It is easy to think of London as all grey stone and red buses, but spend a day here and you’ll notice how green it actually is. Vast royal parks

There are cities you read about, and cities you feel the second you step out of the station. London is firmly the second kind — and you feel it most

With its rows of candy-colored houses, its famous market, and a film named after it, Notting Hill is one of west London’s most photogenic and beloved neighborhoods. Elegant yet relaxed,

If shopping is on your London wish list, all roads lead to Oxford Street. This famous mile-and-a-half of retail is the busiest shopping street in Europe, drawing millions of visitors

Bright, busy, and buzzing with energy, Piccadilly Circus is London’s answer to New York’s Times Square — a dazzling junction wrapped in giant glowing advertising screens where the whole city

If Hyde Park is London’s lively heart, Regent’s Park is its elegant soul — the most refined and beautifully landscaped of all the royal parks. Add the grassy slope of

Of all London’s royal parks, Regent’s Park is perhaps the most elegant — a graceful sweep of formal gardens, sports fields, and tree-lined avenues just north of the busy centre.

The largest of London’s Royal Parks, Richmond Park is a vast, beautiful expanse of ancient woodland, grassland, and ponds in the city’s southwest — and a National Nature Reserve. Spanning

The largest of London’s Royal Parks, Richmond Park is a wild, sprawling 2,500-acre expanse on the city’s southwestern edge — and home to its most famous residents, hundreds of free-roaming

If Soho is London’s classic night out, Shoreditch is its cooler, edgier cousin. Over in the East End, the nightlife is younger, more creative, and a little more underground —