Going Sightseeing Is Popular

Going sightseeing is the activity of visiting interesting buildings and places as a tourist for pleasure and education.

Level A2 Year 7/Year 8

sightseeing – огляд пам’яток
I spent most of my time sightseeing. Are there any sightseeing bus tours? Sightseeing is best done either by tour bus or by bicycles. Many people try to enrich their social and healthy life by participating in a number of interesting outdoor activities, such as traveling and sightseeing locally and nationally.

go / do sightseeing – піти на екскурсію / зробити екскурсію
Did you have a chance to do any sightseeing? We’d like to go for a sightseeing tour around the town. Tomorrow, we’re going sightseeing in the historic city center, where we’ll explore centuries-old architecture. We did some sightseeing in the morning.

Visit Pilsen

There’s always something to do in Pilsen, day or night. The city has its charms and attractions. For example, the art galleries and museums have very good exhibitions. They’re interesting for children and parents, locals and tourists. Liz always enjoys taking her visitors around the city. The best way to see the sights is on foot, so Liz and her friends sometimes take a tram into the centre and they walk around everywhere. Walking is better than driving when you want to see everything.

Some buildings are very old, but they look beautiful. Experts restored the city’s main theatre, the cathedral and other old places. The city can be proud of them. They’re now more beautiful than before.

During the winter there’re more concerts and balls than in summer. It’s traditional. This is because people want to dress up and go out and enjoy themselves. They put on their best clothes – you never wear jeans to a ball. There are many schools that teach dancing here. You hardly ever find anyone in the city who cannot dance well. The concerts, operas, plays and ballets are usually popular entertainments in the city, too.

Check whether you know these words:

charms – принади
attractions – пам’ятки
exhibitions – виставки
locals – місцеві жителі
restore – відновити
ball – бал
dress up – вишукано одягатися
enjoy themselves – насолоджуватися
hardly ever – майже ніколи
popular entertainments – популярні розваги

Do you know …

Plzeň, also known in English by its German name Pilsen, is a city in the Czech Republic. About 90 kilometres (56 miles) west of Prague in western Bohemia, it is the fourth most populous city in the Czech Republic with about 181,000 inhabitants.

The Pilsner Urquell Brewery and Škoda Works have made their city famous all over the world. Pilsen is rightfully proud of its rich industrial tradition. The city is known worldwide for Pilsner beer, created by Bavarian brewer Josef Groll in the city in 1842. The city is often called the beer capital of the world.

The Gothic-style St. Bartholomew’s Cathedral, which boasts the highest church tower in the Czech Republic, is in Pilsen’s main Republic Square. You will find nearly 20 museums and galleries in Pilsen. The Gallery of West Bohemia and the Museum of West Bohemia are a few of the most significant.

Pilsen is worth visiting.

tour – тур, подорож
The highlight of our tour was seeing the palace. He has gone on a walking tour. We met on a coach tour in Italy. My tour lasted two months.

tourist – турист, туристичний
Lots of tourists visit London every day. The local tourist board is trying to attract more people to the town. August is the height of the tourist season.

tourist attraction – визначне місце
Venice is one of the great tourist attractions of the world. Washington D.C. has various tourist attractions.

be typical – бути типовим
Typical tourists differ from locals and are recognisable from a distance. He looks like a typical tourist with a guide book and a camera.

tour guide / guide – екскурсовод
She works as a tourist guide. Could we have a French-speaking guide? Our tour guide gave us some interesting facts about the history of the castle.

guided tour – екскурсія з екскурсоводом
You will be taken on a guided tour of the palace. After exploring the old part of town there is a guided tour of the cathedral.

a guide book – путівник
Did you buy a guide book? The local guide book will provide information on local churches and public services.

free tour – безкоштовна екскурсія
We were suggested a free tour of the museum. He took us on a free bus tour of the city.

fee – плата
Many of the artists in the show donated their fee to charity. How much is the registration fee?

entrance fee – плата за вхід
The gallery charges an entrance fee. There is no entrance fee to the museum.

opening hours – години роботи
Our regular opening hours are 10 am to 7 pm. The opening hours are from Mondays to Saturdays 9:00 am – 11:00 pm.

