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Well, what are you after? If you want to walk around I'd recommend the London Walks podcast for some easy-to-follow London walks (I can recommend the two 'casts that take you from Saint Pauls to Monument and then back by a different route).
Otherwise, there's the British Museum which has some lovely Egyptian stuff and the Elgin Marbles amongst other things (basically all the stuff we stole from other countries back in the days of Empire) and there's the tiny Cartoon Museum nearby. The National Gallery and National Portrait Gallery are at Trafalgar Square, a short walk up the road from the Houses of Parliament. There's the four museums in South Kensington, near the Royal Albert Hall, though I always think the national History Museum looks a bit tatty, the Science Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum having the better collections. The Tate is also popular. Tate Britain and Tate Modern are connected by the Tate Boat which, while pricey, is quite enjoyable, that will take you from one to the other, passing the House of Commons with the tower that houses Big Ben, and also docks at the London Eye, thought the queues for that are massive and it's not open all year round.
Primrose Hill is worth a visit, it's windy there but the view's so nice, plus it's near to Regents Park and the Regents Park Zoo. Buckingham Palace is frankly ridiculously overrated and ignorable, but it's surrounded by nice parks, Saint James, Green and Hyde, which are pleasant if the weather is mild.
I hope some of these are of help. But basically, get yourself a London A-Z while you are over here, avoid Covent Garden as the tourist trap and hellhole it is and you won't go far wrong. |
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