Friday
- Evening
Dishoom Covent Garden
Bombay café · $$ · Covent GardenLand soft: All-day bacon naan and house chai in a Bombay Irani-café setting.
Why this pick- ·Light on the wallet without feeling cheap
- ·Dinner-grade kitchen worth lingering at
- ·Keeps you in Covent Garden — short walk from your other stops
Saturday
- MorningHampstead HeathOutdoors · Hampstead
320 hectares of meadow, ponds for swimming and Parliament Hill skyline.
Why this pick- ·Light on the wallet without feeling cheap
- ·Best early — lighter crowds before noon
- ·Keeps you in Hampstead — short walk from your other stops
- Lunch
Padella
Italian · $$ · Borough MarketHand-rolled pici cacio e pepe; expect a 45-min queue.
Why this pick- ·Light on the wallet without feeling cheap
- ·Strong lunch option, quick enough to keep the day moving
- ·Keeps you in Borough Market — short walk from your other stops
- AfternoonTate ModernCulture · Bankside
Turbine Hall installations and free Bankside views from the viewing terrace.
Why this pick- ·Light on the wallet without feeling cheap
- ·Holds up in the afternoon energy lull
- ·Keeps you in Bankside — short walk from your other stops
- Evening
Free night plan
Grab a bottle, walk to a viewpoint or waterfront, and watch the city light up. Costs nothing.
Sunday
- MorningBorough MarketFood & Drink · Southwark
Centuries-old food market — salt-beef bagels, oysters and raclette.
Why this pick- ·Light on the wallet without feeling cheap
- ·Best early — lighter crowds before noon
- ·Keeps you in Southwark — short walk from your other stops
- AfternoonSky GardenNightlife · City of London
Free indoor garden 155 m above the Walkie-Talkie — book ahead.
Why this pick- ·Light on the wallet without feeling cheap
- ·Holds up in the afternoon energy lull
- ·Keeps you in City of London — short walk from your other stops
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