London, a cosmopolitan and traditional city, which has become one of the most visited cities in the world. There are many reasons to visit London: a wide range of culture with some of the most important museums in the world, markets and markets for all tastes, spectacular parks and gardens, historical monuments, a great leisure offer ... In this guide to see In London in 10 days we will take a tour of the city trying to make the most of the time.
Day 1: GERONA - LONDON
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
We took a Ryanair flight that left us at Luton Airport near London and there we took the bus from the same company to Victoria station where we were near the hotel. Being quite late, we went to rest directly, going over things what to see in London In 10 days.
If you arrive at Gatwick Airport you can take the Gatwick Express train until you reach Victoria Station, and from there the subway to the station closest to your hotel.
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Day 2: LONDON (Buckingham Palace, Palace Gardens, Green Park, St. James Park, Piccadilly Circus, Westminster Cathedral, Victoria Street ...)
Thursday, April 5, 2007
We started the day walking towards Buckingham Palace, it is the official residence of the British monarch in London, where Queen Elizabeth II lives, you can visit a part and the palace gardens but we wanted to see the changing of the guard that was at 11 : 30, near there are several very nice parks where you can walk the Green Park or St. James Park, for us St. James Park is the best park in London, its forest, its lakes, it is full of squirrels that you they approach until eating from your hand, it is in front of the Buckingham Palace.
St. James Park
When there was half an hour to change we approached but it was already full of people and you didn't have much room to see it well, but I expected something else, it is done in the courtyard of the palace and you have to see it between the bars and from afar. Then we walked through the Green Park and went to the Piccadilly Circus area, where there are many shopping streets until we reach the square famous for its large video screens and neon advertising signs.
Piccadilly Circus
We ate in the Oxford Street area, the main commercial artery of the center of the capital.
In the afternoon we went to the Westminster neighborhood where we visited its cathedral, which is the main temple of the Catholic Church in England and Wales. We walked around the neighborhood where the House of Parliament, Big Ben, the Abbey ... places are located what to see in London, but that we would visit other days and along Victoria Street to our hotel.
A good option if it is your first time in London, do not master English or want to know its history better, is to book a tour of London with a guide in Spanish and with tickets to save you the queues of the most tourist sites or this other guided tour The essential London.
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Day 3: LONDON (Westminster Abbey, House of Parliament, Big Ben, London Eye, Thames Cruise, London Aquarium ...)
Friday, April 6, 2007
Today we return to the Westminster area to visit its famous Westminster Abbey which is a gothic church the size of a cathedral.
To save money in London you can book the London Pass that allows you to enter 60 of London's main attractions, so you will save money and time by not having to queue. Depending on the time you are in the city you can book the 1, 2, 3 or 6 days and you can also add the transport.
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%. It is a card that offers great flexibility by choosing the tickets we want from the 20 available attractions, until the last moment.
It is the traditional place for coronations and burials of English monarchs and other personalities such as Isaac Newton or Charles Darwin. To enter we queued for a while but it was worth it. Nearby you can also see outside the House of Parliament and going to the Thames you can see the Big Ben which is the name as the Great Westminster bell is known, the largest of the bells that are inside the Tower and that form part of the Great Westminster Clock.
Parliament and Big Ben
When we finish and before eating we get on the London Eye, which is one of the largest ferris wheels in the world, to get on it after a long queue, you get into a large fully covered cabins and take a ride that can last about 20 or 30 minutes, the ferris wheel from afar seems like this stop but it is because of the slow movement it has, from there you have magnificent views of the Thames, Big Ben and all of London.
You can book the visit to the London Eye here and avoid the long lines.
London Eye
Then we went to eat and in the afternoon we made a cruise on the Thames, if it wasn't for the cold it is very good, and to end the day we went to the Aquarium, another place what to see in London, which is also in the London Eye area and there is a great variety of marine fauna.
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Day 4: LONDON (Madame Tussaud's Museum, Regent's Park, London Zoo, Candem Market ...)
Saturday, April 7, 2007
In the morning we decided to go to the Madam Tussaud's Museum, it is the most famous wax museum, there you will find personalities of all kinds, to highlight the exit where there are Hollywood actors some of them nailed to the original like Samuel L. Jackson, British royalty, sportsmen, even Hitler is there, then there is like a terror tunnel with horror movie characters or famous assassins.
Madame Tussauds
From there we went to Regent's Park, another of the royal parks of London, very nice for walks with a large lake, we went up to the London zoo one of the disappointments of the trip, apart from seeing the Komodo dragons the zoos of Barcelona or Madrid gives it a thousand laps, there we ate a fish and chips, which is one of the most typical dishes there that is made of fried battered fish with potato strips.
In the afternoon we went to the Candem market, one of the many markets what to see in London, aimed at youth and especially those who keep the Gothic style as fashion, to buy second-hand clothes of all kinds and the weirdest thing you can imagine. It is a good experience and a good place to find souvenirs, especially go on Sunday when there is more atmosphere and more stores.
Candem Market
Day 5: LONDON - WINDSOR - LONDON
Sunday, April 8, 2007
This day we went to Windsor to visit the famous Windsor Castle, for this we took a bus at Victoria station and within an hour we arrived at Windsor. The castle can only be visited one part since Queen Elizabeth II spends many weekends there.
Another good option to visit it is to book a bus tour with a guide in Spanish.
