Dover is located in the southeast of England and home to the world’s busiest shipping lane with regular ferry services across the channel to France. The town is known around the world for the famous White Cliffs of Dover, the first glimpse of England seen by passengers arriving from the Continent. These impressive chalk cliffs boast many different fauna and flora and provide magnificent views across the sea as far afield as the French coastline on a clear day. A stay in Dover is not complete without a visit to Dover Castle, one of England’s most complete castles and home to an Iron Age hill fort, a Norman keep and St Mary in Castro church. It also boasts the remains of the Pharos, a Phoenician lighthouse, which is the tallest Roman structure in the UK. Many visitors to Dover choose to explore nearby towns and cities, such as Canterbury, Tunbridge Wells, Rochester and Hastings. For those with more than a few hours in port, the British capital, London, and one of the most exciting cities in the world, is just a two-hour drive from Dover. Visitors will be hard-pressed to fit in all the major sights in one afternoon. Highlights include Buckingham Palace, the Tower of London, the West End, Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, Trafalgar Square and St Paul’s Cathedral. The city is also renowned for its museums, including the British Museum, the Victoria & Albert, the Science Museum and the Natural History Museum. London’s newest attraction is the British Airways London Eye which, at 137m (450 ft) is the world’s highest observation wheel and London’s fourth tallest structure. Visitors also flock to Greenwich, home to the National Maritime Museum, the clipper Cutty Sark, the Royal Naval College and the Royal Observatory Greenwich.