I agree with everything Bob says and recommends about London. That is just about what we did when we had a week there. We might even have been traveling with the be4nefit of his guidance way back then. <G>
Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 3:33 AM Bob Pdml <pdm...@gmail.com> wrote: > For a first-time visitor I would recommend all the usual top tourist > sites, otherwise you may feel you haven't really seen London. > > I can strongly recommend the open-top bus tours which, on a nice day, give > you a very good and enjoyable overview of central London and the main > sights, and is a nice hop-on/hop-off way to travel between them. There is a > small cluster of sights which are easy to walk between - Saint Paul's, over > the Millennium Bridge to Tate Modern and the Globe, then a walk downstream > to Tower Bridge and the Tower of London. > > If you have time take a boat trip on the river in either direction. > Downstream brings you to Greenwich, which is stunningly beautiful; upstream > it's a good way to travel between Tate Modern and Tate Britain, and beyond > that to Kew Gardens and Richmond, which are also superb. You probably won't > have time to go to Hampton Court Palace, sadly. > > The best museums and galleries are generally also the best-known: the > Tates, National Gallery, National Portrait Gallery, British Museum, Natural > History Museum. But they are also the busiest. > > If you like theatre try and go to the Globe, but get a seat rather than > stand in the yard, and if you get a seat, take cushions as they are > authentically hard wooden benches. The restaurant at the Globe is quite > good, and there are numerous others in the area, mostly mid-range chains. > > If you get some free time on the evening of Wednesday 8th let me know and > we can maybe catch up for a beer. Because of work and previous commitments > that is the only spare time I have during your trip. > > Enjoy your trip! > Bob > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
