Running along the right of the River Thames – or the left, depending on which way you’re looking – is this buzzy cultural hub, heaving with restaurants, bars, theatres, galleries and more. As well as being home to tourist attractions like The London Eye and The Sea Life Aquarium, it also boasts a whole load of London’s most iconic cultural institutions: the National Theatre (a brutalist assembly of some of the most cutting-edge programming in the city); The BFI (home to British cinema); The Tate Modern; The Southbank Centre; Shakespeare’s Globe; The Old Vic; The Young Vic; The Middle-Aged Vic. And that’s just the start. In fact, The Southbank might just have the most culture per square kilometre in the country.
Get lost in Yayoi Kusama’s mirrored infinity rooms before Champagne afternoon tea at the glamorous river-side Lyaness. Have an ice cold rooftop beer at the Queen Elizabeth Hall Roof Garden before casual Vietnamese at Banh Bao Brothers. Or make a life-long impression with cocktails and music at Spiritland followed by oysters at sunset at Seabird.
It’s like a giant cultural slot machine, with a never-ending amount of exciting, different experiences to uncover.