Choose how many days you have and we'll lay out a day-by-day plan built around the experiences and flavors you can only get here. Pick your trip length below.
The Abbey-to-Tower line runs east all day with the river as your spine — no backtracking. Friday and Saturday Borough is rammed by 1pm; on those days eat at noon sharp.
Tea at 1pm replaces lunch entirely — arrive hungry. The museum's free entry means you can do 90 focused minutes without completionist guilt.
This day is the counterweight to Westminster's pageantry — markets, curry, art, and pubs. Sunday changes the order (flowers first); every other day start at Spitalfields.
15 pinned stops across the route. Tap a pin to open it in Google Maps. Hold Ctrl and scroll to zoom the map.
London's food is two things at once: centuries-old British classics, and the cooking of a truly global city. Pubs, markets, and curry houses are as essential to its identity as the roast.
Every place along the selected itinerary, plus the dishes, ingredients, and goods to take home. Tap any photo to enlarge.
London runs on the Underground, buses, and the Overground/Elizabeth line; just tap a contactless card or phone — no need for a paper ticket or Oyster. From Heathrow, the Elizabeth line or Heathrow Express reach the centre; Gatwick connects via the Gatwick Express. Buses are great for sightseeing, and central neighbourhoods are very walkable.
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Each of these is a comfortable there-and-back day. Travel times are one way, by the route most visitors actually take.
Honey-stone colleges, the Bodleian, and pub lunches. The classic university day out.
Tours & tickets ›Roman baths and Georgian crescents in golden limestone — walkable, elegant, and easy to do in a day.
Tours & tickets ›The oldest occupied castle in the world. Short journey, big payoff — good if you only have half a day.
Tours & tickets ›Punting on the Cam past King's College Chapel. Quieter and prettier than Oxford; pick one, not both.
Tours & tickets ›12.5% service is often already added to restaurant bills — check before adding more. You don't tip at the bar in pubs; you order and pay there.
Tap water is safe and free — restaurants must provide it on request.
Phone snatching from mopeds is common in central areas — don't stand at the kerb texting. 'Only-cash' rickshaws around Soho charge extortionate fares; agree everything in advance or avoid them.
Dates shift from year to year, so these are anchored to their season — always confirm the exact dates before you book flights around one.
Europe's biggest street carnival — Caribbean sound systems, floats, and a million people. Vast and joyful.
The tennis. The public ballot opens months ahead; the queue for day tickets is its own institution.
Fireworks across the city commemorating the Gunpowder Plot. Free displays in most parks.
The world's most famous garden show. Tickets sell out in advance.
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