- Stay in Covent Garden — a great neighborhood, especially for your first time in the city
- Take a bicycle tour — we booked the Classic London Landmarks Bicycle Tour with Viator
- Eat at one of Ottolenghi's restaurants
- Dishoom (Covent Garden location) — gorgeous restaurant and great food, book way in advance
- Visit Sky Garden — it's free but you need reservations at skygarden.london
- Portobello Market is a must, and so is The Distillery where they make Portobello Gin — the-distillery.london
- Take advantage of the free museums
- No need for a metro card — use your credit card directly (use the same card to exit as you used to enter)
- Fentiman Arms (64 Fentiman Road) — best pub food ever and great atmosphere
- Seven Dials Market (35 Earlham St) — multi-level food court with dozens of micro-restaurants & bars
- Cocktail making class at The Alchemist — so fun!
- SUSHISAMBA — highest outdoor dining terrace in Europe, 38th & 39th floors of the Heron Tower
- Tower of London: Beefeater tour is free with admission — use the Middle Drawbridge entrance (much less crowded)
- Charlotte's friend shared a great insider list: Google Doc guide
Best way to see a city is to take a bike tour. We booked the Classic London Landmarks Bicycle Tour with Viator — and were lucky enough to catch the changing of the guards along the way!
Ottolenghi's restaurant NOPI. Amazing food, drinks and a crazy mirrored bathroom! (Book your reservation way in advance.)
Fentiman Arms (64 Fentiman Road) was the best pub food ever and great atmosphere too! On our walk there we even passed Vauxhall City Farm and got to say hi to the goats and alpacas!
Seven Dials Market (35 Earlham St) was a really fun place to grab lunch — a multi-level food court with dozens of micro-restaurants & bars, plus a bookshop & event space.
Highly recommend taking a cocktail making class at The Alchemist. So fun!
Located on the 38th and 39th floors of the Heron Tower at 110 Bishopsgate, SUSHISAMBA is the highest outdoor dining terrace in Europe. There is even a glass elevator — and it was right next to The Alchemist!
We had a great time drinking beer and lots of gin in the pubs. The flower boxes outside all the pubs were gorgeous and very welcoming!
Stumbled across the Black Friar at 174 Queen Victoria St — very cool interior and exterior!
London's highest garden with fantastic views, restaurants, a bar and garden. It's free but you need to book a time and make a reservation: skygarden.london
Be sure to take a Beefeater tour at The Tower — it's free with admission. Use the Middle Drawbridge entrance as it is much less crowded.
