Trafalgar Square Hot Property as Monopoly Goes Global

Five million people from across the world voted for the twenty-two cities that will appear on the first global version of the world's most popular board game. Britain's sole entry on the international board, London, will fill the spot reserved in the English capital's edition for Trafalgar Square. The picture accompanying this blog was taken from Trafalgar Square looking down Whitehall.

Montreal occupies preserved for Mayfair in the London version of the game that British players will be most familiar with. The Latvian capital Riga occupies the spot reserved on the London version of the game for Park Lane.

Wednesday, August 27, will see an attempt to create a world record for the most people to play the game simultaneously across the planet. The London contribution to the record attempt will begin in Covent Garden at 15:00.

Independent travellers in London can explore Covent Garden with the Museums, Galleries & Performing Arts mp3 guided tour. Hear how Covent Garden got its name and about the varied history of one of the capital's most popular locations. To hear an audio sample from the Museums, Galleries & Performing Arts, London city walking tour, please click here.

There are five Walk Talk Tour audio walking tours of London which are all available in English, French, German and Spanish. Each of the Walk Talk Tours podcast guided tour of London costs just £5.95. Customers purchasing two tours simultaneously will receive a twenty per cent discount. Buy three at the same time and get thirty per cent off.

Visitors to London can go walk about with the Palace Trail, London visitor guide, and hear about the personalities, places and institutions associated with Royal London and the British Government. The Palace Trail mp3 guided tour begins outside Westminster Abbey, where British monarchs are crowned. Hear about the new Palace of Westminster (or the Houses of Parliament as it is better known). Discover which great Briton and which great African are commemorated in Parliament Square. To hear an audio sample from the Palace Trail, London city guide, please click here.

Walk up Whitehall. Pause to remember Britain's fallen at the Cenotaph. Hear about the history of Downing Street, home to the Prime Minister's official residence Number 10. Then walk on to Horse Guards. To make the most of your Walk Talk Tour London travel guide why not check out our Where & When pages, which provide information about the opening times and admission charges of key attractions and ceremonies like Mounting the Guard?

Walk on to Trafalgar Square via Charing Cross. Discover where the smallest police station in London was once located. Traditionally, revellers flock to the Square each year to see in the New Year and Londoners also celebrated their city’s victory here in the race with Paris to host the 2012 Summer Olympics.

The Palace Trail audio walking tour continues under Admiralty Arch. Listeners then walk onto the Mall, before walking through St James's Park. The Palace Trail mp3 guided tour finishes in front of Buckingham Palace, the Queen's official residence and the administrative centre of the British Monarchy.

All of the Walk Talk Tours of London can be completed in two hours - with the exception of the longer City & South Bank Circular, London travel guide - though listeners are free to take as little or as long as they wish to explore the attraction along each tour's route.

Each Walk Talk Tour London audio walking tour is composed of commentary points. Listeners hear about a particular attraction then hear clear instructions describing how to get to their next destination. In addition, each Walk Talk Tour London travel guide comes complete with a free downloadable map so you won't miss a thing!

Next time you're in London why not explore the capital with a Walk Talk Tour London travel guide? You can learn while you burn and stop and start as you wish. There are two Walk Talk Tour audio walking tours of Edinburgh, a Walk Talk Tour mp3 guided tour of York and a Walk Talk Tour podcast guided tour of Manchester, too.