Private London Bus Tour

London, GB
100% of travellers recommend this
Excellent (3 reviews)
Self-guided

Included

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    English Speaking Guide / Multi Lingual Audio Guide
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    Your Private Hire Open Top Bus will pick up / drop off from any Central London location
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    Max. per bus 65 Passengers (41 upper deck / 24 lower deck)

Meeting Point

We will contact you prior to your London Bus Tour to arrange the exact pickup location.

Meeting point

Victoria St, London , United Kingdom

End point

End Point

We will contact you prior to your London Bus Tour to arrange the exact pickup location.

Meeting point

Victoria St, London , United Kingdom

End point

Pickup

Check if pick-up is available from your location, you will select during checkout (providers may allow other pickup locations)

Pickup Location
1 Hotel Mayfair
10 Aarden Hotel
100 Queen’s Gate Hotel London, Curio Collection By Hilton
11 Cadogan Gardens
2 Chesham Hotel Belgravia
45 Park Lane
47 Prince's Gardens Guest Rooms & Apartments
54 Queen's Gate Hotel
8 Cheviot Hotel
AKA Marylebone
Alexander House Hotel
Alison House Hotel
Annandale House Hotel
Annexe Hotel
Art'otel London Battersea Power Station, Powered By Radisson Hotels
Artist Residence London
Assembly Covent Garden
At Sloane
Beaufort House
Beaverbrook Town House
Belgrave House Hotel
Berkeley Court Hotel
Best Western Buckingham Palace Rd
Best Western Corona
Best Western Plus Vauxhall Hotel
Best Western Victoria Palace
Blades Hotel
Blair House Hotel
Bower House
Broadwick Soho
Brompton Hotel London
Brown's Hotel
Bulgari Hotel London
Cambridge House, Auberge Collection
Carlton Hotel
Chelsea Green Hotel, Sonder
Cherry Court Hotel
Cheshams
Chester Hotel
Cheval Knightsbridge
Citadines Trafalgar Square London
Citizenm London Victoria Station
Claridge's
Claverley Court Apartments
Clifton Lodge Apartments
Club Quarters Hotel Trafalgar Square, London
Colliers Hotel
Comfort Inn Buckingham Palace Road
Comfort Inn London Victoria
Como Metropolitan London
COMO The Halkin, London
Conrad London St James
Corbigoe Hotel
Corinthia London
Courthouse Hotel
Covent Garden Hotel
Curzon Residences
Dean Street Townhouse
Dolphin House Serviced Apartments
Dorchester Collection
DoubleTree by Hilton London - Marble Arch
Doubletree By Hilton London - Victoria
Draycott House Apartments
Dukes London
Durrants Hotel
Easyhotel London Victoria
Eaton Square Hotel
Ebury House
Eccleston Square Hotel
Eden Plaza Kensington
Edward House
Embassy Boulevard by Your Perfect Stay London- Apart-Hotel Style
Flemings Mayfair
Four Points Flex by Sheraton London Victoria
Four Seasons Hotel London at Park Lane
Free Dive Holidays Ltd.
Great Scotland Yard Hotel
Grosvenor Apartments
Grosvenor House Suites
Ham Yard Hotel
Haymarket Hotel
Hazlitt's Hotel
Hilton London Green Park Hotel
Holiday Inn Express London - Vauxhall Nine Elms, an IHG hotel
Holiday Inn Express London - Victoria, an IHG Hotel
Holiday Inn London - Oxford Circus
Holiday Inn London - Oxford Circus, an IHG Hotel
Holly House Hotel
Home Grown
Home House - Private Member's Club
Hotel 41
Hotel Cafe Royal
Hotel Indigo London - 1 Leicester Square, an IHG hotel
Hotel Rama
Hotel Riu Plaza London Victoria
Hotel Westminster
hub by Premier Inn London Covent Garden hotel
hub by Premier Inn London Soho hotel
hub by Premier Inn London Westminster Abbey hotel
hub by Premier Inn London Westminster, St James's Park hotel
Huttons Hotel
Hyatt Regency London - Albert Embankment
Hyatt Regency London - The Churchill
InterContinental London Park Lane, an IHG hotel
International Students House Kennington Lane
John Howard Hotel
Jubilee Hotel Victoria
Jumeirah Carlton Tower
Jumeirah Lowndes
JW Marriott Grosvenor House London
Karma Sanctum Soho
Knightsbridge Hotel
Lidos Hotel
Limegrove Hotel London
London Hilton on Park Lane
London Marriott Hotel County Hall
London Marriott Hotel Grosvenor Square
London Marriott Hotel Park Lane
London Park Hotel
Luna Simone Hotel
Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park London
Mandarin Oriental Mayfair, London
Mandarin Oriental Palace
Marne Hotel
Mayfair Apartments
Mayfair House
Mayfair Townhouse
ME London
Mediterraneus Hotel
Melbourne House Hotel
Millennium Hotel London Knightsbridge
Mimi's Hotel Soho
Mimis Suites London
Montcalm Marble Arch
Montcalm Marble Arch Townhouse
Montcalm Piccadilly Townhouse
Mornington Hotel London Victoria
Mornington Victor Hotel London Belgravia
Moxy London Piccadilly Circus
No 5 Cavendish Square Hotel London
No. 30 Knightsbridge
No. 5 Maddox Street
Nobu Hotel London Portman Square
NoMad London
Novotel London Waterloo
NOX Waterloo
Number Sixteen
Oakwood Luke House
One Aldwych
Ormonde House Hotel
