London Art & Architecture Tour

Visit UK & Ireland: London Art & Architecture

7 Days/6 Nights

 

DAY 1: HOME – LONDON

Board your transatlantic flight and fly through the night to London.

DAY 2: LONDON

Welcome to the United Kingdom! Meet your Prométour Tour Director upon arrival at the airport.

Board your bus and transfer to your hotel. While doing so, enjoy a panoramic tour of London; See many sights such as Hyde Park, Piccadilly Circus, Tower Bridge, Tower of London, Trafalgar Square, Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament.

While in London, travel as the locals do, by walking or taking public transportation.

Discover the British Museum, it has over 7 million artifacts dating from Egyptian mummies to modern day wonders.

Have dinner with your group in a local restaurant.

Overnight accommodation in London.

DAY 3: LONDON

Breakfast at the hotel.

Soak in London’s Modern architecture! With a specialist guide, learn about many famous and controversial buildings such as; the Walkie Talkie, the Gherkin and the Cheese Grater. Pass by the innovative Lloyd’s building, make sure to take a look at its 12 external glass lifts.

Enjoy the view of London from The Shard – known as London’s highest viewing platform, it’s the only place to take in over 1,000 years of the capital’s history all at once.

Enjoy lunch on your own.

Enter the National Gallery – The collection contains over 2,300 works, including many famous works, such as van Eyck’s Arnolfini Portrait, Velázquez’s Rokeby Venus, Turner’s Fighting Temeraire and Van Gogh’s Sunflowers.

Dinner at a local restaurant.

Overnight accommodation in London.

DAY 4: LONDON

Breakfast at the hotel.

Follow your tour director as he/she covers Tudor architecture as well as information about the Great Fire of London of 1666, and the recovery of buildings in the aftermath.

Enjoy lunch on your own.

Explore the home of Henry VIII, Hampton Court Palace. See Henry’s Great Hall, the Haunted Gallery and the Tudor kitchens.

Enter Liberty London – the perfect example of Tudor Architecture. Enjoy some leisure time for shopping!

Dinner at a local restaurant.

Overnight accommodation in London.

DAY 5: LONDON

Breakfast at the hotel.

Building sustainably is one of today’s biggest issue. Partake in a walking tour an in-depth look at the environmentally-friendly, uplifting buildings shaping London’s landscape.

Enjoy lunch on your own.

Discover the Victoria & Albert Museum, the world’s largest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 4.5 million objects.

Spend some time at Kensington Gardens, a 270 acres park connected oto Kensington Palace. Make sure to enter the Serpentine Gallery to explore it’s two contemporary art galleries.

Dinner at a local restaurant.

Overnight accommodation in London.

DAY 6: LONDON

Breakfast at the hotel.

Enter St-Paul’s Cathedral; located on Ludgate Hill in the financial district known as the City of London, it is the seat of the Bishop of London and a major London landmark.

Enter the Tate Modern with your group and discover the many collection of British art from 1900 to the present day.

Enjoy lunch on your own at the Borough Market.

Follow an expert guide on a Street Art Tour of Shoreditch – discover in detail the local art and graffiti, keep your eyes peeled for Banksy’s work.

Dinner at a local restaurant.

Overnight accommodation in London.

DAY 7: LONDON – HOME

Breakfast at the hotel.

Transfer to the airport.

Say a fond Goodbye to your Prométour Tour Director.

Board your transatlantic flight from London and fly back home.

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