London Travel Itinerary
Starting out to make an itinerary for going within and around London.... a lot of people have asked me what to see or worth-seeing and what's the best way to make the most out of London. Depending on your duration, it might be worth checking annual memberships and 7-day/monthly travel cards, which you can find in my other post.
Now here are the basics
Things you need for travelling:
Free things to do:
Note that museums in the UK are FREE so make the most out of it by visiting at least these two world renowned museumes
Hotels
Accommodation/ Hotels/ Lodgings:
Decent Hotel (kinda-Hostel Type so if you want cheap then this one)
Royal National or Imperial Hotel (http://www.imperialhotels.co.uk/) around 80 to 90 GBP per night
Transport Russel Square Station
Park Plaza Westminster (here)
Really close to Westminster Area
Can be very cheap, sometimes you can get 80 GBP a night d
In London:
Buckingham Palace
Address
Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace Rd,SW1A 1AA
Transport Green Park Station
Make sure to check the Changing of Guards
Tower of London
Big Ben
London Eye
Westminster
London Bridge Walk
Suggested Itinerary/Tour:
Start From Westminster and End in Tower of London
If you like Walking!
Get off at Westminster Tube Station
See Westminster, Big Ben, Parliament, and London Eye
From London Eye - walk along the south bank (basically the south side of the river) and it takes 20 minutes or more and you will end up around the MIllenium Bridge and you can cross that and go to St. Paul's Cathedral
You can walk back to the bridgBritish Museum - One of the finest museums in the World
National Art Gallery (in Trafalgar Square) - You can find Monet and Van Gogh's
Things to do
West End! Watch a Musical!
It is cheap to get tickets from TKTS at Leicester Square. Usually 50% off!
More: http://www.timeout.com/london/feature/1194/101-things-to-do-in-london
Shopping
Oxford Street and Regent Street (Piccadily Circus or Oxford Circus Tube)
Burberry Factory Outlet - 29 Chatham Place, London
In Zone 2, near Hackney Central
Bicester Village - pronounced 'Bista' - an hour or so by Train from London
50 Pingle Drive
Bicester
Oxfordshire
OX26 6WD
Dining/Eating:
Covent Garden Area
Try afternoon teas (here)
Try out Gordon Ramsay's Restaurants (here)
Jamie Oliver's Restaurants (here)
Burgers (here)
Bincho - nice small Japanese skewers near Leicester Square
http://www.bincho.co.uk/about-bincho-soho
Fish and Chips - UNHEALTHY!!!
The Rock & Sole Plaice
+44 20 7836 3785
45-47 Endell Street, City of London, Greater London WC2H 9AJ, United Kingdom
http://m.google.com/u/m/ACCkt1
Markets:
Sunday Upmarket - http://www.sundayupmarket.co.uk/
Outside of London:
There are a lot of things that you can do outside of London, here are the more common ones
Stonehenge - Must - do!
Oxford
Cambridge
Roman Bath
Windsor Castle
You can check out Premium tours here. So far, I find this tour agency the cheapest one. You can try there Windsor/Bath/Stonehenge but it's pretty packed.
Now here are the basics
Things you need for travelling:
- An Oyster Card - you can top it up to have day, 7-day, monthly, or pay as you go and it your daily travel expenses caps at around 8-9 pounds.
- An umbrella - it rains a lot in London
Suggested Itinerary
- Start of at the Tower of London (entrance fee is around 20 pounds) - it will take you at least half a day or more. Make sure you see the Royal Jewels.
- St. Katharine's Doc
- just beside the Tower London is a historic dock for boats that go thru River Thames. It is a nice area to walk around with some restaurants and "away" from the hustle and bustle of Tower Bridge and Tower of London
- Tower Bridge - Just outside the Tower of London is the Tower Bridge. A lot of people commonly mistake it for the London Bridge. It is not!!!
- Across the Tower Bridge is the Butler's wharf - just walk around it's cobbled stones (quite an interesting place)
- South Bank Area
- Cross Tower Bridge and just walk along the South Bank
- You should see the City Hall (looks like a Beehive), Shakespeare Globe, Tate Modern (another museum and it is free).
- You can cross the Millenium Bridge and walk to St. Paul (this is where Prince Charles and Princess Diana got married)
Free things to do:
Note that museums in the UK are FREE so make the most out of it by visiting at least these two world renowned museumes
- British Museum - One of the finest museums in the World.
- Make sure you see the "Rosetta Stone", the "recreation" of Parthenon (this is where you can find all the Greek artifacts that they 'stole' from Greece and when visiting Greece, you will see a lot of signs around ruins and the parthenon saying that this e.g. statue is in British museum.
- If you like the mummies, go to their Egyptian Section
- National Art Gallery (in Trafalgar Square) - You can find Monet and Van Gogh's
Hotels
Accommodation/ Hotels/ Lodgings:
Decent Hotel (kinda-Hostel Type so if you want cheap then this one)
Royal National or Imperial Hotel (http://www.imperialhotels.co.uk/) around 80 to 90 GBP per night
Transport Russel Square Station
Park Plaza Westminster (here)
Really close to Westminster Area
Can be very cheap, sometimes you can get 80 GBP a night d
In London:
Buckingham Palace
Address
Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace Rd,SW1A 1AA
Transport Green Park Station
Make sure to check the Changing of Guards
Tower of London
Big Ben
London Eye
Westminster
London Bridge Walk
Suggested Itinerary/Tour:
Start From Westminster and End in Tower of London
If you like Walking!
Get off at Westminster Tube Station
See Westminster, Big Ben, Parliament, and London Eye
From London Eye - walk along the south bank (basically the south side of the river) and it takes 20 minutes or more and you will end up around the MIllenium Bridge and you can cross that and go to St. Paul's Cathedral
You can walk back to the bridgBritish Museum - One of the finest museums in the World
National Art Gallery (in Trafalgar Square) - You can find Monet and Van Gogh's
Things to do
West End! Watch a Musical!
It is cheap to get tickets from TKTS at Leicester Square. Usually 50% off!
More: http://www.timeout.com/london/feature/1194/101-things-to-do-in-london
Shopping
Oxford Street and Regent Street (Piccadily Circus or Oxford Circus Tube)
Burberry Factory Outlet - 29 Chatham Place, London
In Zone 2, near Hackney Central
Bicester Village - pronounced 'Bista' - an hour or so by Train from London
50 Pingle Drive
Bicester
Oxfordshire
OX26 6WD
Dining/Eating:
Covent Garden Area
Try afternoon teas (here)
Try out Gordon Ramsay's Restaurants (here)
Jamie Oliver's Restaurants (here)
Burgers (here)
Bincho - nice small Japanese skewers near Leicester Square
http://www.bincho.co.uk/about-bincho-soho
Fish and Chips - UNHEALTHY!!!
The Rock & Sole Plaice
+44 20 7836 3785
45-47 Endell Street, City of London, Greater London WC2H 9AJ, United Kingdom
http://m.google.com/u/m/ACCkt1
Markets:
Sunday Upmarket - http://www.sundayupmarket.co.uk/
Outside of London:
There are a lot of things that you can do outside of London, here are the more common ones
Stonehenge - Must - do!
Oxford
Cambridge
Roman Bath
Windsor Castle
You can check out Premium tours here. So far, I find this tour agency the cheapest one. You can try there Windsor/Bath/Stonehenge but it's pretty packed.
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