Is 3 days in London enough?

While there are enough things to do in London to keep you busy for a lifetime, three days is enough to get a really good overview of the city. Focus on specific areas to avoid spending too long getting around, and make use of pre-booking and skip-the-line tickets to maximise your time.



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For first time visitors, we recommend spending at least four or five days in London, which will give you enough time to get a feel for the city and see many of its main sites. With so much to do and see check out this article on how you can make the most of your time in London!

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But you can definitely see plenty of London in 4 days, especially if you plan ahead. This agenda rounds up the top London landmarks for first-timers, alternating between busy days packed with sightseeing, and more flexible ones that allow for things you really enjoy, be it culture, shopping, sports or Harry Potter.

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Seeing both cities offer a lot of activities for travellers. But Paris has the edge over London, as it boasts the record for having three of the world's top ten most-visited tourist attractions (Eiffel Tower, Louvre and Palace of Versailles) and London has none.

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Three days in New York City might not be enough to see the entirety of the city – after all, it is enormous – but those 3 days would be just enough to see a lot of its most popular attractions.

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However, if two days are all the time you have, you can have a really good time in Paris. In two days, you can see most of the big sights, have some great good and get a pretty good feel for the city. In my opinion, two days in Paris is better than no days in Paris!

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Yes. As someone who has lived in Paris for several years and who knows the city inside out, I would say that three days is more than enough time to see all of the highlights as well as discover a more off the beaten side of the French capital. The perfect amount of time to visit Paris is 3-5 days.

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London is expensive, but there are plenty of ways to keep your budget to a minimum — when I returned to the city after backpacking in Southeast Asia, I was still able to keep my costs low by staying in hostels and eating the delicious street food.

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