Travel to London, England – Episode 813

Hear about travel to London, England, as the Amateur Traveler talks to Julie from ALadyInLondon.com about her adopted hometown.

In answer to the question “why should someone go to London?”, Julie says: “There’s so many good reasons. I love London for the history. It goes back thousands of years, all the way to Roman times. I love London for its world-class everything you get world-class music coming through London, world-class culture, art exhibits, and theater performances. Anything you can imagine, there’s pretty much world-class that in London. So it’s great in terms of culture. I love London for its diversity. You meet people from all over the world. You can find food from all over the world. You never feel really foreign in London because there are so many people from so many places.”

“And then there’s also so many niche topics and interests that you can fulfill in London. London is a huge city, and no matter what you’re interested in, no matter what you’re passionate about, you can find something that will fit the bill in London. And I think those are just the beginnings of what I would say are reasons to go to London.”

Julie takes us on a tour of sites that are well known and sites that are obscure. She starts us near Parlement and the London Eye. We explore the South Thames, including the Royal Festival Hall, Tate Modern, Globe Theatre, Borough Market, HMS Belfast, and Tower Bridge. We can tour Westminster Abbey, see a show, buy lunch at the market and end with the house that William the Conquer built, the White Tower of the Tower of London.

We talk about the great neighborhoods of London like the West End with Piccadilly Circus, Covent Garden with its shops and street performers, Soho with its nightlife, Camden with its market and canal, South Kensington with its museums, Notting Hill with its famous antiques market and colorful houses. We also venture out of Zone 1 to beautiful neighborhoods like Hampstead, which may be Julie’s favorite.

We talk about the best nightclubs, pubs, and afternoon tea. Julie gives us updated tips on getting to and from the airports and how to get around on the London Underground.

We visit famous museums like the British Museum and the V&A. We visit tiny museums like the cabinet war rooms and less well-known museums like Sir John Soane’s Museum.

London is constantly changing. We talk about the changing food scene. It is much easier to get a great meal in London than it was even a decade ago.

London can easily occupy your time for a week, a month, or a lifetime. Learn more about this vibrant city in this episode of the Amateur Traveler.

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Show Notes

A Lady in London
London
Tours – UK Parliament
Westminster Abbey
London Eye
Royal Festival Hall
Tate Modern
Globe Theatre
Borough Market
HMS Belfast
Tower Bridge
Tower of London Tour
West End of London
Covent Garden
London Underground
Airports of London
Soho
Ronnie Scot’s Jazz Club
South Kensington
V&A Museum
Science Museum
Boating on the Serpentine – Hyde Park
Notting Hill
Portobello Road
The Oak W2
Hampstead
Camden Market
Regent’s Canal
Bloomsbury
British Museum
Lamb’s Conduit Street
Charlotte Street
Piccadilly Circus
Changing of the Guard
The Clove Club
Tayyabs
The Holly Bush in Hampstead
Sir John Soane’s Museum
Maltby Street Market
Afternoon Tea Fortnum and Mason
Churchill War Rooms
St Paul’s
The Goring Hotel
Shangri-La The Shard
Lady’s Ultimate London Travel Guide

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