London Itineraries

My suggestion is to spend at least 5 days in London to decently explore this wonderful city.

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1 - day itinarary - Glimpses of London day. Its a pity that you have just one day. However this is my suggested itinarary to cover all tastes and not taxing you too much physically. I have done this itinarary myself with several of my friends and guests and found it to be liked a lot.

Start with Trafalgar square (chring cross station) - There is no better site than coming out of the station into the bustling square. After spending half an hour with the pigeons there, move onto St. James' Gardens (gardens outside the Buckingham palace). Its just 5 - 10 minutes walk from there any you can see the main entrance gate from the square. Spend about an hour there enjoying the fresh air and proceed onto Buckingham Palace. You can see it from the Garden. You can see the change of gards if you are there at the right time. Facing the palace at the main gate go to your left towards the Westminister. Visit the Church and see the pariliament buildings and Big Ben. Incidentally, Big Ben is the bell inside the tower and not the Clock or the tower itself as many think. Over the Bridge on the other side, you can ride the London Eye (if booking available or you have pre booked) or take a boad ride on thames. It is about 15:00 now. You come back on the Bridge and go to 10 Downing Street (If you are not aware, this is the Prime Minister's residence, don't expect him to call in for a coffee though!). If you decide not to see 10 D S, get a tube from the Westminister station and go to Tower Hill station. See Tower of London from outside and see the famous Tower Bridge. If you want to visit the Tower of London from inside, you can save time at the London Eye/ boat ride stage to reach there before the closing time.

You can also do this tour other way round like Tower Bridge / Tower of London -> Trafalgar etc.

2 - day itinarary - Meuseum day. This will be your Meuseum day. You can do above for day 1 and on day two, you can do Natural History Meuseum / Science Meuseum (South Kensington station) which are next to each other. These would be liked by children and adults alike. Highlight is the huge Dinasour skeleton at the entrance. You can also see an IMAX film in the Science Meuseum. Best part is that the museums are free entry on 31 Aug 05. You have to pay for the IMAX. Visitors from the commenwealth may enjoy the next door Victoria & Albert meuseum. It has the Tipu sultan stuff. This would take whole day. If you are not a sciency person and want to visit another history meuseum, go to the British Meuseum. Or you can chose to go to the Tate galary. After meuseums, if you still have the engergy left, you can go to the Leicester square / oxford circus area to relax.

3 - day itinarary - Sports day. 2 days as mentioned above. You can start your day at St. Paul's cathedral. Do first two days as above. You can go to the Lord's cricket ground and Wimbledon. To go to Wimbledon, my suggeted way is to go to East Croydon station (zone 6) from London Victoria. It takes about 15 minutes. From East Croydon you can take a tram (yes, a tram) to Wimbledon (20 mins). Your 6 zone travelcard is valid on this tram. Before going, check on their sites if you would be able to visit (e.g. if there is a match on Lord's, you would not be able to take the guided tour). If you don't know what the heck this sport cricket is, its something like baseball - but much better! You can also go to Harrod's / Selfridges (for window shopping like I do) on this day.
You can also go to Hyde park in the evening.