LJ: Your Opinion!

[brigdh]

Thank you for all your advice on London sight-seeing! But now I have another question: if you were going to do a one-day trip from London to somewhere else, where would you go?

Stipulations:
It's going to be this weekend (ie, the 10th and/or 11th of April), so it can't be anything that requires a booking far in advance
It has to be one-day, back in London for sleeping
We're already going to Cardiff in Wales, so don't recommend that (I have to visit the university there for business, so if you know things I should see while in Cardiff, let me know!)
Hopefully not crazy-expensive
Is it better to travel on Saturday or Sunday? I have this impression that more stuff might be closed on Sundays, but I don't know if that's true.

Where else should I visit, LJ?

Comments

[telophase.livejournal.com]

1. Oxford, where you can do a lot of walking around and looking at medieval buildings and thinking "I'm in Oxford!" or pick up a walking tour, which will take you around and give you history.

2. Or Brighton

3. Or do Hampton Court Palace as your one-day, as it's large enough to take a lot of time.

4. Blenheim Palace, which is not very far from Oxford IIRC and, if you've got a full day, might be squeezed into an Oxford day.

5. Paris. Long day, but it can be done via Eurostar or a short hop on a plane.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

And when Toby and I go to Cardiff this fall, we plan on finding the shrine to Ianto at Cardiff Bay (5th photo down (http://bettina.dreamwidth.org/677781.html)). XD

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

Ha! My girlfriend is way into Torchwood, so we will definitely be seeing all the Ianto stuff, even if I don't watch the show.

[thebratqueen.livejournal.com]

*points up* Hampton Court!! It is awesome and I wanna live there. Go say hi to it on my behalf :D

[schpahky.livejournal.com]

Oxford is fun, beautiful, and oh so literary and televisionary. And the bus tours are worth it.

[pocketmouse]

I forget the travel time on this, so it might not actually be feasible as a turnaround trip, but I recommend Stratford-on-Avon, or the nearby town of Warwick. Stratford's draw is obvious, and Warwick has a cool castle you can check out. Much better than a ren faire.

[miep.livejournal.com]

if you do go to Oxford, and you want a real student pub, as opposed to the touristy silliness that is the Eagle and Child (CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien held Scribblies meetings there) or the other type of touristy silliness that is the King's Arms next door to Wadham (did you know you can stay in the colleges?!? http://bit.ly/9AJrtA ), then head on down Broad St as it becomes Bath Pl, and go through the little archway marked "The Turf" on your right. It's a 13th C. ale house. They pull Greene King there, which is quite drinkable....

[coyotegoth.livejournal.com]

I can't answer this off the top of my head- but happy birthday!

[natf.livejournal.com]

Brighton. Canterbury. Cambridge. All are within easy train travel. Bear in mind that our trains run to a timetable and are rarely four hours late like Amtrak!