In london on a Saturday get to Portabella Road Market near Notting Hill  020 7229 8354 - www.portobelloroad.co.uk

A rare find, it is one of the most popular London tourist spots, and also a regular stop for many actual Londoners. It styles itself on being one of the world's largest antiques markets, yet has so much more than antiques. Only on Saturday.

If in London On Sunday go to Camden Market at he Camden Locks  www.camdenlock.net/about.html

Camden Town - Northern Line. Then 2 minutes walk up to the markets - brilliant. Rain or shine, it does not really matter, as much of it is under cover. You can then pick up a boat/barge trip to Regents Park Zoo. The amazing fascias above the shops around the market areas are breathtaking! There are numerous foodstalls to try of every nationality and several cafe bars.

Monday to Friday Try  starting at The Tate Modern Gallery, you do not need to go in for long but it is a great place to start a tour of the old part of London. www.tate.org.uk

Walk over the Millenium bridge towards Saint Paul's Cathederal. Alternatively visit the Tate and then take the Tate Boat down the River Thames. 020 7887 8888. The Thames is the heart of London and this ride on the river will allow you to glimpse a little piece of 2000 years of history in 20 minutes. 

The Tate to Tate Boat (incorporating The Tate Gallery and Tate Modern) is a state-of-the-art, 220-seat catamaran, with specially commissioned exterior and interior designs by artist Damien Hirst. Fabulous way to travel through london

Takes about 20 minuets each way

As well as providing a fast and relaxing cruise between the Galleries for culture vultures, it’s also a brilliant fume-free way to get between Westminster and the City.

The service also calls at Waterloo pier, near the London Eye. We do not recommend the London Eye because you do not have the time to get stuck in the  line-ups. Each Rotation takes 30 minutes but the line ups can be almost as long again.

 https://www.londoneye.com/

Buckingham Palace and Horse Guards  can both be seen, one after the other,  if you rush through St James Park.But check  schedule first there is a summer and winter timetable plus special events.

Start at 11.00 am sharp [10.00am sunday] on Whitehall just below Trafalgar sqare next to Downing street. You will  need to leave by 11.20 before the end  of the ceremony and dash out through the back of Horse guards parade and through St James park to arrive at Buckingham palace just after the ceremony has started at 11.30. If you do not need to rush then start at Buckingham palace for the 11.30 and catch the Horse Guards  for their 4.00pm guard change.

http://www.changing-the-guard.com/sched.htm

11.00 am and 4.00pm at Horse Guards Parade [whitehall] 

11.30 am at Buckingham palace

From Buckingham Palace you can easily walk to other great London sights including; Houses of Parliament, Big Ben,  St James' Palace, 10 Downing Street, The River Thames, Trafalgar Square. 
 

Start at Oxford circus. Walk a few blocks down Regent street and turn left: Great Malborough street and turn onto Carnaby street.

Turn left at the bottom and walk through into Soho, on Beak street.

Turn Right onto upper james and then lower james into Picadilly Circus.

Follow left along Coventry street towards Leicester Square. Stay straight for Cranbourn and Long Acre until you reach Covent Garden Tube. Turn Left and enter Covent Garden Market   Get Directions  - www.coventgardenmarket.co.uk

This is a good site for Oera and Ballet

Start on Oxford street at the Bond Street Tube station walk south down South Molten street

Turn right towards Old Bond Street. Follow all the way down to Picadilly. If you look right you will see the Ritz Hotel Formal dress code and reservations are  required for afternoon tea so better to turn left back towards Picadilly Circus for a two or three blocks.Turn right on Duke steert and then left on Jermyn Steet to walk parraelle with Picadilly and end up south of Picadilly circus on The Haymarket. Turn Right and you will be at Trafalgar square

 Take a walk around the Tower, stroll  across the bridge and walk around St katherines Dock making sure to stop at Charles Dickens INN for a classic Pub Lunch and a pint. Nearest Tube is Tower Hill

 www.towerbridge.org.uk/TowerBridge/English

 www.camelotintl.com

The Dickens Inn

Address: St. Katharines Dock, Tower Bridge

T: 020 7488 2208

http://www.dickensinn.co.uk/LinkDetail.aspx?LnkId=1