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You’ve yearned for a city break to London and it’s long overdue you had one! With many flights daily to Heathrow, Stansted and Gatwick from Dublin, Cork and Shannon there is lots to choose from. Set a date with your travel buddy and then book your city break to London above on the booking engine or give us a call to help you.
Start your city break to London in Westminster with a trip to the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben by taking the Circle, District or Jubilee Tube Lines to Westminster station; you will recognize them from the imaging on the ITV News at Ten on TV and they are situated right along the north river bank of the Thames. Since 1512 the Palace of Westminster has been home to the two Houses of Parliament: the House of Commons and the House of Lords which debate and pass laws for the UK. Check their website to confirm entry times and conditions and bear in mind that you may be able to see all you wish from the outside. To split hairs, Big Ben is not the name of the world-famous 106m clock tower – it is the name of the 14-tonne bell that strikes upon the hour and the clock itself is the largest in Britain.
From there pop southwest across Parliament Square and round to Westminster Abbey, London’s oldest and most important cathedral, the best example of medieval architecture in London and the setting for the coronations of British monarchs as well as being the resting place for many of them. Entrance charges may apply for some parts, so check their website in advance.
Are you keeping Her Majesty waiting? From here head southwest down Victoria Street then turn right/ northwest up Buckingham Gate to Buckingham Palace. Here is where Queen Elizabeth II lives most of the time and was first occupied by Queen Victoria in the 1830’s. It is an iconic building and is associated with great occasions of national importance and also used for ceremonial state occasions including banquets for visiting heads of state. The Queen lives here for about 10 months a year and since 1993 a limited section of it is open to the public for two months during the summer. You may witness the daily Changing of the Guard if you get your timings right.
Lunchtime now…..you are unlikely to be invited in to lunch here so head northeast along The Mall towards Trafalgar Square. Around here you are in the heart of tourist-land and will have no problem finding a café or snackbar to pick up something light and tasty. You could consider nipping in to one of many bars for a pub lunch involving English ale and freshly cooked pub fare.
After your leisurely lunch head back out to Trafalgar Square, famous for Nelson’s Column, for being London’s main venue for rallies, public meetings, political demonstrations and rabble rousing and also for the hoards of tourists but please note that feeding the flying rats also called pigeons is now banned.
Feeling a bout of culture coming on? On the northern side of T Square is the National Gallery (not to be confused with the National Portrait Gallery, which is next door) and here, for free, you can enjoy works by da Vinci (Virgin on the Rocks – a lesser version of the Louvre one), van Eyck (The Arnolfini Wedding – you’ll know it when you see it), Botticelli, Raphael, Bosch, Dürer, Titian, Michaelangelo, Holbein (The Ambassadors), Vermeer, Turner, Rembrandt and many more. Take one of these masterpieces home with you by buying it in the gallery gift shop at the end of your visit.
Congratulate yourselves on your resilience and it’s now probably time to head back to your Arrow Tours hotel to relax for a while and get ready before you head out for dinner in a central London restaurant. ©ArrowTours
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