Planning for a 4 day trip to London?

Make sure to spend a good amount of time at Westminster Abbey and the Tower; it's worth it. Shell out the extra dough for the audio guides, esp. the one at the Tower. I don't care if it seems dorky; it really enhances the experience. St. Paul's was amazing. Do some shopping in Covent Garden and Portobello Road, if that's your thing. Tour Kensington Palace. Take a jog in Hyde Park, past the Peter Pan statue. Wear sensible shoes, and walk around a lot; there's something worth seeing almost everywhere you look. If you want to save some money (and time), buy some excellent, fresh sandwiches at Pret (there's one every few inches in London), or at a grocery store, instead of stopping at restaurants. Plan out what you want to see in advance, but leave some room for exploration and adventure. Get yourself a good, compact, waterproof map of the city. Bring a small umbrella with you. If you want to get around a bit more quickly, get a Travelcard and learn a bit of the Tube system. Have fun!

If this is your first visit to the capital, I would advise seeing most of the usual tourist sights - Westminster Abbey, Houses of Parliament, Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, Oxford Street, Tower Bridge etc. This would also be the perfect time to have a ride on the Eye.

Once you've done those sights, enjoy the relaxed lifestyle of the numerous parks dotted around the place, maybe walk up the 530 stairs in St Paul's and take in the view of London from the City.

To get around, I would advise taking the tube, as its the most convenient in terms of all the places you want to visit. I would also suggest you either buy a day travelcard, which allows you unlimited travel on the tube, buses and DLR within certain zones. Ask a member of staff at the station as to which ticket would suite you best.

4 days is basically no longer sufficient to conceal Scotland, yet i ought to consider the west coast and Highlands if it is your first time, particularly the Isle of Skye (i will admit i'm biased on that one, i'm from there!), Oban, Inverness - it may no longer be large exciting as someone stated, inspite of the indisputable fact that it really is a superb pleasant small city, has good places to stay, and also you ought to get direct flights from London - and the Loch Ness section. inspite of the indisputable fact that you ought to fly as a lot as Glasgow (a city each bit, if no better exciting, than Edinburgh) and stumble on your way up the west section. absolutely if it really is the romantic/historic part of Scotland you're after it truly must be the Highlands, with each and each of the brilliant surroundings and castles you ought to favor - do basically not anticipate the elements to play ball inspite of the truth that. If it really is cutting-edge Scotland you're searching for inspite of the truth that follow the large cities (Glasgow and Edinburgh).

We bought a multi-day pass for the tube/buses so we had endless trips for the whole time we were there. You can buy 'em according to the number of day you'll need 'em. It's cheaper than buying a ticket every time you use a bus or the tube. They're called "visitors pass" tickets and you can buy 'em at the ticket window. They save you a lot of time, trouble & money!

Best thing I can suggest is to go on one of the River taxis, they are really efficient and can get you up and down the river pretty quickly. You also get to see a lot of the sights too.