Description: Have a taste for modern art? Visit the Tate Modern. Based in the old Bankside Power Station, Tate Modern is one of the largest museums of contemporary art in the world. See the eight themed collection exhibitions in the gallery for free, or buy the tickets to see the spectacular temporary exhibitions in the enormous Turbine Hall.

Sunday: 10:00 - 18:00
Monday: 10:00 - 18:00
Tuesday: 10:00 - 18:00
Wednesday: 10:00 - 18:00
Thursday: 10:00 - 18:00
Friday: 10:00 - 22:00
Saturday: 10:00 - 22:00

Description: Watch a show, tour the backstage and see the exhibitions at the Royal National Theatre at the South Bank. Opened in 1976-77, the building houses three stages and presents no less than 25 different productions annually. Aside from the shows, the National Theatre also offers guided tours, learning centres and other events including talks, interviews and discussions. Visit the National Theatre’s website for more details.

Description: In the heart of the Southbank Centre is the Royal Festival Hall, a grandiose classical music venue that holds up to 2,500 audience members. The venue serves as the base for the world-famous London Philharmonic Orchestra and attracts leading classical musicians from around the world. The building is unique with post-war architecture and also equipped with open spaces and foyers for social meetings. Please visit the Southbank Centre website for more details. The surrounding Southbank Centre includes many restaurants and cafés offering cuisines from around the world, including Yo! Sushi, Strada, and Le Pain Quotidien.

Description: Created to celebrate the millennium in 2000, the London Eye is the tallest Ferris wheel in Europe and one of the most popular tourist spots in London. Although a recent addition to London’s skyline, the wheel is known for its frequent appearances in popular culture, making it a landmark nearly as well-known as Big Ben across the river. The wheel rotates continuously at a slow speed, allowing visitors a seamless experience. One circuit takes half an hour. At its tallest point visitors are 135m over London. Find a spot to sit in Jubilee Gardens and watch the wheel slowly turning.

Description: Next to Westminster Bridge, London County Hall is a six storey crescent-shaped building in the Edwardian Baroque style. It used to be the seat of the London County Council, London’s local government until 1986 and was eventually sold into private hands in 1990. Nowadays, the building is now the site of many popular attractions including the London Sea Life Aquarium and the London Dungeon.

Description: Walk across Westminster Bridge, one of the most important crossings in the city of London. Next to the Houses of Parliament, the bridge was the setting for William Wordsworth's celebrated poem 'Composed upon Westminster Bridge,' dating from 1807. Visitors today are lucky to experience the tranquility Wordsworth described. 'Earth has not anything to show more fair: Dull would he be of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its majesty: This City now doth, like a garment, wear The beauty of the morning silent, bare, Ships, towers, domes, theatres and temples lie Open unto the fields, and to the sky All bright and glittering in the smokeless air. Never did sun more beautifully steep In his first splendor, valley, rock, or hill Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep! The river glideth at his own sweet will: Dear God! The very houses seem asleep And all that mighty heart is lying still!'

Description: End your trip at Westminster Underground station. The station serves the Circle and District lines as well as the Jubilee line.