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The adventures of the famous private detective are back in fashion thanks to British director Guy Ritchie (also known as Madonna’s ex husband). His latest film "Sherlock Holmes" comes out in France on the 3rd of February 2010 with Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law. Conan Doyle, who created the character back in 1887 tells the fantastic tales of the famous Londoner for about four decades writing 56 novels and 4 fictions works. Nowadays it all comes to 160 films, theatre plays, television or radio plays dedicated to the fictional character. And it is still possible to follow in the footsteps of the author and the famous detective throughout London...
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The adventures of the famous private detective are back in fashionthanks to British director Guy Ritchie (also known as Madonna’s exhusband). His latest film "Sherlock Holmes" comes out in France onthe 3rd of February 2010 with Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law.Conan Doyle, who created the character back in 1887 tells thefantastic tales of the famous Londoner for about four decadeswriting 56 novels and 4 fictions works. Nowadays it all comes to 160films, theatre plays, television or radio plays dedicated to thefictional character. And it is still possible to follow in the footsteps ofthe author and the famous detective throughout London. You canvisit the sets of the film such as St Paul’s Cathedral, St-Bartholomewthe Great Church…, try the hotels and restaurants which ConanDoyle used to go to, go shopping in century old umbrella hats orleather goods shops… which Sherlock Holmes could well havevisited (Lock & Co., Swaine Adeney Brigg, James Smith and Sons...).The visit ends with the Sherlock Holmes Museum at 221b BakerStreet. And last but not least, one for the road at the SherlockHomes pub in honour of the 80 years of the disappearance of ConanDoyle.
HEMIS_363883 : United Kingdom, London, Piccadilly, Criterion restaurant with its neo-byzantine style where Conan Doyle used to go andwhere the fictional scene of the first meeting between Doctor Watson and Sherlock Holmes was staged
HEMIS_363910United Kingdom, London, Marylebone, 221b Baker Street where Conan Doylesituated the fictional residence of famous detective Sherlock Holmes, The SherlockHolmes Museum
HEMIS_363882United Kingdom, London, Marylebone, Baker Street metro Station, faience tiles withthe profile of Sherlock Holmes
HEMIS_338489United Kingdom, London, Tower Bridge
HEMIS_353883United Kingdom, London, Marylebone, 221b Baker Street where Conan Doyle basedthe residence of famous detective Sherlock Holmes in his novels, The SherlockHolmes Museum
HEMIS_363873United Kingdom, London, Sherlock Holmes pub
HEMIS_363877United Kingdom, London, Marylebone, statue of Sherlock Holmes in front of BakerStreet metro station with the Planetarium in the background
HEMIS_363917United Kingdom, London, Marylebone, 221b Baker Street where Conan Doylesituated the fictional residence of famous detective Sherlock Holmes, The SherlockHolmes Museum
HEMIS_363916United Kingdom, London, Marylebone, 221b Baker Street where Conan Doylesituated the fictional residence of famous detective Sherlock Holmes, The SherlockHolmes Museum
HEMIS_363913United Kingdom, London, Marylebone, 221b Baker Street where Conan Doylesituated the fictional residence of famous detective Sherlock Holmes, The SherlockHolmes Museum
HEMIS_363912United Kingdom, London, Marylebone, 221b Baker Street where Conan Doylesituated the fictional residence of famous detective Sherlock Holmes, The SherlockHolmes Museum
HEMIS_363909United Kingdom, London, Marylebone, 221b Baker Street where Conan Doylesituated the fictional residence of famous detective Sherlock Holmes, The SherlockHolmes Museum
HEMIS_363911United Kingdom, London, Marylebone, 221b Baker Street where Conan Doylesituated the fictional residence of famous detective Sherlock Holmes, The SherlockHolmes Museum
HEMIS_363914United Kingdom, London, Marylebone, 221b Baker Street where Conan Doylesituated the fictional residence of famous detective Sherlock Holmes, The SherlockHolmes Museum, statue of the famous detective
