prettycitylondon: Discovering London’s Beautiful Places (The Pretty Cities, 1)

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Kensington Palace is an impressive royal residence located in the heart of London. Here you can explore its beautiful gardens or take some time to appreciate its grand architecture. Northumberland Street offers a sweet slice of London life. Located in Westminster, this is another major shopping area with a lot to offer.

Free to visit and high up in the sky of the city, the Sky Garden is easily one of the prettiest spaces in London and is a great alternative if you don’t want to fork out for the steep prices that come with a trip up the Shard.Circolo Popolare and sister restaurants Gloria, Ave Mario, and Jacuzzi, certainly aren’t known for their subtlety. Gigantic pizzas, outlandish pasta dishes, and a fabulously OTT lemon meringue pie are the standouts here… if your eyes are fixed only on the menu, of course. Otherwise, you’re probably looking at the fairy lights and 20,000 bottles of booze – which is pretty understandable. Full information here. Some of the houses are built in the traditional Victorian style, painted white with the columns by the front door. Others have gone for a more distinctive pastel coloured façade.

There’s been enough written about the view of the city from Parliament Hill to fill many, many books. For the shopping fanatic, Carnaby Street is a dream come true and one of the most famous roads in London. What that description doesn’t tell you is that it’s drop dead gorgeous: a light-filled homage to elegance, taste and the finer things in life, complete with carved archways and a refined monochromatic decor. Somerset HouseLight years away from the Brutalist in-your-face architecture of the Tate Modern, The Tate Britain is delightful. Southbank is an iconic spot located along the River Thames. Along Southbank, you can admire stunning views of London’s skyline or take a stroll along its Queens Walk for some of the most beautiful sights in the city. This is another one of those secret spots that it took even me, as a Londoner, years to finally visit. I kept seeing photo of it online, but I had no idea where it was. Imagine my surprise when I found out it’s so central!