Culture & heritage
Tower of London and Tower Bridge
London
A thousand years of royal history, the Crown Jewels and the Beefeaters, beside the Victorian bridge with its glass-floored walkway.
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United Kingdom
Royal London, castles and Highland lochs
Overview
Why visit United Kingdom?
The United Kingdom feels familiar to many Indian travellers before they arrive, through cricket, films and family who live there, yet seeing it in person still surprises. London alone can fill five days: the Tower of London and Tower Bridge, Buckingham Palace, the London Eye, world-class museums and West End theatre, with Windsor Castle and Stonehenge as day trips.
Beyond London, fast trains reach Edinburgh in about four and a half hours. Scotland adds a castle on a volcanic rock, the Royal Mile and, further north, the lochs and glens of the Highlands. With a week or more we combine England and Scotland, or add the Lake District or the Cotswolds.
The UK is not part of the Schengen area, so you need a UK Standard Visitor visa even if you already hold a Schengen visa. We help with the application and can link London to Paris by Eurostar. Gujarati vegetarian food is easy to find, especially in Wembley and Leicester.
Things to see
Top attractions in United Kingdom
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Landmark
Buckingham Palace
London
The King's London home, where the Changing of the Guard takes place on scheduled mornings and the State Rooms open in summer.
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Landmark
London Eye
London
A 135-metre observation wheel on the South Bank, with a 30-minute ride over the Thames, Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament.
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Museum & gallery
Natural History Museum London
London
A cathedral-like Victorian museum in South Kensington with dinosaur galleries, a blue whale skeleton and hands-on science for children.
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Culture & heritage
Windsor Castle
Windsor
The oldest and largest occupied castle in the world, with lavish State Apartments and St George's Chapel, about an hour from London.
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Culture & heritage
Stonehenge
Wiltshire
The prehistoric stone circle on Salisbury Plain, raised around 4,500 years ago and aligned with the midsummer sunrise.
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Culture & heritage
Edinburgh Castle
Edinburgh
A fortress on an extinct volcano above Scotland's capital, guarding the Scottish crown jewels at the top of the Royal Mile.
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Nature & scenery
Scottish Highlands and Loch Ness
Inverness
Glens, mountains and the long, dark waters of Loch Ness, with the ruins of Urquhart Castle and a cruise in search of Nessie.
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Planning a trip to United Kingdom
Do we need a separate visa for the UK?
Yes. The UK is outside the Schengen area, so Indian passport holders need a UK Standard Visitor visa, applied for online, with fingerprints and a photo taken at a visa centre in India. Apply at least a month before travel, and earlier in the summer season.
Can we combine the UK with Paris or Switzerland?
Yes. Eurostar trains link London and Paris in about two and a quarter hours, and short flights reach Switzerland and the rest of Europe. For such a trip you will need both a UK visa and a Schengen visa.
Is London good for children?
Very. The dinosaurs at the Natural History Museum, the London Eye, Tower Bridge's glass floor and a West End musical are family favourites, and the Harry Potter studio tour outside London is a big draw for older children.
Where can we find Gujarati and vegetarian food?
Almost everywhere in London, but Wembley's Ealing Road and Leicester's Belgrave Road are famous for Gujarati restaurants and sweet shops. Supermarkets also stock a wide range of vegetarian and Indian ready meals.
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Switzerland
Jungfraujoch, Mount Titlis, Lucerne, Interlaken and the Matterhorn, linked by some of the world's most scenic trains.
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France
The Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, Disneyland Paris, a Seine cruise, Versailles and the sunny French Riviera.
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Italy
The Colosseum, the Vatican, Venice's canals, Florence, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Amalfi Coast and Lake Como.
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Spain
Gaudí's Barcelona, the Alhambra in Granada, Seville, Madrid's palace and museums, and the Costa Brava coast.
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Greece
The Acropolis in Athens, Santorini sunsets, Mykonos, the Meteora monasteries and the Shipwreck Beach on Zakynthos.
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Netherlands
Keukenhof's tulips, Amsterdam's canals and museums, the windmills of Zaanse Schans and the villages of Volendam and Giethoorn.
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