Spend the morning on the awesome Plunder & Loot tour at the British Museum. Then enjoy some of the best fish & chips in London. Treat yourself to a much-needed afternoon massage at Neal’s Yard in Covent Garden. Wrap it all up at the National Portrait Gallery on the Bodacious Babes Tour – hang in there ’til the end for a surprise.
You can MAKE MASSAGE RESERVATIONS ONLINE
Make sure you select Covent garden as the location and something for late afternoon.
If you intend to wrap up at the National Portrait Gallery, this tour must be done on a Fri or Sat when the museum is open until 9pm.
If you are interested in dinner at the fabulous Portrait Restaurant at the top of the National Portrait Gallery, MAKE RESERVATIONS HERE
Getting to The British Museum:
Begin your day, as early as possible, at the British Museum in Bloomsbury. The closest London Underground stations to the British Museum are Tottenham Court Road, Holborn, Russell Square, and Goodge Street. Tottenham Court Road is the closest, with a walk of about 5 minutes. The British Museum is also well-served by several bus routes. Bus routes 1, 8, 19, 25, 38, 55, 98, and 242 stop on New Oxford Street, a short walk from the museum.
British Museum
MAP | WEST LONDON, BLOOMSBURY
Discover two million years of human history and culture. The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection of eight million works is the largest in the world. It documents the story of human culture from its beginnings to the present.
Start your day as early as possible at the British Museum for my Plunder & Loot Tour. Hopefully this tour will allow you to see both sides of the many controversies surrounding some of the 8,000,000 objects at the British Museum and how they were acquired.
MY FAMOUS BRITISH MUSEUM PLUNDER & LOOT TOUR
Walk to the famous Rock and Sole Plaice for some of the best fish & chips London has to offer. 0.3 mile MAP
Rock and Sole Plaice
Established in 1871, Rock & Sole Plaice is popular with locals and tourists. Their locally sourced, sustainable, British fish has been described as the best in London and is still prepared using our 153-year-old traditional recipe. They have 2 floors of cosy seating inside plus an Al Fresco dining area perfect for those warm summer nights in the heart of Covent Garden.
Depending on when you arranged for your massage appointments, wander slowly or quickly down to Neal’s Yard in Covent Garden.
440 ft MAP
Neal’s Yard Therapy Rooms in Covent Garden
MAP | WEST LONDON, COVENT GARDEN
Relax – Restore – Revitalise
Neal’s Yard Remedies Therapy Rooms
THEY have a range of therapy rooms nationwide which offer relaxing treatments to help enhance your wellbeing, inner peace & life-balance.
If you have time to kill, enjoy a good meander through Covent Garden – there’s always something going on + great shopping…
When you are done with your massage and are ready, head to the national Portrait Gallery for the Bodacious Babes Tour. This can be done extremely fast as it is really the personalities you are learning about here – not the paintings themselves.
National Portrait Gallery
MAP | WEST LONDON, TRAFALGAR SQ
‘You ought to consider the fact that these histories have been written by men, who never tell the truth except by accident.’ Any portrait caption you read underscores the importance of recognizing potential biases in historical accounts and actively seeking out diverse perspectives, including those of women, to gain a more complete and nuanced understanding of the past. All these women have their own history and their own story but it is rare that we can discover the truth.
MY BODACIOUS BABES TOUR
PORTRAIT RESTAURANT
If you feel like an extra treat, make dinner reservations for Portrait, the wonderful restaurant on the top floor of the NPG.
