🪨 Stonehenge

Salisbury, United Kingdom

Best time: The June and December solstices, or spring and autumn for fewer people

A ring of standing stones raised some 5,000 years ago and aligned with the midsummer sunrise and midwinter sunset. How it was built is still debated.

Good to know

• Book a timed ticket; at the summer solstice the stones open at dawn.
• Take the train from London to Salisbury, then the Stonehenge tour bus.