How to spend 48 hours in London
Two days, no rush. A gentle route through markets, museums and the quieter corners we love.
Forty-eight hours is not long enough to see London, and it is a mistake to try. Pick a couple of neighbourhoods, walk between them and leave room for whatever you stumble across.
Day one
Start with breakfast near a market, then spend the morning in one of the free museums. After lunch, walk along the river as the light drops and find somewhere warm for dinner.
Day two
- Coffee and pastries in a quiet square
- A morning in a park, whatever the weather
- An afternoon of bookshops and galleries
- An early supper before the train home
When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life.
Keep a few pages free for the places you did not plan. They are nearly always the ones you remember.