Excuse me, could you tell me how to get to the police station, please?

• You are travelling in Britain...and want to ask for directions.
• Excuse me, could you tell me…? This is very polite.
• How to get to… = how to go to / how to arrive at…
• We say this when we know the place we want to go to exists, we just don't know where it is.
• E.g. Every town has a post office / police station etc. - so we can ask '…how to get to the post office?'
• If we're not sure that a place exists, we'll ask this:
• Excuse me, could you tell me if there's a cinema, please?

This sentence is an example of directions, tourism, tourism, politeness.

• s, tourism, tourism, politeness.