48 Hours in London

London, the capital of England and the United Kingdom, is a 21st-century city with history stretching back to Roman...

Activities

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Richmond, UK

3,00 acres of beautiful green space, filled with stunning vistas, rare plants, Victorian glasshouses, a Chinese pagoda and a treetop walkway. You...

Wimbledon

Wimbledon, London, UK

Wimbledon is a leafy south-west London suburb that plays host to the world’s greatest lawn tennis championship every summer.

Mixed Bathing Pond

Hampstead Heath, London NW5 1QR, UK

Bathing ponds in the middle of the wild green space of Hampstead Heath, where you can splash about any time of year. In fact, it’s the only place in...

Shakespeare's Globe

21 New Globe Walk, London SE1 9DT, UK

A reconstruction of William Shakespeare’s circular theatre, which was destroyed by a fire, sat a few hundred yards from its original site.

Little Venice

Little Venice, London, UK

A quaint and extremely instagrammable corner of London, it's known for its stunning waterways and narrowboats.

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Riverside Building, County Hall, London SE1 7PB, UK

A giant ferris wheel on the South Bank, with equally enormous views of the city.

Restaurants

Cafe Cecilia

32 Andrews Rd, London E8 4FX, UK

Since Max Rocha’s debut solo venture opened in 2021, its smash-hit status has been impossible to deny. Part neighbourhood bistro and part classy...

Quo Vadis

26-29 Dean St, London W1D 3LL, UK

The recently revamped classic dining room of the ‘great dame of Dean Street’ boasts one of the world’s most charismatic chefs at the fore. Jeremy Lee...

Akoko

21 Berners St, London W1T 3LP, UK

A west African tasting menu of dreams in Fitzrovia, with 10-odd courses courtesy of exec chef Ayo Adeyemi, who took over the kitchen in September 2022...

Tofu Vegan Islington

105 Upper St, London N1 1QN, UK

The menu is entirely plant-based: it’s mock-meat, tofu and beancurd galore. But the fact it’s all vegan (and by extension, theoretically less damaging...

Chet's

65 Shepherd's Bush Grn, London W12 8QE, UK

LA chef Kris Yenbamroong has spent the past decade wowing his hometown with bold Thai flavours – and an extremely well-curated natural wine list – at...

St. JOHN Marylebone

98 Marylebone Ln, London W1U 2JE, UK

The latest incarnation of this iconic London restaurant is perhaps its finest offering to date. A shorter, ever-changing blackboard menu removes the...

Shopping

Oxford Street

Oxford St, London, UK

Oxford Street is one of the busiest streets in the world. The bustling crowds are attracted by a huge range of shops and department stores that offer...

Knightsbridge

Knightsbridge, London, UK

Knightsbridge in London’s West End is the best place in the city for designer fashion. Straddling Kensington and Chelsea, the whole area has a genteel...

Spitalfields Market

65 Brushfield St, London E1 6AA, UK

Spitalfields Market is renowned for its cutting-edge fashion boutiques, vintage traders and generally cool atmosphere. It’s open every day, but on...

Camden Market

54-56 Camden Lock Pl, London NW1 8AF, UK

Ever-vibrant Camden Market is a centre of the counter-culture movement, so you’ll find many niche stalls selling anything from punk fashion to...

Westfield London Shopping Centre

Westfield London Shopping Centre, Ariel Way, London W12 7GF, UK

The UK doesn’t do malls on the same scale as Asia or the US, but Westfield is one clear exception. This huge dome of retail has hundreds of brands,...

Portobello Road

Portobello Rd, London, UK

Portobello Road market is one of the world’s largest antiques markets, running through the whole of Notting Hill. It’s most famous for its main...