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USD $37.00
Vintage London Bus Tour Including Thames Cruise with Optional London Eye
London, United Kingdom
Whether it's your first or fifth time in London, traveling around on a vintage Routemaster bus is the perfect way to get a comprehensive view of the city. This fully guided tour includes a Thames River Cruise, and is the ideal orientation if you're new to London, and return visitors will discover new facts and hear new stories from the professional live commentary aboard the London double-decker bus tour. Pass famous sights such as St Paul's Cathedral and Tower of London.
Red double-decker Routemaster buses are a much-loved London icon, and the only way to tour London.
Other famous London landmarks you'll see include Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, Big Ben, the Houses of Parliament and the London Eye.
Next, you'll jump onboard a Thames River Cruise to see all of the famous London landmarks and bridges from a different perspective. The cruise passes Shakespeare’s Globe, Cleopatra’s Needle and London Bridge before you arrive at Westminster pier to rejoin the bus and head for Buckingham Palace.
Watch the world-famous Changing of the Guard Ceremony as the soldiers, dressed in their fabulous tunics and busbies, march to military music. If the guard change is not taking place, you will stop for photos of the Horseguards.
Add one of the following attractions for a comprehensive introduction to the city of London:
Top London Attractions: Enjoy fast, hassle-free entry to the London Eye or Tower of London. Pre-booked and pre-paid tickets ensure speedy access to London’s top attractions.
Stonehenge Shuttle: Combine the tour with an afternoon visit to Stonehenge. After the morning tour of London, you'll be dropped off at Victoria Coach Station ready to depart on the roundtrip shuttle bus (5 hours) to Stonehenge at 12:30pm. Designed to give you a fast, hassle-free independent trip to Stonehenge, collect your entrance tickets (included in the tour price!) and free audio-guide before exploring at your own pace.
A worthwhile tour when you don't have a lot of time to explore and want to see as much as possible. We went in early March and the open top bus was chilly so rug up.
Review by: Lindsey B, March 2018
Gave us a bus with no heat. Then didn’t tell us we weren’t coming back to the bus (it was a last minute decision because they went back to the yard to get a bus with heat for another tour instead). Tour guide made us miss the changing of the guard. Find another trip to go on!
Review by: DEEPALI A, December 2017
good tour
Review by: shanandrada, December 2017
Our guide was lovely, gave us a TON of information. We went on a Sunday morning, which was PERFECT. We took the Stonehenge option, so we got to see just about everything in a very short period of time. Perfect for us, as we were only in town for a few days!
Review by: Carol C, October 2017
Fabulos two day trip. We loved the country side, small towns and villages. A must do.
Review by: vem948, October 2017
Our host was good but really fast walking. Did not see changing of the guards. Do you not know what days they perform at the palace? The river cruise was great.
Review by: tonjencooke, October 2017
Sadly the morning was marred by terrible traffic and rain! It was an excellent way to reacquaint ourselves with the highlights of London. The traffic meant we couldn't go to all the sights we were expecting. The river cruise was good and the commentary interesting. I would recommend this cruise
Review by: Sandy S, October 2017
Voucher to the London Eye required long lines.
Review by: amazingjourney, October 2017
Our tour guide Sinead was very informative and helpful we enjoyed this tour. Loved West Minister Abby and her showing us the little hideaways. We didn't like the meeting place at Victoria Station very crowded, dirty, and confusing.
Review by: petereva2, September 2017
The number of the gate at the Victoria coach station was wrong on our paperwork. We were running around worried that we may miss the tour we were looking so much forward. Thankfully the bus came about 30 min later due to the heavy city traffic and our tour guide Adam said he will make sure we don't miss anything. Everything started okey. We started our sight seeing on the lower part of the double -decker bus, Adam joined the bigger crowd on the top of the bus. The audio reception wasn't that great, had really hard to concentrate to understand. After about 30-45 min of very informative explanation of the surrounding we stopped for a closer look at the St. Paul cathedral disappointed that we couldn't take a look Inside of the church. Adam showed us around the cathedral and gave us couple of minutes to take some pictures. Since we were done talking pictures my husband and I decided to return to our bus, not realizing that that the bus may pick us up at the different location. That was very unfortunate, because we never found the bus or our group when we returned and had to take taxi back to the hotel. We were disappointed that they were not trying to wait or look for us, since we just walked around the corner and after not seeing the bus hurried right back, couldn't be more than 3-5 minutes. We never made to the Thames, Tower or the Palace and lost the rain coat on the bus. The sad part is that we only had few hours to see London since we were leaving early morning on a cruise and that was probably the only time in our lifetime being able to visit London from USA.
