When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life.

Hello world!
The first place I would love to describe is the city where I left my heart...London!
Today is perfect for me to explain what you can see in this amazing city because in this day, October 21 of exactly 3 years ago I went there to live and realize one of my biggest dream.
About this great place, I could write one thousand of different recommendations but one thing is sure...it offers everything you need or everything you're looking for.

The city is divided into zones but reach the city center is very easy because of the organization between the tube and the buses during the day and the night time.

The prices of the public transport are not so cheap and if you organise to stay more then 3 days, the easy way is to buy a weekly oyster card, usable 24 hours on tube and buses too.

If you organise to move with the tube during the weekend, pay attention of the closures of the different lines due to maintenance.
The easiest way to check an alternative route is to visit this web site:   http://www.tfl.gov.uk/

If you are looking for an hotel, a bed and breakfast or an hostel, you will find lot of accomodations, depending on the amount you want to spend.
I tried both of them, and I definitely prefer to advice you the second one, for an easy reason: you can find nice and clean bed and breakfast and not so expensive at all.
I personally found and tried a good solution, a nice bed and breakfast in King's Cross area: Princess Hotel.
Small, clean and not expensive at all, comparing it with the prices of this city, and with friendly staff, speaking english and italian too!
Two minutes by walk directly from the station, connected with 6 different lines of the tube.

Please, you find here the web site where you can check availability of rooms, find prices, contacts and directly book online:   http://www.princesshotel.co.uk/

But now, let's speak about what you can visit and see in this amazing city!

The center is the most tourist area, from Piccadilly Circus and Soho with the suggestive China Town, walking towards Trafalgar Square and then straight to the House of Parliament (you can enter inside and visit in a few months of the year) and Westminister Abbey.

Crossing the Thames towards St. Paul Cathedral walking between lot of buskers, under the London Eye, on the southbank river.

If you'd like to walk and you're lucky finding out a sunny day (of course, if you prefere, you can do it also if you find the very famous London rain), you could enjoy the visit of the city with all the beautiful things you can see.
Tower Bridge, the Tower of London and the suggestive area around here, east London, the City and the economic heart, very busy during the week for all the workers around, almost empty during the weekend.
You can not lose one of the oldest ceremonies, changing the guard, taking place at Buckingam Palace everyday in the morning.

Lot of the most important museum are free if you like to organise your visit during the opening time (open until late in some days of the week), these are some of the places where you do not have to pay a ticket to get in: Tate Modern, Science Museum, Natural History Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, National Portrait Gallery, National Gallery, British Museum.

You will pay a ticket only for few exhibitions.
Madame Tussauds museum is one of the most common tourist attraction.
The ticket is a bit expensive but, in my opinion, it is absolutely to try once in life.
It is closed only on Christmas day and, if you do not want to queue so long, the best recommendation is to choose an off-peak day.

If you will go in London for shopping, well done, you chose the right place!

Oxford street, Regent street and Carnaby street are the middle of the shopping with hundred of different shops. 

I would advice Westfield too, Sheperd's Bush station, the biggest shopping center in all Europe.

Amazing and huge place where you can relax yourselves between shops, restaurants and cinema too.

Absolutely, you need to spend part of your time visiting some of the most famous markets.

Notting Hill and Portobello road with a nice vintage market, Camden town with an amazing extravagant market, Covent Garden market surrounded by buskers all day long and Brick Lane and Liverpool street markets and all the social life of East London around.

Do not miss them!

 

London is perfect for the social life...from happy hours in a tipical english pub to clubs, you will enjoy your night out meeting people from all the nations.
If you want to go clubbing, just choose the right party for you, from rock to house you will find lot of different choices.
The city is full of bars where you can dance too.
Some bars I would recommend to you: Gem Bar, Zebrano, Tiger Tiger, Bar Sport and many more.
I would like to remember you some of the most famous club as Ministry of Sound, Fabric and Pacha, where some of the most important DJs will be often part of the line up!
Here the link if you want to check the parties:
http://www.fabriclondon.com/
http://www.ministryofsound.com/
http://www.pachalondon.com/

Last but not least, if you love the nature, you can spend entire days in the beautiful London parks.
Places treated with special care, you will find colorful flowers, green lawns and squirrels running very close to you.
You can find a various choice, here some of them, advised for you: St. James Park, Hyde Park, Regent's Park, Greenwich Park, Richmond Park and Primrose Hill (very close to Regent's Park) a very good place where you can admire a great view of the city.

A special town where you will hear languages of all parts of the world.

Go and try to feel what this wonderful city could offer to you!

Enjoy!

"Why, Sir, you find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford." - Samuel Johnson

With Love,

G