RECOMMENDATIONS FOR LONDON, 2011

First do a London Duck Tour to get an overview (pickup near London Eye). Westminster Parliament (go inside, see a committee in progress) Westminster Abbey Downing Street (Gordon Brown) Hourseguards Parade Trafalgar Square Theatre District Piccadilly Circus Leicester Square Covent Garden River Walk London Eye Millennium Bridge to St Pauls Cathedral tour Pudding Lane / Monument Law

Royal Courts of Justice (go in & watch a case or take a tour on Monday) Lincolns Inn

Tower Bridge Area The Globe Theatre (Shakespeare) Clink Street, Cutty Sark Borough Market Tower Bridge & tour St Catherines Dock Tower of London tour & crown jewels Royalty

The Mall Buckingham Palace tour and changing of guard (11:20am) Hyde Park & Speakers Corner (go on Sunday) Kensington Palace & Gardens, Diana Memorial

Museums British Museum & The Great Court Victoria & Albert Museum Natural History Museum Shopping Harrods Bond Street and Regent Street (and visit Sothebys or Bonhams auctions if possible) Tea at Claridges or Fortnum & Masons Saville Row Oxford Street (for a few minutes!) Portland Sqaure the BBC Outside London Greenwich Royal Observatory & Maritime Museum (go by river cruise, back by DLR) Hampton Court River Cruise (3h), Maze Kew Gardens (30m by train) Canterbury / Leeds Castle Cambridge day trip (1h by train) Maybe Paris day trip by Eurostar! (2 hrs each way)

Enjoy! Riaz

riaz@riazshah.com