Review by: Lauren M, September 2017
This is the way to see as much of London as possible in a short amount of time. We LOVED our Vintage Bus Tour. Our tour guide, Richard was passionate and knew so much about London's rich history that we came away feeling like experts. It was a great way to get an idea of which sites we wanted to come back and spend more time at. The bus was so charming and we lucked out with wonderful, clear blue skies. Sit on the open top and take in the wonders. You'll spend so much time craning your neck at the sky scrapers and marvelous, old architecture that you'll have a stiff neck but its oh so worth it. The cruise along the Thames is beautiful and exciting. This tour really is the best bang for your buck for the true London Experience.
Review by: Carol W, August 2017
Ticked all the boxes. Terrific guide
Review by: piashdebnath77, August 2017
Tour guide was fab. Only traumatic thing was that they drove off without me while I was getting a sandwich during a break. Had the run after them and dropped me sandwich. Sad. Apparently the staff can't even count.
Review by: Paul S, August 2017
Great sightseeing tour if you only have a limited time. Seeing London from the water was great. Our tour guide John was amazing. Informative and very funny
Review by: gonzalez8907, July 2017
This tour was amazing!
Review by: louiepreacher, May 2017
What a great way to see London and have a cruise along the Thames. I would recommend that you do not take the optional London Eye along with this tour. A voucher is given for the Eye which means you have to stand in voucher line and then Eye line. It took 4 hours in line before we got on the Eye.
Review by: Philip B, May 2017
This tour is an absolute must! My family enjoyed it thoroughly and our guide, Richard, was fantastic. If you want to absorb London in 3 hours, this is the way to do it. The bus was epic vintage and the luxurious boat ride was just fantastic. I'd give this 10 stars if it were an option. DO NOT MISS THIS TOUR.
Review by: Franklyn C, April 2017
The bus was super cool and the tour guy was great! The tour was very personal and I would recommended if you don't have too much time to spare because this is not a hop-in hop-off bus.
Review by: Michele G, March 2017
Great idea when you don't want to spend too much time being a tourist guide was funny and knowledgeable. Great overview of the city!
Review by: reginald f, December 2016
This tour was great and the tour guides were very helpful and informative..... we was low on time so we had to rush through a few places but I was satisfied with the tour.
Review by: Jose R, November 2016
Great tour, fantastic way of exploring the city on the road and on boat! Highly recommended!
Review by: Michael, November 2016
If you want quick overview of the major attractions in London, this is the tour to take as you will get it all in less than 4 hours. Our guide Alan was excellant and great sense of humor and gives you some interesting commentary and insights. PS - the top of the bus is not covered except the front 3 rows of seats
Review by: clwhite, October 2016
Fabulous!!!
Review by: Tamarah K, October 2016
This was one of the best tours we took. Our guide was beyond great. She was so informative and knew so much information. Truly enjoyed this tour.
Review by: Pat Dantas, September 2016
Guide was funny, helpful, and knowledgeable. We particularly liked his commentary throughout the tour and cruise
Review by: Kari M, August 2016
This is a fun tour! You get to travel in a vintage double-decker bus. Unfortunately, the backseat of the seat I chose on the top was broken and after I changed seats it fell off completely! Vintage is one thing but I think more care needs to be taken to ensure that the bus is in good working order including the seats! Our tour guide Richard had a good sense of humor and pointed out a lot of fun things along the way. It wasn't always easy to hear him over the traffic. A cruise on the Thames is included and it added to my knowledge of the area. I opted to purchase the optional ticket to the London Eye. It's a long queue but worth doing it at least once for the great views.