HEMIS_363915United Kingdom, London, Marylebone, 221b Baker Street where Conan Doylesituated the fictional residence of famous detective Sherlock Holmes, The SherlockHolmes Museum
HEMIS_353985United Kingdom, London, Marylebone, street plaque for Upper Wimpole Street, SirArthur Conan Doyle, who created the character of Sherlock Holmes opened here in1891 his own medical cabinet at number 2
HEMIS_353887United Kingdom, London, Marylebone, statue of Sherlock Holmes installed in frontof Baker Street tube station
HEMIS_187481United Kingdom, London, Sherlock Holmes statue in front of Baker Streetunderground station with Planetarium in the background
HEMIS_363876United Kingdom, London, Sherlock Holmes pub, detail of window
HEMIS_086355United Kingdom, London, Baker Street, Sherlock Holmes museum
HEMIS_086354United Kingdom, London, Sherlock Holmes, plate in a tube station
HEMIS_363881 : United Kingdom, London, Marylebone, advertising stikers for the release of film Sherlock Holmes and faience tiles with theprofile of Sherlock Holmes at Baker Street metro Station
HEMIS_086357United Kingdom, London, Sherlock Holmes
HEMIS_363921United Kingdom, London, Marylebone, Baker Street, Park Plaza Sherlock Holmes,bust of Sherlock Holmes in the bar Sherlock
HEMIS_363920United Kingdom, London, Marylebone, Baker Street, Park Plaza Sherlock Holmes,bust of Sherlock Holmes in the bar Sherlock
HEMIS_363918United Kingdom, London, Marylebone, Baker Street, Park Plaza Sherlock Holmes,cocktail Doctor Watson based on bourbon maraschino syrop and martini rosso
HEMIS_363922United Kingdom, London, Marylebone, Baker Street, facade of Park Plaza SherlockHolmes
HEMIS_363924United Kingdom, London, Northumberland St, Sherlock Holmes pub
HEMIS_136879United Kingdom, London, Strand district, Northumberland street, Sherlock Holmespub
HEMIS_363927United Kingdom, London, Northumberland St, facade of Sherlock Holmes pub
HEMIS_353986United Kingdom, London, Marylebone, statue of Sherlock Holmes erected in front of Baker Street tube station
HEMIS_363874United Kingdom, London, Marylebone, tiles depicting Sherlock Holmes and tubelogo at Baker Street underground station
HEMIS_363875United Kingdom, London, Marylebone, tiles depicting Sherlock Holmes and tubelogo at Baker Street underground station
HEMIS_363878United Kingdom, London, Marylebone, advertising stickers for the release of filmSherlock Holmes with Robert Downey JR and faience tiles with the profile ofSherlock Holmes in Baker Street metro station
HEMIS_363925United Kingdom, London, Northumberland St, Sherlock Holmes pub, portrait ofConan Doyle
HEMIS_363896United Kingdom, London, Charing Cross, the only pub which is in two parts of thecity, The Ship & Shovell with The Arches Shopping in the background
HEMIS_177130United Kingdom, London, Mayfair District, The Arcade, former passage onAlbemarle Street
HEMIS_310815United Kingdom, London, Mayfair, Burlington Arcade at Piccadilly
HEMIS_214338United Kingdom, London, the City, Leadenhall Market by architect Horace Jones(1881)
HEMIS_363898United Kingdom, London, St James’s Street, hat seller, leather shop, umbrellas...Swaine Adeney Brigg created in 1750 and supplying to the royal family
HEMIS_181972United Kingdom, London, Mayfair, Royal Arcade, shop window, G.J. Cleverley Shoes
HEMIS_181973United Kingdom, London, Mayfair, cab driver waiting at dusk
HEMIS_363900 : United Kingdom, London, St James’s Street, hat seller James Lock & Co created in 1676, supplying the royal family andcreator of the hat of Sherlock Holmes in the film by Guy Ritchie
HEMIS_181988United Kingdom, London, Mayfair, Piccadilly, Caffe Nero
HEMIS_181992United Kingdom, London, Mayfair, Conduit Street, Restaurant Sketch
HEMIS_181989United Kingdom, London, Mayfair, Conduit Street,Sketch, restroom
HEMIS_181993United Kingdom, London, Mayfair, Conduit Street, statue at Sketch
HEMIS_214322United Kingdom, London, the City, Leadenhall Market by architect Horace Jones(1881)
HEMIS_187456United Kingdom, London, Burberry store
HEMIS_214335United Kingdom, London, the City, Royal Exchange Grand Cafe and Bar (Conrangroup)
HEMIS_214337United Kingdom, London, the City, Royal Exchange, French restaurant Sauterelle
HEMIS_215029United Kingdom, London, Mayfair, Claridge's Hotel, doorman
HEMIS_214324United Kingdom, London, Mayfair, Claridge's Hotel, main entrance
HEMIS_215028United Kingdom, London, Mayfair, Claridge's Hotel, The Fumoir, making of acocktail
