I'll stay 4 days in London soon. I'm from Argentina. What shouldn't I miss doing or seeing?

Question

What area is better for booking a hotel, Victoria, Paddington....?
Could you suggest interesting things to do for free?
I want to visit Oxford and Liverpool, which is the quickest and less expensive means of transport?. I'll appreciate your tips.

Answer 1

Already you've learnt three important facts: (1) that your English is better than that of most Britons, (2) that there is a lot of ignorance here, and (3) many people don't read your question properly.

murphys_lawyers doesn't know the difference between Brazil and Argentina. It was a Brazilian who was shot dead.

debbie d doesn't know that the London Eye is expensive. It's £13.50, which will seem even more for you, because of the exchange rate. And why would you see a football match here, if the game is played so much better in your own country?

lottie thinks £89 per night is cheap hotel accommodation. Well it isn't. You could get Ibis Hotel accommodation for £65 at weekends, and cheaper on weekdays. However in Paddington you could get a hotel room for around £40, if you were not too concerned about quality.

Suz is delirious. £209 per night is an extremely bad deal. You will find West End shows and Madame Tussauds expensive. Despite what she says, coaches (=buses) are considerably cheaper than trains. Travel times vary for coaches to Liverpool, but expect an average of 6 hours (the fastest is 4hours 35mins). For Oxford it is just 1 hour 40 minutes. However, if it's just for a day trip, then Cambridge is far more beautiful and compact (2 hours by fast coach).

My advice.....
Walking around central London, you can see all this in one day: Piccadilly Circus (popular with tourists, though I don't know why), Leicester Square, Trafalgar Square, St. James' Park, Buckingham Palace, Whitehall, Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, River Thames (good for walks).
Another day's walk could take in St, Paul's Cathedral (you have to pay to enter!), Bank of England Museum (free), Post Office Museum, Leadenhall Market, Monument (that's the cheap alternative to the London Eye, if you don't mind 311 steps), Spitalfields Market, Tower of London (admission charge), Tower Bridge.
For ethnic London (which can be real cool sightseeing), places include China Town (near Leicester Square), Bangla Town (Brick Lane area), and Brixton (Jamaican - with busy open air markets).

NOTE: A real bargain, whilst you're in London is the sightseeing pass (http://www.londonpass.com/). It gives free entry to many places, including St Paul's Cathedral and the Tower of London, and you can combine it with a travel card too.

Answer 2

Take an open top bus tour of London costs about £8 and you'll get to see a lot of the sights, these usually come with a free River Trip as well. On this trip you will see the Houses of Parliament, the London Eye, Buckingham Palace and all the other famours sights. Several of the great museums are free. Get a map, Central London is actually quite compact and walking around is the best way. Book the Holiday Inn (Oxford Street) this is very handy, or the Premium Travel Inn next to the London Eye this too is cheap around £89 per night for the room. The London Parks are great if the weather is nice and these of course are free. When you are there buy an off-peak tube/bus ticket for the day for zones 1 and 2 costs around £5 and you have unlimited travel all day on both tubes and buses and this saves you heaps of money. London has loads of little M&S and Tesco's supermarkets just about everywhere where you can buy drinks, sandwiches etc. if money is tight and you can't afford to eat out. Hope this helps a bit. Also, visit the London websites.

Answer 3

In addition to the above suggestions. Make sure you see a theatre show. My favourite is Les Miserables

If you go to Leicester square you will find ticket booths with cheap tickets for shows on the day.

Also many of the Museums are free if you have the time. But if you are in London you must do the tour on an open top bus (which costs around £20 not £8 these days) with the river trip included. It's a great way to see the sights, and you can get off the bus at any time, have a look at the sight you are at, and then get back on the next bus to continue the tour. The ticket lasts for 24 hours, so if you start at 1pm on one day, you can use your ticket until 1pm on the next day.

London is a great place. Have fun!

Answer 4

I was in London this week for 4 days and this is what we did:

Monday - Checked into Thistle Charing Cross Hotel, excellent hotel and fab deal (£209 per night B&B for 2, in executive twin room, included transfer from airport, bottle of champagne and fruit bowl)
Location is right next to Covent Garden so spent afternoon in Covent Garden and had dinner in Covent Garden at night.
Tuesday - London Eye, Harrods & West End Show (The Lion King)
Wednesday - Madame Tussauds, Big Bus Tour, Notting Hill, Leicester Square, Dinner in Covent Garden
Thursday - Tate Modern, Buckingham Palace, Oxford Street Trafalgar Square then home.

The tour bus will let you see all the main attractions so it is well worth the money (£20).

For travel to Oxford and Liverpool the train is probably slighly more than the bus, but will certainly be quicker.

For Oxford, you need to leave from Paddington Station and takes around 55 mins (Paddington station is on the same underground line as Charing Cross)
For Liverpool, you need to leave from London Euston and takes around 2.5 hours.

Have a great time.

Answer 5

London for free well there is a challenge. Covent garden is wonderful but at this time of year saturday is the best day. there is often street entertainment which is fun. Many of the museums in london are free, I love the science museum but the natural history museum is wonerful as well . for art you have the tate and the national galllery in trafalgar square. Harrods is worth a visit but dont buy anything it is expensive. A walk by the Thames will cost you nothing and can be nice. Hamleys the toy shop is great. Soho is good for vitality and " the sexual side of the english" but is tame by many european standards. If you can spare a few pounds have a pint of beer in an english pub but "proper" english beer is unique so you may want to stick to what we call lager. The key to anything in london is so long as you just want to see the building it is free. you can look at the houses of parliment, the tower of london etc all for free just dont go in a good view of london can be had from tower bridge. St pauls cathederal is wonderful but to go in will cost you £10. As for going to Oxford or liverpool the cheapest way is by coach (auto bus) but it takes a long time. I would recomend the train. Liverpool I would definitely go by train. In liverpool I like the maritime (sea travel) museum there are hotels near this. Food wise the cheapest way is to buy food at the supermarket but eating out you are better off avoiding the tourist areas a looking to backstreets. I would highly reconmend a full english breakfast, bacon eggs sausages fried bread etc, its is very meaty and my freind from Argentiana really liked it. Have a marvelous trip. for the cost of train travel see the link below. For travel around london buy a travel card for the duration of your stay this will let you use tube and buses but to be honest the buses can be confusing

Answer 6

I am English. You definately have to See the dungeons, the famous castle, the palace, St Paul's Cathedral, and you have to go on the London Eye, which is the giant Ferrice wheel. You have to go on a double decker bus, see how many people can fit in a telephone booth, and go to the naval port with the ancient ships. It would also be a good experience to go to a premier league football game.

Answer 7

There is a new West End show called "Wicked" that is the prequel to the Wizard of Oz and it should not be missed

Answer 8

You should check out Scotland Yard.

Answer 9

london eye ..... n dont forget to go hamleys n get some prezzies 4 da kids!!!!! good luk

Answer 10

do not take tube trains the last guy from Argentina was killed in cold blood
buy the anti terrorist squad
do not jog in London fog