Review by: Libby G, August 2016
It was pouring rain (of course, right), so that made it a little difficult. It was VERY hard and confusing to find the location to meet - maybe a map could be provided on the voucher - the Victoria stations got confusing. Then the line up was a mess - very confusing as to where to line up. But the tour guide was very passionate and cute and funny and we enjoyed her immensely!!
Review by: Karen L F, June 2016
Awesome! The guide was very knowledgeable and we also loved the boat trip down the Thames. Would definitely recommend this trip to everyone. My husband is a former Londoner and remembers these buses from his childhood so this was a trip down memory lane for him and made his day. You can see so many of the sites and then decide which ones you want to come back and explore some more.
Review by: Ian G, January 2016
A good way to start your tour of London with. We were shown all the important sights by our very knowledgeable and pleasant tour guide and I also took the Stonhenge optional excursion which was just out of this world. I also thoroughly enjoyed the cruise on the Thames.
Review by: Erica M, November 2015
It was nothing like the description. We did not see the changing of the guard ceremony - Shakespeare Globe, St. Paul's Cathedral or the Tower of London. Also, you could barely understand what the tour guide was even saying.
Review by: Godinho, September 2015
Great moments. Very cool!!
Review by: Dina L, September 2015
It was HORRIBLE. I would not to recommend to anyone.
Review by: Troy M, September 2015
The tour guide was very hard to understand. He spoke too quickly and the sound system was inadequate.
Review by: Melody M, September 2015
The guide was excellent very informative!
Review by: Élizabeth M, August 2015
C'était ok. Un tour super pour découvrir l'essentiel de Londres. Sans plus ni moins c'était bien.
Review by: Terri B, June 2015
Absolutely fantastic!! Our tour guide, Jess was extremely entertaining and knowledgeable. I wish our history teachers were this much fun when I was in school. Our driver, Tony, was a magician! I'm still in awe of how he was able to get us in such tight spaces. James, our tour guide in training, was a great help in keeping all of Jess' people together! To learn while you laugh... Or laugh while you learn..What a great experience! We saw all the major landmarks and then some on this awesome tour! Highly recommend for first timers.
Review by: Jan M, June 2015
Excellent! Our guide was very informative and was able to get us close to the rehearsal of the House Cavalry for the Queen's birthday. Quite the site to see.
Review by: Alastair S, June 2015
The tour was very good! Saw lots of landmarks. Tour guide was very knowledgeable.
Review by: Vladimir S, May 2015
Fraser the tour guide was excellent! The tour was great for a quick view of London. The Thames part was just OK.
Review by: alan t, May 2015
the bus was dirty, especially the windows. Because of back problems we had to sit down stairs.
Review by: Ryan G, April 2015
This tour was amazing!
Review by: lrrylkuske, April 2015
There was a lot to see and do. It was enjoyable and informative.
Review by: Adam C, March 2015
Great overall tour of the city. Did this tour on our first day of seven in London (first-time visitors) and loved it. Got us acclimated with the city and helped us get an idea of which sites we wanted to come back to and see in more detail, and which ones we could pass on making a second trip to. Well-organized and perfect for anyone looking to see all the main sites in London for a day.
Review by: Mohamad K, December 2014
Entertaining guide with a good knowledge of London. Really enjoyed the close proximity to the guards!
Review by: JC, December 2014
You will see most of the attractions in London in a short time and the good thing is that once the tour ends you can go back again as most of the sights are within walking distance. Changing of guards was over rated though.
Review by: Stephanie G, December 2014
Worth every penny! Great tour - easy access and professional!
Review by: Raymond W, October 2014
This was a very good introductory tour of London and we took it after arriving on an overnight from the states. We were a bit tired but the tour provided a good basis for the rest of our stay. Our guide was personable and knowledgeable and made a few stops along the way to provide a closeup look at some sites. I would recommend this to anybody visiting for the first time.
Review by: Rodney C, August 2014
very nice London tour
Review by: Justin C, July 2014
Very disorganized. Started late. Overpriced very little "extra" information. Money would have been better spent riding the regular bus. The open air was cool but the front was covered and blocked a lot of "straight ahead" viewing. We got more out of the Tower of London but the Viator discount didn't make up for the bad morning experience with Richard.
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