Best Things to Do in United Kingdom

• Watching the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace in London, a daily (in summer) exercise in pomp and tradition.
• Eyeing the British Crown Jewels in the Tower of London, once a notorious prison.
• Taking a scenic boat ride up the Thames from London to Greenwich to stand on the Prime Meridian, the line marking zero degrees longitude and dividing the hemispheres.
• Touring London’s Westminster Abbey, a 700-yard-old Gothic cathedral, to visit the graves of England’s noble and famous, and nearby Parliament for a look up at Big Ben, the world’s best-known clock.
• Strolling through London’s Hyde Park and stopping to listen to self-proclaimed orators solve the problems of the world, or rant against them.
• Viewing Stonehenge, the mysterious ring of stones near Salisbury that date back as long as 5,000 years.
• Touring York, a city with a fascinating dual history of violence and architectural genius.
• Visiting the town of Bath, known for its Roman-era baths.
• Taking a walking tour through the stone-built villages of the Cotswolds, which define the word “quaint.”
• Riding the Snowdon Mountain Railway in Snowdonia, Wales, to the top of Snowdon Peak for fantastic views.
• Hiking out to Worm’s Head at the tip of Wales’ Gower Peninsula, one of the most hauntingly beautiful spots in all of Britain.
• Climbing the hill up to Edinburgh Castle in Scotland for a tour of the historic fortress that overlooks the city on Castle Rock.
• Keeping an eye out for Nessie, the alleged monster, at Scotland’s Loch Ness.
• Playing a round of golf at legendary Scottish courses like St. Andrews or Gleneagles.
• Clambering over some of the thousands of basalt columns at the Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland, a World Heritage Site and natural wonder.
• Downing a pint of Guinness and listening to Irish folk music at a pub in Belfast.