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Day 1 is Westminster and the South Bank on foot: Abbey at 9:30am, Borough Market lunch, Tate Modern, St Paul's evensong. Day 2 heads east to the Tower of London at 9am, Tower Bridge, then north to the British Museum. Day 3 goes west — V&A, Hyde Park, Portobello Road. About 21 kilometres of walking over the three days, all within zones 1 and 2.
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3-day itinerary
Day 1 is Westminster and the South Bank on foot: Abbey at 9:30am, Borough Market lunch, Tate Modern, St Paul's evensong. Day 2 heads east to the Tower of London at 9am, Tower Bridge, then north to the British Museum. Day 3 goes west — V&A, Hyde Park, Portobello Road. About 21 kilometres of walking over the three days, all within zones 1 and 2.
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Must-see
The Tower of London, not the London Eye. The Eye is a 30-minute queue for a view you'll forget; the Tower is where 950 years of English power — coronation regalia, execution blocks, the ravens that supposedly keep the kingdom standing — sit inside Norman stone walls on the Thames. Book a 9am entry online to beat school groups.
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Food culture
London's food identity is immigrant-built. The best meals tend to come from communities that settled specific postcodes — Bengali cooks in Whitechapel, Cantonese roast-meat shops in Chinatown, Turkish ocakbasi grills along Green Lanes in Harringay. Skip the tourist-facing restaurants near major stations. The real eating happens in neighbourhood markets and at counters where English might be the third language spoken.
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Where locals go
Peckham's Rye Lane for weeknight jerk chicken and dancehall bass through takeaway windows. Maltby Street Market in Bermondsey on Saturday mornings before 10. Walthamstow's God's Own Junkyard on a Friday when neon throws pink light across the beer garden. Dalston's Ridley Road Market weekday mornings — Turkish flatbread warm off the griddle, £1.50. That's where Londoners spend their own time.
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Where to stay
King's Cross or Bloomsbury for a first visit — you're on the Northern, Piccadilly, Victoria, and Circle lines from one cluster, ten minutes' walk from the British Museum, and hotels run $130–$220 a night. South Kensington if museums matter most. Avoid booking near Heathrow thinking you'll save; the Tube ride eats an hour each way.
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