London

[BryceS]

Hey everyone,

I've read through some travel books about London, England.

Next May, I'm going on my first ever trip to England for 12 days.

I am going to do the Tower of London and other main events.

Background:
I'm 19
Love history
Going with family, so I can't go clubbing or hit up the night life
Like pubs and such
Basically open to everything
Like football (soccer) and rugby

I was just hoping to get some information as in my searches I've mainly found how to do London "in a day", hopefully I'll find some more tourist attractions in my future searches on RFD.

Any suggests would be awesome.

[heymikey]

First of all, do a search (http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/search.php?searchid=19871889) since there are already tons of threads about London on this forum.

Anyway, here is a listing (http://www.aviewoncities.com/london/londonattractions.htm) of the most popular attractions.

Also, City Woop (http://citywoop.com/films.htm) has several 2-minute videos on London (within zones 1 and 2) to get you acquainted before you arrive.

Since London is basically a city of interconnecting villages that got swallowed up, you might want to venture outside zones 1 and 2, and visit some of these villages. Richmond (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Richmond_Riverside%2C_London_-_Sept_2008.jpg) (zone 4) is relatively quaint right beside the river Thames. Nearby is the Hampton Court Palace (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampton_Court_Palace) which is also in the London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames (Greater London has about 33 boroughs (http://www.londontown.com/LondonStreets/)). TimeOut has a guide on London's villages (http://www.visitlondon.com/areas/villages/).

[Pete_Coach]

Take a few day trips. You can choose from Bath, Hastings, Stonehenge, Salisbury, Stradford Upon Avon or the Cotswolds. The choice is yours, depending on your interest.
I suggest the London Pass if you are going to do all the historic sites and museums.
I strongly suggest the Hop On Hop Off buss tour (red or yellow buses) because that will give you a quick view of the City as well as a tour boat ride on the Thames to Greenwich and back (plus some coupons for food etc).
http://www.londontoolkit.com/mnu/master_whattodo.htm
London is my favorite city. i have been a number of times and cannot wait to go back.