Itinerary · London, United Kingdom
London in three days: a first visit
The essential London in three days: royal Westminster, the West End and its theatres, and the City and Bankside, with great meals along the way.
Three days, on foot and by Tube
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Day 1 · 9:30
1Westminster Abbey
Start at the abbey as it opens.
Day 1 · 11:30
2Houses of Parliament
The Houses of Parliament and Big Ben.
Day 1 · 12:30
3Churchill War Rooms
Churchill’s wartime bunker (book ahead).
Day 1 · 15:00
4St James’s Park
Walk through the park to the palace.
Day 1 · 16:00
5Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace.
Day 1 · 17:00
6Fortnum & Mason
Browse Fortnum’s on Piccadilly.
Day 1 · 19:30
7Wiltons
Dinner in St James’s.
Day 2 · 10:00
8The National Gallery
Masterpieces on Trafalgar Square.
Day 2 · 12:30
9Dishoom Covent Garden
Lunch in Covent Garden.
Day 2 · 14:00
10Covent Garden Piazza and Market
The piazza and Seven Dials.
Day 2 · 16:00
11Liberty London
Liberty and Carnaby Street.
Day 2 · 19:30
12Royal Opera House
An evening performance, or a West End show.
Day 2 · 23:00
13Ronnie Scott’s
Late jazz in Soho.
Day 3 · 9:00
14Tower of London
The Crown Jewels first thing.
Day 3 · 11:30
15Tower Bridge
Across Tower Bridge.
Day 3 · 13:00
16Borough Market
Lunch at Borough Market.
Day 3 · 15:00
17Tate Modern
Tate Modern on Bankside.
Day 3 · 17:00
18St Paul’s Cathedral
Over the Millennium Bridge to St Paul’s.
Day 3 · 19:30
19St. JOHN Smithfield
Dinner at St. JOHN.
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