Oxford House Hotel
OYO Abbey Hotel, London Shepherd's Bush Market
OYO Bakers Hotel London Victoria
OYO Flagship 30382 Lower Marsh
Oyo Moda Mcewan
OYO Studios @ 28
OYO Townhouse New England, London Victoria
OYO Vegas Hotel
Page8, Page Hotel
Park Grand Mayfair
Park Hyatt London River Thames
Park Lane Mews Hotel
Park Plaza County Hall London
Park Plaza London Riverbank
Park Plaza London Waterloo
Park Plaza London Westminster Bridge
Park Plaza Victoria London
Pestana Chelsea Bridge Hotel & Spa
Point A London, Westminster
Portman Square Hotel
Premier Inn London County Hall Hotel
Premier Inn London Leicester Square Hotel
Premier Inn London Victoria Hotel
Premier Inn London Waterloo (Lambeth Road) Hotel
Premier Inn London Waterloo - Westminster Bridge Hotel
Premier Out
Presidential Apartments Marylebone
Queensgate Apartments London
Radisson Blu Berkshire Hotel
Radisson Blu Hotel, London Bond Street
Radisson Blu Hotel, London Leicester Square (formerly Hampshire)
Radisson Blu Hotel, London Marble Arch (formerly Sussex)
Radisson Blu Hotel, London Mercer Street
Raffles London at The OWO
Reeves Mews Apts
Reyada Digital Hotels
Rochester Hotel by Blue Orchid
Romanos Hotel
Roof Garden Rooms
Rose Court Hotel
Ruby Lucy Hotel & Bar
San Domenico House
Sanderson London
Seven Dials Hotel
Sheraton Grand London Park Lane
Sidney Hotel London-Victoria
Sloane Place
Sloane Square Hotel
Sofitel London St James
St George's Hotel
St Martins Lane London
St. Ermin's Hotel, Autograph Collection
St. James's Hotel and Club Mayfair
St. James’ Court, A Taj Hotel
Stanley House Hotel
Staybridge Suites London - Vauxhall, an IHG Hotel
Strand Palace
Sydney House Chelsea
Taj 51 Buckingham Gates Suites And Residences
The Adria
The Ampersand Hotel
The Athenaeum Hotel & Residences
The Beaufort Knightsbridge
The Beaumont Mayfair
The Belgrave Hotel
The Berkeley
The Beverley Hotel
The Biltmore Mayfair
The Botree
The Cadogan, A Belmond Hotel, London
The Capital Hotel, Apartments And Townhouse - London
The Cavendish London Hotel
The Chancery Rosewood
The Chelsea Townhouse
The Chesterfield Mayfair
The Clermont London
The Clermont London, Charing Cross
The Clermont, Victoria
The Connaught
The Cumberland Hotel
The Dilly
The Dorchester
The Dover Hotel
The Egerton House Hotel
The Emory
The Exhibitionist Hotel
The Fielding Hotel
The Fox Club Mayfair
The Franklin London - Starhotels Collezione
The Gainsborough Hotel
The Gallery Hotel
The Goring Hotel
The Grand at Trafalgar Square
The Grand at Trafalgar Square
The Griffin Belle
The Guardsman
The Hari
The Henrietta Hotel
The Ivy House Hotel
The July London Victoria
The Kensington
The Kings Arms
The Lanesborough
The Langham, London
The Leonard Hotel
The London EDITION
The Londoner Hotel
The Mandeville Hotel
The Mandeville Hotel
The Mandrake
The Marylebone
The May Fair, A Radisson Collection Hotel, Mayfair London
The Mayfair Townhouse
The Melita
The Mermaid Suite Hotel
The Park Hotel
The Park Tower Knightsbridge, A Luxury Collection Hotel, London
The Pelham London - Starhotels Collezione
The Peninsula London
The Piccadilly
The Prince Akatoki London
The Rembrandt
The Residence
The Residence at Covent Garden
The Resident Covent Garden
The Resident Soho
The Resident Victoria
The Ritz London
The Royal Horseguards
The Rubens At The Palace
The Sanctuary House Hotel, Westminster
The Savoy
The Shepherd Mayfair
The Soho Hotel
The Spice of Life
The St. Regis London
The Stafford London
The Strand Palace Hotel
The Sumner Hotel - London
The Tophams Hotel
The Tophams Hotel
The Trafalgar St. James
The Waldorf Hilton, London
The Wellesley Knightsbridge, a Luxury Collection Hotel, London
The Wellington By Blue Orchid
The Wellington Hotel
The WestDill Mayfair Hotel London, Colbert Collection
The Westminster London, Curio Collection By Hilton
The Windermere Hotel, London
The Z Hotel Covent Garden
The Z Hotel Leicester Square
The Z Hotel Piccadilly
The Z Hotel Soho
The Z Hotel Strand
The Z Hotel Trafalgar
The Z Hotel Victoria
The Zetter Marylebone
Thistle London Marble Arch
Thistle London Park Lane
Thistle Piccadilly Hotel
Thistle Trafalgar Square
TOP Hotel John Howard Apartments
Travelodge London Vauxhall Hotel
Treehouse Hotel London
Vesto Chelsea Cloisters
Victoria Inn
Victoria Station Hotel
Victory House Leicester Square
W hotel, 10 Wardour st, London, UK
W London
Waldorf Astoria London - Admiralty Arch
Washington Mayfair Hotel
Waterloo Hub Hotel & Suites
Westbury Mayfair Hotel
Westminster Apartments
Westminster House Hotel
Wilde Aparthotels, London, Covent Garden
Winchester Hotel
YourStay Victoria Apartments
Z Hotel Tottenham Court Road
Zedwell Piccadilly Circus
Zedwell Underground Hotel Park Lane
We will contact you prior to your Private London Bus Tour, to confirm the pick up / drop off locations, and answer any questions you may have.

