Excellent recs. Two others & some day trips if time permits
by Jack 
, Wednesday, February 19, 2020, 13:52 (2262 days ago) @ BillyGoat
I am a sucker for the Tower also but equally for Westminster Abbey. Also, we did a Parliament tour a year ago last summer and it was great, for the exact reasons you'd expect. Book in advance because it's only open for complete tours days that Parliament is not in session (complete tours meaning the House of Commons and House of Lords), and not even all of those days either. All that information is available online on the Parliament website.
Hampton Court is effectively in the Surrey London suburbs, so very close - it's Henry VIII's castle that he swiped from Cardinal Wolsey, is another place kids would like, including kids like me who are also suckers for the Tower.
I really liked Canterbury and really liked Cambridge. Bath was good but a longer distance back and forth.
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Flann,
2020-02-19, 10:46
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- couple more tips on Paris rentals - Jay, 2020-02-20, 08:51
- Terrific info. Thanks everyone.
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Flann,
2020-02-20, 07:06
- travel threads, some good stuff in here - Jay, 2020-02-19, 13:59
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Jack,
2020-02-19, 11:58
- airbnb has been good to me - Jay, 2020-02-20, 08:06
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Mark,
2020-02-19, 14:09
- No. I should have - Jack, 2020-02-19, 16:50
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- Montmartre is totally worth it -
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oviedoirish,
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BillyGoat,
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- Thanks. -
oviedoirish,
2020-02-20, 12:39
- Thanks.
- My approach to London is Tube-based... -
BillyGoat,
2020-02-20, 11:18
- another great day trip with kids is Dover Castle - Jay, 2020-02-20, 08:29
- great post, added it to the 'travel' tag -
Jay,
2020-02-20, 08:23
- Excellent recs. Two others & some day trips if time permits -
Jack,
2020-02-19, 13:52
- Kill 2 birds with 1 stone - take a river cruise to Hampton - PasadenaDomer, 2020-02-20, 06:18
- Hampton Court is a good call. I've always wanted to - BillyGoat, 2020-02-19, 14:20
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oviedoirish,
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- I did Airbnb in Paris - Bryan (IrishCavan), 2020-02-19, 10:59
- neighborhoods in Paris -
Jay,
2020-02-20, 08:16