HEMIS_215032United Kingdom, London, Mayfair, pedestrian with a Union Jack umbrella looking atan advertisement for Louis Vuitton with Catherine Deneuve
HEMIS_177103United Kingdom, London, Central Markets Smithfield, reader leaned againsttelephone box
HEMIS_225933United Kingdom, London, Mayfair, fashion shop of Stella McCarthey, the daughter ofthe ex Beatles, Paul McCartney
HEMIS_225929United Kingdom, London, the City, Tower 42, Champagne Bar Vertigo 42 with a viewon the 30 St Mary Axe (Gherkin) by the architect Norman Foster and Canary Wharfin the background
HEMIS_215034United Kingdom, London, Swiss Re Building nicknamed The Gherkin by architectNorman Foster seen from Shoreditch district
HEMIS_220794United Kingdom, London, Mayfair district, Hill Street
HEMIS_177121United Kingdom, London, Mayfair District, entrance of The Arcade, former passageon Albemarle Street
HEMIS_251064United Kingdom, London, Mayfair District, Royal Arcade gallery, entrance ofchocolate maker Charbonnel and Walker
HEMIS_353905United Kingdom, London, Holborn, James Smith and Sons shop specialised inumbrellas since 1830, cyclists
HEMIS_363888 : United Kingdom, London, The City, St Paul's Cathedral achieved in 1710, stairs where some of the scenes of Harry Potter andSherlock Holmes by Guy Ritchie were shot
HEMIS_363897United Kingdom, London, St James’s Street, hat seller, leather shop, umbrellas...Swaine Adeney Brigg created in 1750 and supplying to the royal family
HEMIS_363908United Kingdom, London, Regent Street, The Langham hotel opened in 1865 whereOscar Wilde, Mark Twain, Somerset Maugham, Conan Doyle amongst others used togo..., lobby
HEMIS_363901United Kingdom, London, Soho, Simpson's in the Strand restaurant which existssince 1828 and where Vincent Van Gogh, Charles Dickens, Sherlock Holmes,amongst others used to go
HEMIS_363904United Kingdom, London, West Smithfield, St.Bartholomew the Great Churchfunded in the 12th century where were shot some of the scenes of Shakespeare inLove, Sherlock Holmes by Guy Ritchie...
HEMIS_363902United Kingdom, London, West Smithfield, St. Bartholomew the Great Churchfunded in the 12th century where were shot some of the scenes of Shakespeare inLove, Sherlock Holmes by Guy Ritchie...
HEMIS_363894United Kingdom, London, West Smithfield, St Bartholomew the Great Churchfunded in the 12th century, gravestone of the founder of the place
HEMIS_363895United Kingdom, London, West Smithfield, St Bartholomew the Great Churchfunded in the 12th century and where were shot some of the scenes of Shakespeare inLove and Sherlock Holmes by Guy Ritchie
HEMIS_224124Red phone box and St. Paul's Cathedral, London, UK. © Ian Cumming/Axiom.
HEMIS_265322United Kingdom, London, St pauls cathedral
HEMIS_327884United Kingdom, London, the Strand, Somerset House,ice skating
HEMIS_357734United Kingdom, London, St Paul's Cathedral, traffic trails during blue hour
HEMIS_363886United Kingdom, London, The City, St Paul's Cathedral achieved in 1710, the nave
HEMIS_363891United Kingdom, London, The City, St Paul's Cathedral achieved in 1710, the nave
HEMIS_363890United Kingdom, London, The City, St Paul's Cathedral achieved in 1710
HEMIS_363892United Kingdom, London, The City, St Paul's Cathedral achieved in 1710, ambulatory
HEMIS_363893United Kingdom, London, The City, St Paul's Cathedral achieved in 1710, gravestoneof Admiral Nelson in the crypt
HEMIS_177127United Kingdom, London, Marylebone District, Mandeville Hotel, couple in deVigneBar
HEMIS_177131United Kingdom, London, Mayfair District, Alexander Mc Queen shop in Old BondStreet
HEMIS_182619United Kingdom, London, Marylebone, Madame Tussaud's wax museum, TheBeatles
HEMIS_266471United Kingdom, London, Mayfair District, in Selfridges shop, the VIP restaurant chez Momo
HEMIS_363906 : United Kingdom, London, Regent Street, The Langham hotel opened in 1865 where Oscar Wilde, Mark Twain, SomersetMaugham, Conan Doyle amongst others used to go, Artesian bar
HEMIS_266472United Kingdom, London, Mayfair District, Selfridges shop
HEMIS_353927United Kingdom, London, Mayfair, taxis on Piccadilly with the green wall ofAthenaeum Hotel created by Patrick Blanc in the background
HEMIS_072405United Kingdom, London, Tower Bridge
HEMIS_119616United Kingdom, London, Tower Bridge overhanging the Thames river
