Londra low cost in less than 48 hours
filled by Giulia & Romeo
You've never been to London and you only have a weekend?
In less than 48 hours we invite you to go around the city to see as many things as cheaply as possible, because, as you know, London is a city very expensive!
First day
Starting with a low cost fly ticket, which you have purchased online in advance, landing at Gatwick airport, taking subway ( a ticket return will cost you even more than the fly ticket but if you only have a weekend is the fastest method to reach the centre) arrival in Victoria Station. Here, if you don’t want to spend too much and desire a convenient and logistically perfect accomodation, you should turn the corner and book your two nights at Cherry Hotel. (www.cherrycourthotel.co.uk in February we spent £ 65 for the room, including a basket with fruit and biscuits for breakfast under the covers ...). Managed by a couple of Indians very friendly, the rooms are very small but clean and comfortable and the price for London is very good. If you arrive here around two o’clock in the afternoon our advice is to stop at the pub which is on the corner of the same street, where we choose a classic dish of fish and chips with a pint of beer ... To breathe from the beginning not the smoke of London but the London atmosphere! Then, if you have never been in this city, we suggest you hop on one of Sightseen bus, there are a couple of companies that are equivalent. You will do the rounds of all the city's attractions and you can follow the explanations with a headset in your own language. Be careful because not every bus has all the languages, you must first ask the driver or watch the colored dots in the legend of the map that they will give you. With these buses you can get on and off at each stop, your only enemy is time, so we advise you to remain comfortably seated, maybe on the second floor that offers a better panorama , to get an idea of the city and places that you will desire the day after reviewing quietly.. ... Oxford Street, Carnaby Street, Soho, Chinatown, Trocadero ... Covent Garden, Tower of London, Westminster Abbey, London Bridge ... Some stages are, however, obliged, like the one in front of the store Harrod's, one of the symbols of the consumism. Luxury and opulence oozing from every floor ... a peek for younger are also the stores Top Shop, the largest one is in Oxford Street, department stores Liberty and Miss Selfridge ...
For the evening we suggest you choose a restaurant in Chinatown or Soho, after a beer as an aperitif in one of the many pubs in the city.
Second day
The second day of your weekend you can walk to the places that you liked more ... If you have good legs and want to walk , here is a path that will make you seem to have set foot in every corner of the city!
From Victoria Station in a few minutes you reach Buckingham Palace, and if you're lucky, you can watch the change of the guards on horseback. (From May to July each day at 11:00 am,) revenue from here and walk the Saint James Park, where it is easy to stop to photograph the many squirrels jumping from tree to tree. You will come to the Thames under Big Ben and going for a walk along the river you will arrive at the Tate Modern. If you're only staying a weekend you will not have much time to see the galleries, but we strongly suggest going up to the sixth floor to drink a coffee and admire the view you see from up there ... From here you will reach Saint Paul Cathedral ... and you will be surprised if they ask you an entrance ticket like for a cinema or a theatre show. For those who want to reach the creative mood there is Brick Lane, a street full of shops of various ethnic groups, colorful and creative, a variety of restaurants and the Liverpool Street ... then from there you enter the City where it is not hard to find, maybe hidden in a corner, a small and quiet church ... we have entered in the St. Michael's Cornhill, where he was conducting an organ concert part of a series called Organ Concerts A to Z, from January to the end of July (. www.st -michaels.org.uk). Walking in the City you will not miss "the suppostone" at 30 St Mary Axe, also known informally as "The Gherkin" ("cucumber") or by referring to the owner (the insurance group Swiss Re) as The Swiss Re Tower , Swiss Re Building or Swiss Re Centre. Height 180 m, is famous for its bold architecture, designed by Norman Foster and his former partner, Ken Shuttleworth.
And at this point, at the end of the day, if you do not want to loose your air, we recommend you to take the subway and rush to the airport. Not until have bought at least a cup or a magnet with the English flag or with the smile of William and Kate ... and then what to say ... God save the Queen!
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