visit museums and art galleries – відвідувати музеї та картинні галереї
There are many reasons why people should visit museums and art galleries. Visiting museums and art galleries increases your creativity.

souvenir – сувенір
He bought a model of a red London bus as a souvenir of his trip to London. I always bring souvenirs from my trips.

souvenir shop – сувенірна крамниця
Souvenir shops are popular with tourists. Are there any souvenir shops round here?

look round/around – оглядати/оглядатися
Let’s look round the town this afternoon. I wanted to look round Vienna and see the sights. We had a good look around the old town on the first day of our holiday.

get lost – заблудитися
We always get lost in London. I always seem to get lost in the underground. I never panic when I get lost. Sometimes you may get lost going sightseeing.

take photos/photographs – фотографувати
We can take photos and post them on our Internet site. I spent the day taking photographs of the city.

architect – архітектор
The Gherkin, one of the most famous high-rise buildings in London, was designed by the famous British architect Norman Foster. Sir Christopher Wren was an English architect, whose masterpiece was St. Paul’s Cathedral.

architecture – архітектура
This church is a perfect example of medieval architecture. He studied classical architecture and design in Rome. Are you interested in architecture?

medieval – середньовічний
He began studying politics and medieval history. The museum boasts a superb collection of medieval weapons. It is a perfect example of a medieval castle.

dome – купол
St Paul’s Cathedral has a 48-metre high dome. The dome of the Capitol glowed in the background.

whisper – шепотіти
You don’t have to whisper, no one can hear us. There is a famous Whispering Gallery inside St Paul’s Cathedral’s dome. When you whisper against its wall, your friend can hear your whisper on the other side — 48 m away and that means that the church has got very good acoustics.

heating – опалення
The Gherkin was built in such a way as to save energy, so the heating and cooling costs are not too high. The heating system has an automatic temperature control. What type of heating do you have? Is your central heating gas or electricity?

skyscraper – хмарочос
A skyscraper is a very tall multistoried building. The first skyscrapers were built in the United States. New York is a city of skyscrapers.

collapse – руйнуватися; зазнати краху; руйнування
The roof of the tunnel was starting to collapse. The storm caused the collapse of the roof. His business was in danger of collapse. The walls were strengthened to protect them from collapse.

destroy – знищити; руйнувати
The missile is aimed specifically to destroy military targets. Waves can destroy ships at sea, as well as houses and buildings near the shore. The cathedral was destroyed by the Great Fire.

save – рятувати; зберігати
Save money for a rainy day. It’s our duty to save water. Doctors were unable to save her. The hospital sent out an SOS (ess oh ess) for extra blood supplies. (SOS – “save our souls”)

huge – величезний
You can’t miss it – it’s a huge building. They’re staying in a huge hotel. His new novel will be a huge success. There were huge mirrors in the hall. Going sightseeing we came across a huge building.

be worth doing – варто робити
If a job is worth doing it is worth doing well. The film is worth watching. The book is worth reading. The museum is worth visiting.

found – засновувати
Kyiv was founded 15 centuries ago. York was founded by the Romans in the year 71 AD. Eton College was founded by Henry VI in 1440.

statue – статуя
There is the statue of Bohdan Khmelnytsky in front of St Sophia Cathedral. The Statue of Liberty towers above the harbour of New York.

observe – спостерігати; святкувати
The Royal Greenwich Observatory was founded to observe the stars. I like to observe people. Do you observe Christmas?

observation – спостереження
Observation is the best teacher. The cathedral is worthy of observation.

fashionable – модний
This part of the town used to be fashionable, but it’s starting to go downhill. He runs a very fashionable restaurant near the Harbor. It is fashionable to have short hair nowadays. Going sightseeing is fashionable.

impress – вражати
St Sophia Cathedral is full of beautiful mosaics and frescoes that impress tourists greatly. The sights of the city never fail to impress foreign tourists.

impressive – вражаючий
There are some very impressive buildings in the town. She has an impressive command of the English language.

magnificent – чудовий; пишний
The Capitol is a magnificent building. The frescoes in these churches are magnificent. The mountain looks magnificent against the sky.

name after – називати на честь
Paul was named after his grandad. The planet was named after the Roman god of war. “Sandwich” was named after John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, an 18th-century English aristocrat.