P.s. I forgot to mention the Royal Academy, which is superb. I would also mention the Courtauld Gallery, which is my favourite in London, but it's closed at the moment; it's situated in Somerset House, which is well worth a visit in its own right.
> On 24 Apr 2019, at 08:32, Bob Pdml <[email protected]> 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 > >> On 24 Apr 2019, at 00:29, Brian W <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >>> On 23 April 2019 at 08:20 [email protected] wrote: >>> >>> >>> Have you been to London before? >> >> No - first time. >> >> >> Cheers >> Brian >> >>> >>>> ----- >>>>>> G'day all >>>>>> >>>>>> My wife and I will be travelling around Ireland & the UK during >>>>>> May/June, starting in Dublin and ending in London where we'll be >>>>>> from 7 June (leaving on >>>>>> 10 June). Sadly, our time is pretty limited there (only two full >>>>>> days and my wife has a full program of galleries & museums to >>>>>> visit!) but if anyone has an hour or so to catch up for a beer or a >>>>>> coffee, let me know. >>>>>> >>>>>> This trip has been a long time coming. Should be fun! >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheers >>>>>> Brian >>>>>> -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
