Popular Itineraries

Popular one-day itineraries within London

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Half-day guided tour round the West End and the City

  • Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace
  • Photograph the Houses of Parliament from across the Thames
  • Cross over Tower Bridge, the famous London landmark.
  • In the afternoon visit the Tower of London and Tower Bridge.

St Paul's Cathedral for views over London

  • Madame Tussaud's waxworks
  • Shopping in the West End

Walking tour round central London

  • Mounting the Guard in Whitehall
  • Picnic in St James' Park
  • Boat from Westminster Pier to Greenwich
  • Royal Observatory and the Maritime Museum devoted to the history of Britain and the sea.

Dinosaurs, reptiles, human biology, insects and much more at the exciting Natural History Museum

  • Street performers and inexpensive stalls in Covent Garden
  • Trafalgar Square & Leicester Square.

Hampton Court, the magnificent Tudor palace of Henry III

  • Windsor Castle, the home of the Royal family
  • Eton College, the best known school in the world.

South Bank Walk from Lambeth Bridge opposite the House of Commons to Tower Bridge

  • London Eye: offering for great views over the city
  • Golden Hinde: the pirate ship which circumnavigated the world in 1577-80
  • Imax cinema: the biggest 3-D screens in the world
  • London Aquarium: giant 3-storey tanks containing fish from the Atlantic and the Pacific
  • Tate Gallery of Modern Art
  • The Millennium Bridge to St Paul's
  • London Dungeon: featuring torture and plague in medieval London
  • HMS Belfast: the World War II cruiser.

Bridge to Bridge Walk: from Lambeth Hyde Park (a green lung in the heart of London) opposite the House of Commons to Tower Bridge

  • View the over-the-top glitzy at the Albert Memorial
  • Discover the wonders of discovery in the Science Museum
  • Take in Harrods, the world's most famous store.

Popular single day excursions outside London

If you're staying more than six days in London why not take a day trip to visit one of the following groups of attractions.

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Brighton
The liveliest resort on the south coast and very popular with teenage groups.

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Canterbury
Norman ramparts still surround much of the medieval city. Inside the walls stands Canterbury Cathedral, the most complete Norman church in England.

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Cambridge
The finest example of a medieval city in England, crowned by the magnificent Kings College Chapel. Punting along the Cam adds to its special charm.

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Portsmouth
See HMS Victory Nelson's flagship and the most impressive survivor from the great days of wooden ships) and visit Portchester Castle (the largest surviving Roman fort in Western Europe).

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Oxford
There are over 650 buildings in Oxford listed as being of historic or architectural merit. Countless American Rhodes scholars have experienced the fascination of its 600 year history as a seat of learning.

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