Things to do in London

[sippo]

If you are there on a sunday, get off the beaten track and tourist traps - get down to spitalfields, bricklane and the markets down that way. Such a better experience of London in my opinion. Try some street food - the rib man comes highly recommended!

[elsiegee40]

Borough Market is good if you are foodies Edited November 5, 2012 by elsiegee40

[LiamH]

I went down with my OH at Easter, Was her first time in London (She's American) so we tried do as much as possible in the 4 days we were there.

 

We bought a London pass (The London Pass - London Sightseeing and Tourism for Less - London guide) which is a pre paid card that gives you free entrance to hundreds of attractions with queue skipping, its a bit pricey but you make you money back if you do 3 or 4 things a day. I really enjoyed the tower of London and that's easily a half day right there if you go see the crown jewel's and look around the royal Armoury inside the white tower, would recommend taking the guided tour if you do, the yeomen are ex military and have a wicked sense of humour (

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We saved a bit of money by not buying the london pass for two of the days where we did a few tours, some of them are free (FREE TOUR - London Tours - SANDEMANs NEW EUROPE) where someone walks you around all the landmarks and explains the history behind them, worth noting though they do ask for a donation after. Our tour finished at a pub where you got a discount on food. That evening we went on a grim reaper tour by the same company, that cost us around £10, and is a night tour around the more historically gruesome parts of london. The other day we went around the natural history museum which is HUGE and will take up most of the day.

 

An oyster card for the tube is a must too, think we used around £30 each traveling from our hotel and around london, our hotel was next to the excel center.

 

Off the top of my head the things we did were..

 

National history museum, free entry and took us most of the remaining day after traveling down

Tower of London*, climbing up the monument*, London bridge experience*

Thames boat tour*, Churchill war rooms*, Kensington palace* Westminster Abbey*

The two tours, a bit of shopping.

 

*cost covered by pass

 

The london pass gives discounts on some things like going to see a show and eating out, we didn't use that much.

[Norphy]

I'm surprised it took 24 posts for someone to mention the Cutty Sark. You have to see that if you're going to Greenwich!

 

Greenwich is one of the nicer towns in that area, you could quite easily spend the entire weekend there without venturing out.

[rad]

A Rib ride in November/December is going to be cold, I know!

 

I would add St Catherines Dock for food, great restaurant with different food on each floor.

 

One of the best things I did in the Summer was the London Olympic mascot tour. They laid out 6 tours visiting different sides of London, its a shame they haven't left them out as it was a great experience.

[Edu-IT]

I was looking for somewhere last night to stay NYE. Ridiculous how the prices sky rocket. Anyone know any decent 'non chain' hotels that are less likely to have 4x their price?

[sippo]

The problem is most hotels will put their prices up. It's natural to due to demand. We always stay here The award winning low cost stylish hotel in the heart of Shoreditch | Hoxton Hotel in the City of London

[LiamH]

Not sure about NYE, but when we stayed in London we were in a hotel next to the excel conference center, and because there was nothing on there it was very cheap for the room we got. (Aloft London Excel | Free WiFi | Best Rates Guaranteed)

 

This was just a normal week over Easter though.

[nicholab]

The Museum of London?

[Busybub]

I'd go the British Museum, where you can easily spend the weekend marvelling at all the stuff we have plundered from around the world including, the Rosetta Stone (Rosetta Stone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia), Parthenon marbles (Elgin Marbles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia), sculptures and reliefs from the Tomb of Mausolas (Mausoleum at Halicarnassus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia).

 

Then, in the evening, starting from Tower Hill, walk across Tower Bridge, then head West along South Bank, all the way down to Westminster, stopping at Southwark Cathedral, The Globe Theatre, Millenium Bridge, Tate Modern, and South Bank Centre.