One Day in London: The Best Way to See London in a Day

Planning to spend one day in London and not sure where to start? Don’t worry – it’s a tough task but I
have you covered with this step by step itinerary – everything you need to know to tackle London in a
day.

I’m going to start this guide by being brutally honest with you here – seeing London in a day is no easy feat.

This crazy city that I am proud to call my hometown has can be overwhelming – 8 million people call it their
home and 20 million people visit annually. It’s busy, large and can be a bit confusing if you’re visiting for

the first time. My London bucket list alone is enough to keep you entertained for about a year.

Woah.

That all sounds like a lot to deal with – and it would be… if it were not for a little secret.

You can tackle a day in London, seeing many of the city’s biggest sights without breaking a sweat… if you
just know how.

Sure, you could run around in a blind panic, trying to see everything in different parts of the city, visiting all
the museums, stuffing in as much as possible.

But (there’s always a but).

I can guarantee that you would come away from the whole experience a) exhausted b) with only the
vaguest idea about any of the places that you’d encountered in your whirlwind tour of the city. That’s the
silly way.

The smart way is to focus on a relatively small area of central London with the biggest concentration of
sights, all in walkable distance of each other and taking the time to enjoy them all. That’s what this one day
in London guide does.

What’s more? If you want to take things at an even slower pace, simply cut out a thing or two. Simple.

One Day in London Itinerary

Wondering what you can do in London if you only have one day? This cool itinerary takes you to the city’s
highlights.

Buckingham Palace

Alright, alright – I know you want to feast your eyes on Buckingham Palace and who am I to deny you? The
monarchy’s official London residence is a pretty good place to start your London one day trip.

The imposing Georgian palace isn’t the fanciest building in London, but even I’ll admit that it is pretty
impressive – in no small part thanks to its gargantuan size.

The palace is monstrously large: it contains no fewer than 775 rooms, counting 52 bedrooms (and an
additional 188 bedrooms for staff… because the Royal Family are so extra about everything).

You can’t actually go inside for most of the year, but they do open the State Rooms for 10 weeks in the
summer and a couple of other dates throughout the year to enable you to witness the truly OTT (dare I say
it… garish) decor – including the thrones – up, close and personal.

Buckingham Palace is also one of the main locations for seeing the rather cool Changing of the Guard – a
formal procession marking the changing of the Royal Guard.

It’s brilliant – the guards are accompanied by a full brass band and it’s

rather cool watching a tradition that has been going for centuries. The Changing of the Guard takes place
daily at 10.45am during the summer months, and on alternate days for the rest of the year.