Windsor Castle
Highlight of the castle the Doll House of the Queen Mary, in 1992 it was the grass of a huge fire, which destroyed several rooms and you can still see the effect in one of the rooms, also highlight the chapel of St. George is one of the works Masters of English Gothic architecture. The castle is immense. We went to eat in the town of Windsor and in the afternoon we returned to London.
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Monday, April 9, 2007
In the morning we visit the Tower of London, another one of the many places what to see in London. It is a fortress that dates back to 1066 and is a formidable complex consisting of the fortress, a palace, dungeons, chapels and several museums, now in addition to the buildings you can see the Jewels of the British Crown, a collection of royal armor and remains of the Roman wall.
Tower of London
Nearby there is the Tower Bridge which is a drawbridge that crosses the River Thames, was completed in 1894, and is the most famous in the city. The London Bridge was the only one that allowed crossing the River Thames at that time. We took many pictures of the bridge with its two towers of Gothic air, and we crossed it to reach the other shore.
Tower bridge
There on the shore we visited the HMS Belfast, Royal Navy fighter cruise that participated and sank several German ships in World War II. You can book early admission here.
Nearby there is the SOUTHWARK CATHEDRAL which is a beautiful church located behind the Borough market and is the oldest in the city. On this shore we can also visit the Shakespeare's Globe Theater, a reproduction of the theater where the first performances of Shakespeare's plays were performed. It is a building that stands out for its white facade. They make you a guided tour inside the Theater.
To end the day we went to the Tate Modern which is the most important modern art gallery in the United Kingdom, for us too modern.
Day 7: LONDON (Big Bus, Soho, Oxford Street, Trafalgar Square, Nothing Hill Neighborhood, ...)
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Today we take the Big Bus, a tourist bus that allows you several routes through London, as we wanted to visit the Notting Hill neighborhood and it was quite far, we also took the bus to make several stops at the points we wanted to see, to get to this neighborhood one of the most visited. Where the film by Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant was shot and its famous August carnival in its streets there are countless clothing stores of all kinds, jewelry stores, florists, souvenir shops, art galleries, restaurants, pubs, discos, etc.
A good option to know the history and not miss anything about the neighborhood is to book this free tour of Notting Hill Free! With guide in Spanish.
We took the bus and we did not go to Soho a multicultural neighborhood where there is a great atmosphere especially at night, near there is chinatown, and there are also the streets of Oxford Street and Charing Cross, shopping streets.
At sunset we went to Trafalgar Square, a place what to see in London, a square that was built to commemorate the Battle of Trafalgar in which the British army defeated the French and Spanish navies. Highlights Nelson's column located in the center of the square and surrounded by fountains.
A good option to see the city at night is to book this tour through the most beautiful places in London at night.
Day 8: LONDON (British Museum, St Paul's Cathedral,…)
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
In the morning we went to the British Museum, one of the most important antique museums in the world. Its section of Ancient Egypt is the most important on the planet after that of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. Note that here is the Rosetta Stone, the Elgin Marbles from the Greek Parthenon, etc ... The museum is immense and it takes you all morning to see only the most important works, to highlight the museum shop that has fantastic replicas to a good price. Here we buy some very beautiful Chinese ivory figurines.
It is interesting to learn more about all the masterpieces, monuments and sculptures, book a guided tour in Spanish through the museum or this free tour of the British Museum. Free!
In the afternoon we visit St. Paul's Cathedral, it is one of the few buildings in the area that survived the Second World War and was the scene of events such as Prince Charles's wedding with Princess Diana. The cathedral also stands out for its dome, the largest in the world after that of St. Peter's Basilica. You can observe more closely its frescoes climbing 530 steps, and then leave the dome and take advantage of a good panoramic view of the city.
St Paul's Cathedral
Day 9: LONDON (Hyde Park, Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Palace and gardens, Science Museum, Natural History Museum, Harrod's, ...)
Thursday, April 12, 2007
In the morning we went to Hyde Park is one of the most parks and is divided in two by Lake Serpentine. Within the park there are several sites of interest: the Speakers' Corner near the former site of the Tyburn pitchforks, and Rotten Row, which is the northern boundary of the Crystal Palace site, the Hyde Park Corner, the Princess of Wales, the Holocaust Memoral, etc ... Touching the park are the Kensington Gardens and the palace that was the official residence of Princess Diana.
After we went to visit the Royal Albert Hall, the Theater of Arts and Sciences in London, there have performed the best singers and groups in history, noted for its great dome, to visit inside you have to go with a guide English speaking, they show you some of the rooms, what most attracts attention is when they let you into the boxes, and you see how big it is, at that time a group was rehearsing and the acoustics are formidable.
In the afternoon we went to visit two museums of science and history, the two stand out for the buildings they are in, the one we liked the most is the Natural History Museum where the dinosaur skeleton room stands out.
Museum of Natural History
At dusk we went to Harrod's Al-Fayed shopping center, where everything is very expensive, on the ground floor there is a monument in memory of his son Dodi and Diana. The interior decoration is worth visiting, if you want to take some souvenir there is a plant with souvenirs where prices are not so exaggerated.
Day 10: LONDON - GERONA
Friday, April 13, 2007
We left in the morning so this day we went straight to the station to take the Ryanair bus, we left behind ten incredible days in one of the best cities I have known and it is impossible to get bored.
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Book the best tours and excursions in / from London in Spanish here
Book your Airport⇆Londres transfer here
