Is London guide in two days It is perfect for travelers who have a weekend or for the first two days of your visit to one of the most incredible cities in the world. We understand that although it is impossible to visit the entire city in 2 days, if you optimize the routes well, you can visit many of its most interesting places and that this is only a prelude to your next visit.
After touring the most iconic places in London on the first day, on this second day you will stroll through the city's most famous market, Camden Market and one of the city's most charming neighborhoods, the SoHo, among many other things.
All the information of the London guide in 2 days It is based on the experience of our trips to London in 6 days and London in 10 days.
Where to sleep in London
London is a city that has a great metro service, so if you stay near one of its multiple stops, you will have good accessibility to almost all the famous places in the city. We recommend two hotels that meet this premise and where we have stayed during our trips to London.
The Garden Court Hotel, located in a beautiful neighborhood near Notting Hill and Hyde Park, is also very close to the yellow line (Circle Line) of Bayswater and the Queensway (Central Line).
The Victor Hotel is the other option and is located near Victoria station, with easy connection to the airport and the metro line.
For more information you can consult this post about the recommended neighborhoods and hotels where to stay in London.
Save money in London
If you are going to visit many tourist attractions in the city it will be profitable to buy the London Pass for two days, with which you will save time, avoiding queues at the most visited places and money in the price of tickets. You can also add the Visitor Oyster Travelcard, which includes subway and bus trips. For more information you can consult this post about the London Pass.
Another good option is to book the London Explorer Pass, it allows you to enter 3, 5 or 7 of the main attractions of the city, skipping the lines and saving up to 40%.
You can find more information about this tourist card in this post of the London Explorer Pass.
For transportation, the Oyster Card is highly recommended if you are going to make several trips by subway or bus during the day, the maximum amount that will be deducted from your balance per day is 6.50 pounds (in zones 1-2), Only with 3 trips a day you already get it on account.
It is preferable to pay by card or withdraw money at ATMs in the city, before going to the exchange houses. To avoid paying commissions and always having the current change, we recommend using the N26 card to pay and the Bnext and Revolut cards to get money at the ATMs. They are the ones we use, They are free and will save you a lot.
You can find more information in this article about the best cards to travel without commissions.
For more recommendations you can consult this post of tips for traveling to London essential.
How to go from the airport to central London
London has 4 airports located near the city: Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted and Luton, where both low-cost and conventional companies land.
To get to the hotel or the city center from the different airports you have several transport options: train, subway, bus, taxi or book the direct transfer to the hotel.
You can find more information about the transfer from the airport to London in these articles:
First day in London
The route of the first day of London in 2 days Start by subway at the crossroads of Piccadilly Circus, then walk down Regent Street to the popular Trafalgar Square.
The next stop is St. James Park, our favorite park in the city, with Buckingham Palace in the background, where you can see the famous changing of the guard at 11:30 in the morning.
Westminster Abbey, one of the essential places to visit in London, is not far away and you can take advantage of the London Pass or reserve the skip-the-line ticket to enter without wasting time.
You will follow the route by taking thousands of photos of Big Ben and the Westminister Parliament from Parliament Square, crossing the Westminster Bridge and reaching the other side of the Thames.
Big ben
For lunch or dinner in the downtown area without having to sell a kidney you have the taverns The Red Lion or St. Stephen's Tavern, two recommended restaurants where to eat in London.
After lunch you can walk in the direction of Tate Modern along the banks of the River Thames until you find the London Ferris Wheel or London Eye, one of the best viewpoints in London.
A good option to save time is to reserve this ticket without queues.
The route ends at sunset on the banks of the Thames to the Tower Bridge, where you can change the shore halfway across the Millennium Bridge to see from outside the beautiful St. Paul's Cathedral in London.
A good option, especially if it is your first time in the city and you want to know its history better, is to book this guided tour in Spanish that includes the entrance to the most interesting places or book this free tour of the old London Free !.
(Extended route information in London in 1 day here)
Map of the route through London in one day
What to see in London in two days
The route of the second day of the guide to see London in two days start by taking a subway to Paddington station, to visit Little Venice, one of the most beautiful places in the city.
From this beautiful corner with several channels you can take a small boat that will take you in 50 minutes to the neighborhood of Camden Town, our favorite neighborhood in the city, which also has one of the best markets in London.
Little venice
Camden is an alternative neighborhood, different from all the ones you've seen before, which stands out for its more than 1000 stores of all kinds, as well as for its street stalls. We love the part of Camden Stables Market, a market where old stables have been converted into shops and art galleries.
Although many people recommend going to the Camnden Market on Sunday, we recommend doing it during the week to travel with fewer people and have more chances of finding a bargain.
The market can occupy you one morning, so it is interesting to eat in one of its many street stalls or a traditional fish and chips in the restaurant Sea wisesThat, incidentally, we loved it.
If you want to know more about the curiosities of the neighborhood, a good alternative is to book this tour with a guide in Spanish that also includes a tour of Soho.
Camden Town
After lunch you can walk to Primrose Hill to enjoy beautiful views of London's skyscrapers.
The London route in 2 days Continue down in the direction of downtown and enjoy a walk through one of the most elegant parks in the city, Regent's Park. This park is one of London's favorite green areas for sports and walking along the shore of its beautiful lake and gardens.
Once you cross the park you have one of the best magical corners of London, Warren Mews, a beautiful alley with well-preserved old houses, which will make you move for a few moments to the English countryside.
Warren meaws
If you are tired, from this area you can take the subway to the lively Leicester Square or walk down to SoHo on foot.
If you walk down you can start the route through SoHo through Carnaby Street, a network of streets full of clothing stores of all kinds of styles and prices.
Carnaby street
Walking at dusk aimlessly through the streets of Soho full of pubs, clubs, charming shops and cafes, is one of the best things to do in London for free and as usual, we advise you not to get lost.
Inside the Soho is also Chinatown, the neighborhood of the wide Chinese community of London and also a perfect place to visit at night, when it lights up and its red lights become protagonists. This neighborhood is full of restaurants where you can eat like the Honest Burgers, which makes one of the best burgers in London, or the Hankies Cafe Where you can try their delicious Indian food.
Soho
After dinner you can go to Leicester Square, a busy pedestrian street that is very close to the theater area and then say goodbye to the London in two days reaching Trafalgar Square.
If you still have something battery, after a day of the most intense, you can see some of the famous musicals of the city or book this night tour with a guide in Spanish, which starts near Trafalgar Square and where you will see the places better Illuminated London. It is also considered one of the best tours in London, so we are sure, it can be the best farewell in the city.
If you have one more day you can follow this London guide in 3 days.
Map of the route through London in two days
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