When visiting any city, especially London a number of questions spring to mind about how to make your trip as enjoyable as possible, whether it be for a weekend of a fortnight. The first concern is what cheap hotels London has to offer, in which locations and what sites to visits. You may even wonder “is it worth booking a guided tour of the city?”.
Well, this depends on what you want out of London, but on the whole it is not necessary. A great start for any trip is the city bus hop on and off tour. With a daily or weekend ticket you can travel as often as you want. This is perfect for huge cities, short visits or when there are simply too many things to choose from. The multi-lingual tour commentaries are also quite informative and interesting.
If possible it is always better to plan a trip in advance and buying a guide book is a good idea. There are so many to choose from that there will be one to suit your requirements; some offer a daily itinerary categorized into genres; for example culture, art, churches, food, and shopping.
In the absence of a guide book, the internet is the modern way to plan a trip with information about festivals, sites, exhibitions and even walking tours. It’s always worth visiting the tourist information centre which is normally in central areas of the city, which provide information of all sorts of events and activities in the area.
If you don’t want to buy a guide book then the internet provides a great deal of information about places to visit, exhibitions, celebrations and festivals, all available twenty-four hours of the day. The majority of large towns, and London of course is no exception, has a tourist information office. Here you can get information on everything that is happening locally.
Many cities are fascinating places and by simply jumping on a tube or bus to the centre of the city and walking around, following road signs it is possible to stumble upon interesting things such as the Roman Temple of Mithras in the city of London, or the eighteenth century plunge bath near Temple tube station. Whilst you may not find these in the guide books they are great diversions on a city tour.
London is a fantastic city for tourists as there are so many free things to do and see. For example the vast majority of museums are free and by getting off the tube at South Kensington you have a full weeks’ worth of museums to visits including the Victoria and Albert, Natural History, Science, and Geological museums. Each offers a wide selection of exhibits as well as a number of temporary exhibitions. In the centre of London you also have the infamous British Museum and the lesser known Petrie Museum and Wellcome institute.
Some other activities are popular but very expensive including Madame Tussard’s Wax Museum, Buckingham Palace, the home of the Queen and St Paul’s Cathedral. This list is endless, so a guided tour wouldn’t be wasted money but it won’t be a very personal experience. So once you have booked your hotels london st pancras awaits!
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