4 days in London: route for those who will go there again
London, know, London is. and, due to the competition of the various compagnie low cost, it is often possible to be able to negotiate a great price for an A / R, in the order of 50/60eur. Also, unlikely to run the risk of getting bored, view quantity di Things to do in the British capital!
I had the opportunity to return to London last March, exploiting 4 FULL days (3 FULL days, plus two half days), taking the opportunity to visit all those little things (and there are many, and many more are left for future travel!) I could not see the first time. The first time, in fact, I decided to devote myself to the most classic itineraries (In. Big Ben, Portobello, Trafalgar Square), which I have already spoken in this article.
If it is not the first time in the city, you probably already experts on Tube, on its (exorbitant) rates and all that is necessary to move to London, then there tedium with useless information.
Also in this case, for avoid the tedious code, save time, and take advantage of Special Discounts, for buy tickets attractions as the Tower of London (but, Se volete, The London Pass or tickets to any other attraction in which you are interested), book online!!
Also, museums such as the British Museum is the National Gallery are immense, to save time and optimize the, I have selected some of the most important things to see, and I have listed in the itinerary.
If you are passionate about aviation, appreciate the Royal Air Force museum, entrata free ad, in which there is a wide selection of aircraft and memorabilia from the Second World War, with a good selection of most modern aircraft. I have devoted an entire afternoon, and I assure you that it is a true paradise!
I landed at Gatwick after lunch, and took off after 4 days of the early afternoon. In totale, Then, I had on hand 3 full days and two half days. With a po’ Fortune, avoiding the rain, and taking advantage of the increasing hours of daylight as much as possible, I was able to do everything that I set out in the itinerary.
Usual, The photo of these 4 days in London can be found in my gallery, A this address.
Let us all’itinerary, both in textual form that, For convenience, in formato Google Maps:
1 day (from 16 in poi – pins rossi):
- St.James Palace (Royal residence whose construction began in '500 – St. James's Palace is one of the buildings currently in use by the English royal court and this is usually the place where the British sovereign receives foreign ambassadors relief, while the heads of state are usually received at Buckingham Palace)
- St.James Park
- 10 Downing Street
- Walking on the Victoria Embankment to Blackfriars station
- Skyscrapers in the City (Heron Tower, 110 Bishopsgate – Tower 42, 25 Old Broad St – 30 St Mary Axe) (Da Blackfriars, Queen Victoria St., take the 388 per Stratford, and get off after 5 fermate – Wormwood St)
2 day (Yellow pins):
- Tower of London (stazione Tower Hill) – buy tickets online
tour di 2 hours:
Join one of the famous Yeoman Warder tours and hear exciting tales from the Tower’s past (60 mins).
Visit the Crown Jewels, one of the unmissable highlights of a visit to the Tower of London (20 mins).
Visit the White Tower built by William the Conqueror, which today houses displays from the Royal Armouries’ collection (30 mins).
See the famous ravens next to the White Tower (10 mins).
Explore the story of how the Tower was attacked and defended in our interactive Fortress displays (10 mins).
- Tate Modern (The tour lasts approximately 45 minutes. 11.00: focuses on Poetry and Dream, meet on the Level 2 concourse) (Vedi anche Head of a Woman (Fernande) -Picasso – Theme: Level 4: Structure and Clarity – room: Cubism (room 10))
- Millennium Bridge
- National Portrait Gallery (Crea e stampa il tour col Portait Explorer – 10am to 6pm)
The Portrait Explorer is available for public use in the Digital Space on a mezzanine level above the main Ondaatje Wing entrance hall. A lift is available from the Ground Floor providing access to the Digital Space.
