Marylebone Travel

Start from Baker Street tube station in the morning and walk 5 minutes to the Wallace Collection — a national museum housed in Hertford House on Manchester Square, displaying Europe's finest Renaissance arms and armour alongside Fragonard's The Swing, and masterpieces by Titian, Rembrandt and Rubens. Permanent collection is free entry, making it London's most underrated art treasure. Then stroll to Marylebone High Street and step into Daunt Books — an Edwardian building completed in 1910, the world's first bookstore designed specifically for selling books. The oak gallery and skylit book aisles are mesmerising, with travel books arranged by country — a system that has inspired independent bookstores worldwide. Enjoy a cheese platter lunch at La Fromagerie — a boutique cheese shop founded in 2002, boasting London's most professional ageing cellar. In the afternoon, visit the Sherlock Holmes Museum at 221B Baker Street — faithfully recreating the Victorian detective's sitting room, bedroom and chemistry lab, with countless props and letters from the original stories transporting you into Conan Doyle's world. In the evening, stroll into Regent's Park — 12,000 roses bloom in Queen Mary's Gardens from June to July, creating London's most romantic dusk walk. Dinner at Palm Court in the Langham Hotel — where afternoon tea was pioneered in 1865, bringing it from aristocratic drawing rooms into public spaces for the first time, still London's most classic tea experience.

Start the morning with an Austrian-style breakfast at Fischer's on Marylebone High Street — Wiener schnitzel with white wine, the most authentic European morning ritual on the high street. Then head to Wigmore Hall — a small classical music venue built in 1901 by the German Bechstein piano company. Marble interiors and a domed ceiling fresco create "the most luxurious and comfortable performance space". Pavarotti, Rubinstein and Britten have all performed here. Even without a concert ticket, you can admire the exquisite interior. Next, delve into the heart of Marylebone Village on Chiltern Street, home to Cire Trudon — the world's oldest candle maker founded in 1643, Rococo Chocolates handmade chocolates and VV Rouleaux ribbon paradise. Lunch at Chiltern Firehouse — a Michelin-starred restaurant converted from an 1889 fire station, the favourite social hub of London's elite. In the afternoon, visit Madame Tussauds — the wax museum headquarters on Marylebone Road, posing with lifelike figures of Marilyn Monroe, David Beckham and others. In the evening, return to Regent's Park. If visiting between May and September, watch a Shakespeare play at the Open Air Theatre, or enjoy a final cup of English afternoon tea in the shade of Broad Walk, ending your Marylebone journey perfectly.