is a must. If you’re looking for something a bit more contemporary, catch one of the many shows at 伦敦’s National Theater, located on the south bank of the River Thames.