London & Wales Itinerary (1 Week)

​** updated : March, 2022 **
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**special note : we used a travel voucher we had through a Portuguese airline company, hence all the layovers, without these or the stop in NYC you would have a few more days to explore the UK! :)

Check out our international packing list here!

Friday

• Fly Anchorage to Seattle to Atlanta to Newark

Saturday

• Arrive in NYC
• Stay : Selina Hotel, Chelsea
• Ideas : Empire State Building, Times Square, Korea Town, Broadway, Central Park, MET (*vaccine card required to enter Empire State Building*)

Sunday

• Ideas : Greenwich Village, 9/11 Memorial, Statue of Liberty, Brooklyn Bridge
• Fly Newark to Portugal to London

Monday

• Arrive in London
• Stay : Hub by Premiere Inn London Westminster
• Ideas : 
  • ​Explore London via 24 hr Hop On-Hop Off Bus (London Eye, Buckingham Palace, Tooley Street aka Tower Bridge, Tower of London and Sky Garden, Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, Piccadilly Circus)​

Tuesday

• Ideas :
  • Finish Hop On Hop Off Tour (keep ticket to reuse today within 24 hrs!)
  • Abbey Road (St. John’s Tube Station)
  • Platform 9 3/4th (Kings Cross Station)
  • Afternoon Tea & River Cruise​
  • London Eye Sunset Ride​

Wednesday

• Ideas :
  • Rent Car for a road trip! We used turo.com/.
  • ​Drive through Snowdonia National Park (Wales)
  • Liverpool & Beatles Tour - Cavern Pub/Cavern Club, Strawberry Fields, Penny Lane
• ​Stay : Holiday Inn Express 

Thursday

• Ideas :
  • ​Falconry
  • Explore Cotswolds
  • Drive to Dorset
• ​Stay : Shepard's Hut Airbnb

Friday

• Ideas :
  • Jurassic Coast - Durdle Door, Old Harry Rocks
  • Breweries - Piddle Brewery, Corfe Castle Brewery
  • Stonehenge (open 9:30 - 5pm)
  • Oxford
  • Drive to Windsor
• Stay : Travelodge (however, we would NOT recommend this hotel, unless they implement some major upgrades and cleaning)

Saturday

• Ideas :
  • Wimbledon
  • Windsor Castle (open 10 - 4pm) & Windsor Village
  • Duck Boat Tour

Sunday

• Fly London to Portugal to New York
• Arrive New York

Monday

• Fly from New York to Minneapolis to Seattle to Anchorage

Watch our adventures here!

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