| Page Views: 765 Last Visit to London: September, 2002 | Highlights of London in One Day - It CAN be done! by Jehcekah - last update: Jul 21, 2004 |
We only had about 10 hours to spend in London and we wanted to see all of the major sites. Going off of our guide book's recommendations, we made a list of places to visit and the best order to take them all in. This system worked very well. Here is the order that we took everything in: Westminster - Buckingham Palace - Harrods - Lunch - Tower/Thames - Abbey Road - Parliment - Downing Street - Dinner - Home
The other travel tips that follow stops #1-5 are from trips to London throughout the year that we lived there. |
Quick Tips/Suggestions Buy a travel book before you go and bring it with you. I recommend Lonely Planet (either the Britain, England or London guides). All of them include precise maps of London and list all sights, good places to eat, and good places to stay. This will help a lot when you have a limited amount of time, as the book will suggest the easiest way to see the sights without waisting a lot of time in queues. |
Best Way to Get Around We live in Winchester and took the train into Waterloo from there. It takes one hour to arrive at Waterloo and we were able to pre-purchase our Underground tickets in Winchester. Because we were on a limited time schedule, we used the Underground to get us from sight to sight, which took much less time and effort than trying to walk, although London is a very walkable city. |
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whitecliff62 Wed Jul 21, 2004 18:12 UTC
WOW what a busy day, i bet you slept well that night. Glad you saw as much as you did in the limited time you had. | ZanieOR Fri Apr 30, 2004 02:34 UTC
London in one day! My planned week, which sounded so short, now seems long in comparison, expecially when you saw so much in just one day. Thanks for your helpful tips. | morgane1692 Sun Feb 1, 2004 03:33 UTC
most definitely, the entertaining and informative Beefeater tours at the Tower MUST not be missed...Harrod's however, is highly overrated. This, from one who had to have one of its glazed green bags anyway...;-) | londonlover Fri Jan 23, 2004 03:57 UTC
Nice pictures! Westminster Abbey from the inside is great! Also, the closest Tube stop to Abbey Road is St. John's Wood. There's a Beatles cafe there--see abbeyroadcafe.com. :) |
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