{"id":198,"date":"2013-02-01T07:19:24","date_gmt":"2013-02-01T07:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markylon.co.uk\/blog\/?p=198"},"modified":"2013-03-06T07:50:32","modified_gmt":"2013-03-06T07:50:32","slug":"olympicpark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/markylon.co.uk\/blog\/olympicpark\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympic Park Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/markylon.co.uk\/blog\/198\/6e5e9734547f490405cb5a9a07dad7e0\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-199\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-199\" alt=\"Olympic Park\" src=\"http:\/\/markylon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/6e5e9734547f490405cb5a9a07dad7e0-300x168.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/markylon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/6e5e9734547f490405cb5a9a07dad7e0-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/markylon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/6e5e9734547f490405cb5a9a07dad7e0-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/markylon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/6e5e9734547f490405cb5a9a07dad7e0.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><strong>Overview<\/strong><br \/>\nTake an exciting behind-the-scenes tour and see how the Olympic Park is being transformed into Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.<\/p>\n<p>From the moment you arrive, you&#8217;ll be part of the Onsite Team and will be issued with safety workwear. You\u2019ll enjoy an exclusive &#8220;backstage&#8221; tour, including a bus trip into the Park and a journey up the UK&#8217;s tallest sculpture, the ArcelorMittal Orbit, with a chance to take in amazing views of the London skyline.<\/p>\n<p>From the top of the sculpture you can see St Paul&#8217;s Cathedral, the Shard, Canary Wharf and the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge. On a clear day, Wembley Stadium is visible to the north and Crystal Palace to the south.<\/p>\n<p>The Park In Progress Tour is a journey through the Park&#8217;s past, present and future. You&#8217;ll gain an insight into future plans from a spectacular vantage point \u2013 the first opportunity to see what lies ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Celebrating the success of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the tour is a chance to find out about the evolution of the Park\u2019s iconic sporting venues and parklands into London&#8217;s newest destination.<\/p>\n<p>Every day will give a different view as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park takes shape and gets ready to open to the public from summer 2013.<\/p>\n<p>The tour begins from the Park In Progress Site Office, which is a short walk from Pudding Mill Lane DLR Station.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"BUY TICKETS NOW\" href=\"http:\/\/markylon.co.uk\/tinyurl\/olytix\" target=\"_blank\">BUY TICKETS NOW<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview Take an exciting behind-the-scenes tour and see how the Olympic Park is being transformed into Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. From the moment you arrive, you&#8217;ll be part of the Onsite Team and will be issued with safety workwear. You\u2019ll enjoy an exclusive &#8220;backstage&#8221; tour, including a bus trip into the Park and a journey [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,9,5,28,27],"tags":[288,31,29,30],"class_list":["post-198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle","category-london","category-london-events","category-olympics","category-sport","tag-london","tag-london-2012","tag-olympic-park","tag-orbit-tower"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/markylon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/markylon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/markylon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markylon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markylon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/markylon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":283,"href":"https:\/\/markylon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198\/revisions\/283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/markylon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markylon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markylon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}