One day in London...
mashamoto79
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Is it doable to:
Arrive at Victoria Station mid morning on a Saturday.
Walk to Buckingham Palace, have a look round, take a few photos.
Walk down The Mall/St James's Park on the way to Covent Garden
If we are not too tired we would like to walk back to the station as well, is there a scenic route that we can do?
Cheap places to eat for lunch? Any ideas where we can do this?
Arrive at Victoria Station mid morning on a Saturday.
Walk to Buckingham Palace, have a look round, take a few photos.
Walk down The Mall/St James's Park on the way to Covent Garden
If we are not too tired we would like to walk back to the station as well, is there a scenic route that we can do?
Cheap places to eat for lunch? Any ideas where we can do this?
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Plenty of places to eat dependinh on what you fancy eating, All sorts of prices as well
Depending on when you come and the weather could always eat in the park
Walk to convent garden from Victoria via Buckingham palace is easy and very do-able. 1.7 miles according to google maps.
Just put Victoria to convent garden market into Google maps, hit the walking symbol and bobs your uncle
Alternatively catch a number 11 bus, but that won't take you past the palace
Cheap places to eat... Now that depends on what you consider cheap....:o
Of course it is possible to do all these things although these days you don't really need to take photographs as there are so many out there on the internet in Google Images.
Any old Cafe is good for lunch. Use trip advisor before you go to find the best one.
I've looked at Google Maps and the walk looks fine, we walked more yesterday in temperatures of -6.
We want to go to Covent Garden as my husband wants to go to the big Apple store there so I can look around there while he is there with our 7 yo.
We just want to concentrate on one part instead of rushing around and seeing lots but not really seeing it if you know what I mean.
If the weather is nice I think we will just get something from M&S and eat it outside.
Plenty to do in Covent Garden, Even if your son dont want to walk around a boring old apple store there are plenty of street performers for him to watch and get involved in, Magic etc.
If the walk so far is not too much, you could even walk to number 10 and big ben etc without too much hardship (from Charing Cross about another 10 mins walk)
My son won't be bored in the Apple Store;)...but he will like the other stuff.
Hopefully there is enough time in the day to go somewhere else.
We spent 3 days in London and ate very reasonably every day in Soho . Mind you my daughter led us around and knew all the good cheap places . But thee wer eplenty of reasonably priced and good restaurants to choose from
I also agree about taking the bus back to the station if you're going to do all that walking.
if you are at covent garden, you could have a free tour of the Masonic Buidings in Great Queen Street
Sounds like a nice day out to me
In the USA that would be classed as a "few blocks"!
Personally I 'm not keen on Covent Garden , much too touristy, and the live acts are nothing special, and I think the cafes there are a bit of a rip off
Definitely too far to walk, then.
You could probably do all of that in 3 hours, less if you buy a one day travelcard and use the underground. Victoria to Embankment is only about 18 minutes. If you do want to try some cheapish food, the various food trucks around the South Bank Centre are good and offer a lot of variety.