Bermuda - Southampton Hotels

  Southampton is the largest city in the county of Hampshire on the south coast of England, and is located 100 km (62 miles) southwest of London and 30 km (19 miles) northwest of Portsmouth. Southampton is a major port and the nearest town to the New Forest. It is located in the northern part of Southampton Water at the confluence of the River Test and River Itchen, River Hamble joining to the south of the settlements. The local authority is Southampton City Council, which has unitary authority. Significant employers in Southampton include the University of Southampton, the Ford Transit factory artillery survey by BBC Radio Solent and South Today NHS and one of the largest commercial ports in Europe. [Citation needed] The city is the core region of Veliko Southampton and the town has a population of 234,600 (MYE 2008). of the city name is sometimes abbreviated in writing "So'ton" or "Soton", and a resident of Southampton is called Sotonian . Southampton is noted for its association with RMS Titanic, Spitfire and more recently some of the biggest cruise ships in the world. The city is home to the longest surviving sections of the medieval walls in England, and a number of museums such as Tudor House, Southampton Maritime Museum and Solent Sky, which focuses on aviation. The Titanic Memorial Museum planned. After receiving half a million pounds from the national lottery and interest from a number of private investors, £ 28,000,000 project is expected to begin in 2012 - 100 anniversary of the tragic maiden voyage. The annual Southampton Boat Show is held in September each year, with over 600 exhibitors present. It runs just over a week at Mayflower Park on the first line of the city, where he held since 1968. of the Boat Show, in turn, is the culmination of Sea City, which runs from April to September each year to celebrate Southampton relationship with the sea. In July 2007 the Daily Echo cites a study that describes the Southampton one of the best places to live in the UK for single people aged 18 to 30. This is due to "low cost of living, a wide range of bars and clubs and cheaper transport. Women voted it second best behind London, while men are ranked as the seventh.