Half-day Private Tour in London
Description
This is an ideal tour for travellers with little time to spare while in London. Discover the very best of London on this beautiful panoramic tour. See the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace. Become acquainted with London’s most well-loved landmarks during this exciting panoramic tour. You will sweep past a host of top attractions, both old and new, so have your camera ready. This tour is ideal for elderly and young travellers. This is a four hour tour of which about three hours will be spent on visiting sites, and one hour on Journeys.
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Itinerary
Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace is the ceremony where The King's Guard hands over responsibility for protecting Buckingham Palace and St. James's Palace to the New Guard. *Changing of the Guard Times Free of watch the Changing of the Guard spans three locations, Buckingham Palace, St James's Palace and Wellington Barracks normal timings are:. 10:43 Old Guard leaves St James's Palace 10:57 New Guard leaves Wellington Barrack 11:00 Official Start Time 11:10 St James's Palace relief leaves Buckingham Palace 11:25 Relieved sentries leave St James's Palace 11:40 Old Guard leaves Buckingham Palace 11:45 St James's Palace Guard leaves Buckingham Palace Note: Always check the date you plan to visit. Times can change and on occasions the Guard Mount without music or ceremony! During th echanging of the guards ceremony you will get oppurtunity to see Buckingham Palace and take pictures
Westminster Abbey is perhaps the most famous church in the UK noted for its royal weddings, coronations, and burials. With a long and varied history, the Abbey has functioned as a working religious site for nearly 1000 years. What began as Benedictine Monastery, has become one of the most popular London attractions. You will have time to take a closure look at the Abbey aand take pictures (Travelers will only explore the attraction outside)
The Palace is one of the most significant monuments of neo-Gothic architecture, as an outstanding, coherent and complete example of neo-Gothic style. Westminster Hall is a key monument of the Perpendicular style and its admirable oak roof is one of the greatest achievements of medieval construction in wood. Westminster is a place in which great historical events have taken place that shaped the English and British nations. You will get time to to explore and take picktures (Travelers will only explore the attraction outside)
The clock tower was constructed on the northern extremity of the new Houses of Parliament that were built next to Westminster Hall. (Travelers will only explore the attraction outside) The commission for the clock itself demanded a high level of accuracy; the specifications drafted by Astronomer Royal George Airy required that "the first stroke of the hour bell should register the time, correct to within one second per day, and furthermore that it should telegraph its performance twice a day to Greenwich Observatory, where a record would be kept." It is now one of the most Iconic Land mark of London
We will also be visiting the Tower of London, Tower Bridge, London Eye. St Paul's Cathedral. London Bridge. Trafalgar Square. Strand (theatre Land) Soho. Piccadilly Circus (the heart of London. and time permiting many other interesting sites with Photo shoot, time permiting
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What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
Pick-Up and Drop-Off Information This tour includes complimentary pick-up and drop-off service. We will collect you from your hotel or private address and return you to the same location at the end of the tour, unless you advise us otherwise. There is no additional charge for this service. Hotel Pick-Up: Please wait in the hotel lobby at the scheduled pick-up time. Your driver will come inside to meet you. Private Address Pick-Up: Please wait outside the main entrance of the property at the scheduled pick-up time. If your hotel is not listed during the booking process, please inform us at the time of booking or send us an email after your reservation is confirmed, and we will arrange your pick-up accordingly. If you do not yet have your pick-up details at the time of booking, please provide them at least 12 hours before the tour start time, or as soon as they become available.
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(7)
All of my other bookings have been fantastic. This was terrible. We booked a tour of London. In advance we explained we had been to the major sites. He said great we can do a wonderful tour of the secondary sites. All sorted. The day before he suggested Hampton court palace. We said fine thinking it was in London. We didn’t know it was an hour out. When we got there he didn’t even guide us. He left us for 2 hours. When driving to and back we had to ask what things were. No guide service only driving service. Terrible waste of money.
Thank you for your review. Everything is good from your side. We only gave you suggestion, since you had been to London and you have visited every famous land marks. We gave you two suggestions, one to visit some places in London or go and visit one of the most famously Palace in England. You opted to visit the palace, we gave you a brief explanation of what it was all about before you gave us your decision. The tour description clearly said that there was no professional guides on this tour, so how can you expect someone to accompany you inside the palace to guide you. Also your idea was to visit the palace and see other parts of London within 4 hours which was impossible as your driver explained to you that you can visit other places but you would have to extend your time by at least one hour. You declined that offer and decided to finish your tour within 4 hours. We still gave you 30 minutes extra. in terms of driver, this driver is a very experienced tour driver, he has been doing tour for the last 17 years. Your driver gave you all the historical information during your journey and explained to you that your ticket includes Multi media audio guides to help you inside the palace. so what else where you expecting from us?
I decided to book a private half day tour because my knee arthritis was flaring up. I did not want this to impede my wife and I to sightsee London. This vendor communicated well with me before and during the tour. The driver came on time. Keep in mind this is not a tour per se. This is simply a driver taking you to the places you want to go. Hence, be prepared to lead your driver. This worked well for us. I would recommend this type of "tour" if you know where you want to go and for whatever reason you are unable to get there via walking.
Our drive was awesome!! He made all of the stops we wanted on our layover tour. He was great!! I would recommend!
Great tour a small microphone would have been nice as it was hard to hear. The company was very accommodating in moving the time as our flight was delayed and we appreciated that.
Advertisement showed the little black cars. Thats not what came, we were sent vans. That's not what we wanted or were expecting. VERY DISAPPOINTED! Driver was very nice. Tour was suppose To be 4 hours it was only 3. Your very wrong for leading us to belive it was in the black cars, we wouldn't have booked a van. Not happy at all. Timothy Jacob
This was not a van, we sent. This was a lates model Mercedes V Class an top of the range mercedes executive vehicle. customers pay extra to have these luxury vehciles.
We had an awesome experience especially with not having a lot of time in London it was perfect. All the sires we saw was well worth it.
Thank you. I am very happy that you managed to see verything that you wanted to see in this short time.
The tour places and commentary insights were great it’s was just way too long a day, particularly for our three daughters aged 16-19 years old. The itinerary needs tightening up more. We left Bath at 6pm and won’t get back to London until 8.30-9pm and there is no dinner stop. We left 8 am.
Thank you for your kind review. We will take on board your recomendations, and look in to it, to see what we can do going forward
