Visiting the museums close to Paddington station

For museum buffs London is the place to visit. It is home to some of the grandest museums with priceless collections from across the world. Visitors travel to London from across the globe to visit its magnificent art galleries and museums that are iconic landmarks in themselves. London has a very large number of art galleries and museums spread out all across the city. If you have planned a holiday in London then make it a point to visit these marvellous attractions.  

When you decide to make reservations in the city it is recommended to select a hotel that is centrally located like The Piccadilly London West End hotel renowned for its excellent customer service and elegant ambience, all at a very affordable price.  If you alight at Paddington Station some of the museums that you can visit are the British Museum, The Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A), Tate Modern, The Natural History Museum and the Science Museum all of which are in close proximity of Paddington Station.  

One of the best ways to find your way about is to use the Google Map App. It offers an option to explore the area on foot and would help you to trace your route to these attractions.  Alternately you could also buy a paper map from any of the kiosks at the tube station, which would help you to find your way about the place.  All of these museums are within walking distance of each other and you could spend an exciting afternoon exploring each one of them at leisure.  

In fact you could spend an entire day at each of these museums exploring their vast collections that are totally awe inspiring. Visitors have been known to spend an entire day exploring a single museum and return the next day to explore another. However, if you want to see all of them together on a single trip, then you could combine The V&A, The Science Museum and The Natural History Museum, as they are all in close vicinity of each other. Although the Tate Modern and The British Museum are not that close to each other they certainly are within a reasonable walking distance if you are up to it.

If you are not too keen to stretch your legs a bit too much, you could hop aboard the Circle Line that will take you to South Kensington Underground Station. Once you get off at South Kensington Station, finding your way around is easy as the route has a number of signposts with directions to the museums in the area.  You could select a walking or a bus option to find your way to The British Museum. One of the best ways of finding your way around London like any other metropolitan city is learning to use bus and underground maps. They will show several routes to help you to reach your destination in the shortest possible way and without much hassle.