William Shakespeare – attributed to John Taylor
Anne Boleyn by Unknown artist – oil on panel, late 16th century (About 1533-1536)
Queen Elizabeth I – by Unknown English artist – oil on panel, About 1588
Queen Elizabeth I by Unknown English artist – oil on panel, About 1600
Queen Elizabeth I by Unknown continental artist – oil on panel, About 1575
King Henry VIII after Hans Holbein the Younger – oil on copper, (1536)
Charles Darwin – copy by John Collier – oil on canvas, 1883 (1881)
Sir Thomas More – after Hans Holbein the Younger – oil on panel, early 17th century (1527)
Queen Elizabeth II – by Michael Leonard – acrylic on cotton duck, 1985-1986
- Neal’s Yard (down from Shaftesbury Avenue Neal St or you can take the road next, Monmouth Street. At a 50in meters from both sides, There is a passage with a sign reading Neal's Yard)
- Peter Pan Statue – Hyde Park (Tube Central Line to Tottenham Ct Rd Lancaster Gate)
- Holland Park (It was Giardino, giant chess board, holland house) (Resume Tube Central Line to Holland Park)
- Westbourne Green/Little Venice (arrives at the South side of Holland Park, gira a sx e su Kensington High St. take the 328 per Golders Green fino a St.Stephens Gardens - 9 stops. The park is just after, the Nord Est, after the station of Royal Oak)
- Regent’s Park (by Warwik Avenue station take the Bakerloo line to Elephant and get off at Baker Street)
3 day (pins verdi):
- Trafalgar Square (Free – National Gallery Museum – 10am to 6pm)
I 30 best masterpieces, in ordine, entering the Portico Entrance:
Level 0:
The Entombment about 1500-1, Michelangelo – Room C
Sainsbury Wing:
The Arnolfini Portrait 1434, Jan van Eyck – Sainsbury Wing Exhibition
The Ambassadors 1533, Hans Holbein the Younger – Sainsbury Wing Exhibition
Level 2:
Bacchus and Ariadne 1520-3, Bridge – room 10
The Adoration of the Kings 1510-15, Jan Gossaert – room 14
Self Portrait at the Age of 34 1640, Rembrandt – room 24
The Toilet of Venus (‘The Rokeby Venus’) 1647-51, Diego Velázquez – room 30
The Supper at Emmaus 1601, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio – room 32
Madame de Pompadour at her Tambour Frame 1763-4, François-Hubert Drouais – room 33
A Sea-Shore 1776, Claude-Joseph Vernet – room 33
The Stonemason’s Yard about 1725, Canaletto – room 38
The Grotto at Posillipo 1782, Thomas Jones – room 42
Bathers at La Grenouillère 1869, Claude Monet – room 43
Bathers (The Large Bathers) about 1894-1905, Paul Cézanne – room 45
Sunflowers 1888, Vincent van Gogh – room 46
Level 2/Sainsbury Wing:
The Battle of San Romano 1438-40, Paolo Uccello – room 54
The Virgin of the Rocks about 1491/2-9 and 1506-8, Leonardo da Vinci – room 57
Venus and Mars about 1485, Sandro Botticelli – room 58
The Madonna of the Pinks ('La Madonna dei Garofani') about 1506-7, Raphael – room 60
Doge Leonardo Loredan 1501-2, Giovanni Bellini – room 62
Portrait of a Man about 1475-6, Antonello da Messina – room 62
Saint Jerome in his Study about 1475, Antonello da Messina Room 62
The Baptism of Christ 1450s, Piero della Francesca – room 66
- Camden Town (prendi Northern Line da Charing Cross a Camden Town)
- Camden Market (Horse Tunnel Market and Camden Lock Village located along the Regent's Canal)
- Hampstead / Heath (benestante zone) (Take the Northern Line to Chalk Farm for Edgare and downs in Hampstead)
- Parliament Hill (observation point over the city)
- Highgate Cemetery – East Cemetery 4£ (10am to 4.30pm) (tombs of Marx and Faraday) (exit from Parliament Hill, just south of the lakes, and take the C11 on Highgate Rd. Verso Upper Holloway e scendi a Brookfield Park. Buses 143, 210 and 271 stop at Waterlow Park on Highgate Hill.)
4 day (pins fucsia):
- Canary Wharf (scendi a Canary Wharf sulla Jubilee Line)
- Cutty Sark (English clipper end 800, active in the tea trade between China and UK) (DLR da Canary Wharf, scendi ad Island Gardens, Cross the road and go to the little park. There is a small circular building with a dome, that marks the entrance of the tunnel. The walk is very strange and fascinating, in a tunnel of steel tucked under one of the most famous rivers in the world, After about fifteen minutes will come out of the south shore in front of the Cutty Sark.)
- Greenwich Observatory (10.00–17.00 daily, last admission 16.30 – 7£ – concessions 5.5£) (walking, the time from Greenwich Station or Cutty Sark DLR to the Planetarium is about 20-25 minutes)
- British Museum (meter station Holborn 10 to 17:30) (Take the DLR to Cutty Sark to Shadwell to Bank - Get to White City Central Line to Holborn)
Ground Floor (Rosetta Stone and the Parthenon – North America/Mexico Room 26/27 – Korea 67)
Lewis Chessmen – room 40 – The most famous chess set in the world
Oxus Treasure – room 52 – Fabulous metalwork from Achaemenid Persia
Royal Game of Ur – room 56 – A popular pastime in the ancient world
Mummy of Katebet – room 63 – One of the most studied Egyptian mummies
Samurai armour – room 93 – Military might in medieval Japan
- RAF Museum (Free – 10am to 6pm) (Take the Piccadilly line to Holborn to King's Cross. Then the Metropolitan line to Finchley Road. Su Finchley Rd. take the 113 towards Edgeware and down after 20 stops, a Greyhound Hill. Walk to the left and follow the underpass, under the M1, and go on Aerodome Rd)
5 day (morning, starting at lunchtime):
- Walk in Regent's Park
MAP ON THIS TOUR: link
Ideas for your next trip to London? Sparse pure! 🙂