Mistakes to avoid on your first trip to London ⬇️ 1. Buying an Oyster Card 2. Standing on the Left 3. Spending money on tourist traps •National Maritime Museum •Sir John Ritblat Gallery at the British Library •Bank of England Museum •The Wallace Collection •Leake Street Tunnel •Barbican Conservatory •St. Dunstan-in-the-East •Little Venice •Primrose Hill •Hampstead Heath •Richmond Park •Victoria Park •Greenwich Park •Queens House •Crossrail Place Roof Garden •Post Building’s Rooftop 4. Only eating at restaurants- explore city’s street food and markets: 1. Borough Market (London Bridge) 2. Maltby Street Market (Bermondsey) 3. Camden Market (Camden) 4. Greenwich Market (Greenwich) 5. Spitalfields Market (Shoreditch) 6. Broadway Market (Hackney) 7. Southbank Centre Food Market (Southbank) 8. Portobello Road Market (Notting Hill) 9. Brixton Village and Market Row (Brixton) 10. Mercato Metropolitano (Elephant & Castle) 5. Staying in Zones 1 and 2- Explore our favourites Greenwich, Richmond or Hampstead. #london #londontravel #londonexplorer #londonblogger #londonview #londongardens #uktraveller #uktravelblogger #romaniantraveler #romaniantravelblogger
Museum/Gallery
Ritblat Gallery
Art gallery
4.8
Bank of England Museum
Museum
4.4
Family-friendly museum with interactive exhibitions telling of the Bank's role in today's economy.
The Wallace Collection
Museum
4.8
Museum of world-sourced antiques, sculpture, artworks and armour, set within a palatial townhouse.
Queen's House
Museum
4.5
16th century mansion now used to display items from the National Maritime Museum's collection.
National Maritime Museum
Museum
4.6
Exploring British naval history, with a ship simulator, nautical oddities and interactive games.
Activity/Tour
London Food Walking Tour
Activity
4.9
Place
Leake Street
Landmark
4.8
Road tunnel under the Waterloo station with graffiti initially created during a Banksy festival.
Little Venice
Landmark
Primrose Hill
Landmark
Greenwich Market
Landmark
Broadway Market
Landmark
Greenwich
Landmark
Richmond
Landmark
Hampstead
Landmark
Attraction
Barbican Conservatory
Garden
4.5
Glass-roofed, leafy sanctuary features tropical plants and trees, birdlife and exotic fish.
Richmond Park
Park
4.8
Expansive walled park, originally a 17th-century hunting ground and still home to hundreds of deer.
Crossrail Place Roof Garden
Botanical garden
4.6
Greenery from around the world & performances in a lattice-roofed space atop a retail complex.
Borough Market
Market
4.6
Huge market under the railway lines, for British-reared meat and artisanal baked and dairy goods.
Maltby Street Market
Market
4.6
Outdoor weekend street market with food & drink vendors below 19th-century railway arches.
Spitalfields Market
Market
4.5
Lively market with independent vendors for clothing, jewelry, home items, art & gourmet products.
St Dunstan in the East Church Garden
Garden
4.7
City garden amongst the ruins of a grade I listed church with a tower & steeple by Christopher Wren.
The Post Building Roof Garden
Garden
4.3
Brixton Village Market
Market
4.5
Shopping arcade with global food outlets & local independent traders, dating back to the 1960s.
Tower Bridge
Attraction
4.8
Panoramic views from high-level walkways and behind-the-scenes access to original lifting machinery.
London Eye
Ferris wheel
4.5
Greenwich Park
Park
4.7
Large park with expansive views, home to the Royal Observatory, Maritime Museum & Meridian Line.
Sports/Recreation
Hampstead Heath
Park
4.7
Green oasis for recreation, with swimming ponds, woodland and city views from Parliament Hill.
Victoria Park
Park
4.7
Lakes and fountains in 86 hectares of Victorian greenery in the heart of East London.
Shopping
Southbank Centre Food Market
Market
4.5
Portobello Road Market
Market
4.4
Vintage goods, street eats, souvenirs & more on offer at a bustling weekly market.
Restaurant
Mercato Metropolitano
Food court
4.6
Massive, airy market offering a range of street fare from Italian to Vietnamese, plus cocktails.