Top 10 Reasons to Visit Great Britain in 2012

Queen Elizabeth II

We have just past the 100 days mark to go before the beginning of the London Olumpic Games. Many people will attend the London Olympics from countries around the world There are more than 100 great anniversary reasons to visit Great Britain this year. Here a 10 of them.:

1. Queen Elizabeth II celebrates 60 years on the throne -

2. Bond is 50 - That's right,  Britain's handsome secret agent has been around for 50 years this coming October in Skyfall.

3. Charles Dickens is 200 and the museum of London recreates Victorian London to celebrate.

4. William Shakespeare is 400 - double the age of Dickens. Britain is going Bard crazy with the World. Shakespeare Festival with over 60 theatre companies performing 37 plays in 37 days in 37 languages.

5. The humble Sandwich is 250 - it was invented in Britain.

Cotswold Olympick

6. The Titanic sank 100 years ago. Belfast's new museum is attracting record numbers of visitors, who are coming to see the interactive displays and a breathtaking recreation of the ship's dining room.

7. The Beatles released their first single 50 years ago.  . .

8 The craziest take on the Olympics, the Cotswold Olympicks began the same year that Shakespeare was born in 1612. Madcap sports events make it one of Britains quirkiest attractions.

Belfast Titanic Museum

9. The Science Museum celebrates the 100th anniversary of the birth of Alan Turing, a pioneering computer scientist.

10. 40 years ago the musical Grease opened on Broadway - whats that got to do with Britain you ask? Leed's castle, a majestic attraction will screen the hit film as part of its Jubilee festivities.