London & Wales Itinerary

A Complete One Week London & Wales Itinerary

3/26/2022

During our 1 week itinerary we used a travel voucher we had through a Portuguese airline company, hence all the layovers. Without these or the layover in NYC you would have a few more days to explore the UK! This is a copy of the general itinerary we followed while exploring the UK.

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Our One Week London & Wales Itinerary

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)