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shellychen Oct 5th, 2013 07:04 AM

trip between uk and amsterdam
 
Dear everyone,
i will be heading to europe in december.
May i know if i have full 7 days,shall i spend the 7 days in london or shall i split into 2 and go amsterdam?
1st day-tour around london central
2nd day-book a tour to stonehenge& bath
3rd day-king cross area
4th day-cambridge king's college
5th day-head to amsterdam by train
6th-Zaanse Schans windmill
7th- cheese making factory
8th-head to paris

if i would like to see big ben,oxford street, shakespear globe,london bridge,buckingham palace,trafalgar square,royal ablert hall,palace of webminster
Is this itinerary feasible?

bilboburgler Oct 5th, 2013 07:08 AM

No.

Why are you going to Kings Cross (famous for a couple of good stations and some very unsavory types)?

What is london central?

Tulips Oct 5th, 2013 07:09 AM

Hi Shelly,
With so little time, I wouldn't bother with a full day trip to Stonehenge and Bath, nor with Cambridge.
There's plenty to see and do in London. Why King's Cross area? Not much to see there.

Same with Amsterdam; if you are arriving there on day 5, spend day 5, 6 and 7 in Amsterdam.

Or spend the full 7 days in London, and do the daytrips to Bath and Cambridge, if you prefer.

Tulips Oct 5th, 2013 07:12 AM

Most of the sites you mention, you just walk past. Buckingham Palace is not open in December. Royal Albert Hall is not very interesting unless you are going to see a performance.

shellychen Oct 5th, 2013 07:13 AM

hi,if i spend 7 full days in london,can i still arrange stonehenge?
how can i arrange if i want to visit big ben,oxford street, shakespear globe,london bridge,buckingham palace,trafalgar square,royal ablert hall,palace of webminster?
are there any recommended place to visit in london?
thank you so much!!

bilboburgler Oct 5th, 2013 07:19 AM

Yes
You need to look at a map of London and the "Tube" map, which makes each of the London sites you have selected easy to get to. So for example Big Ben, Palace of Westminster are very close and just a walk by, while Oxford Street needs you to take an underground train.

Stonehenge (loads of tours go there) can take either half a day, a full day or can be combined with other things to make a full day out, note that in December the daylight hours are short and the weather can be miserable (wet and cool but seldom cold)

Hooameye Oct 5th, 2013 08:38 AM

"i want to visit big ben,oxford street, shakespear globe,london bridge,buckingham palace,trafalgar square,royal ablert hall,palace of webminster"

I would think it's Tower Bridge that you want to see, not London Bridge (very boring):
http://www.londonbeep.com/wp-content...lection-1-.jpg

http://www.walklondon.com/london-wal...ridge-att3.jpg

nytraveler Oct 5th, 2013 09:41 AM

In so few days you really don't have time to see London, do 2 day trips and also visit Amsterdam.

(And if going to Amsterdam you seem to have some very odd choices - versus the biggest sights - Anne Frank house, Van Gogh Museum, Rijksmuseum, canal tour, etc) If you want to visit some sort of "factory" better to go to a Delft place or tour a diamond factory - cheese-making is rally boring.

shellychen Oct 5th, 2013 08:03 PM

Thank you so much!


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