What to expect

1

Piccadilly Circus

Piccadilly Circus is a famous road junction in London's West End, renowned for its bright neon signs and the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain (the Eros statue).

2
Trafalgar Square

Trafalgar Square is a central London public square dominated by Nelson's Column, flanked by the National Gallery, and known for its fountains and bustling public events.

3

Horse Guards Parade at Whitehall

Horse Guards Parade is a large ceremonial parade ground in Whitehall, central London, used for state occasions such as Trooping the Colour and the Changing of the Guard.

4

Parliament Sq

Parliament Square is a historic square in central London, overlooking the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey, known for its statues of notable statesmen.

5
Big Ben

Big Ben is the nickname for the Great Bell inside the clock tower at the Palace of Westminster in London, often used to refer to the tower itself.

6
London Eye

The London Eye is a towering riverside observation wheel offering panoramic views of London.

7

Waterloo Bridge

The London Eye is a towering riverside observation wheel offering panoramic views of London.

8
St. Paul's Cathedral

Passing St Paul’s Cathedral, admire its iconic dome and grand Baroque architecture rising above the City.

9

The Monument to the Great Fire of London

The Monument to the Great Fire of London, a tall Doric column near London Bridge, commemorates the 1666 fire with views from the top.

10

Borough Market

Borough Market, one of London’s oldest and liveliest food markets, buzzes with aromas from its historic stalls near Southwark.

11
The Shard

The Shard is London’s tallest glass-skyscraper near London Bridge, with an observation deck offering sweeping city views.

12

Tower Bridge

Tower Bridge is an iconic bascule bridge over the Thames near the Tower of London, famed for its Twin Victorian-Gothic towers.

13

Tower of London

The Tower of London is a historic fortress on the Thames, famed for the Crown Jewels and its rich medieval history.

14
Houses of Parliament

The Houses of Parliament, the Palace of Westminster, house the UK Parliament and overlook the Thames beside Westminster Abbey.

15

Westminster Abbey

Westminster Abbey is a historic Gothic church beside the Houses of Parliament, famous for royal coronations and centuries of royal ceremonies.

16

Buckingham Palace

Buckingham Palace is the monarch’s official residence in London, known for the Changing of the Guard and royal ceremonial pages.

17
Hyde Park

Hyde Park is one of London’s largest royal parks, featuring expansive green spaces, the Serpentine lake, and Speakers’ Corner.

18

Green Park

Green Park in London buzzes softly with birds and footsteps of curious visitors.

The experience can be subject to change due to bad weather or unforseen circumstances. We always endeavour to give you the best possible experience.

Additional Information

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    All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
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    Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
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    Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
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    Max. per bus 65 Passengers (41 upper deck / 24 lower deck)
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    Public transportation options are available nearby
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    Service animals allowed
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    Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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    Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
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    Wheelchair accessible
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What our experts say

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    Consider lunch at Borough Market nearby.
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    Visit the London Eye for views post-tour.
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    Check out the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace.
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    Bring a camera for stunning photo ops.
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    Dress comfortably for the open-top experience.

More About this Experience

Introduction

Join a unique adventure through the heart of London with a Private London Bus Tour, where iconic sights and rich history come alive. Designed for educational groups such as schools and universities, this two-hour tour offers exclusive access to a comfortable private bus, allowing up to 65 passengers to explore the city in style. With the flexibility to customize your itinerary, you can focus on themes that resonate with your group, whether it's history, politics, or literature. Your journey is enhanced by engaging commentary from knowledgeable guides, ensuring that every stop is not just a view, but an opportunity to dive deeper into the stories that shape London. From the vibrant streets of Piccadilly Circus to the majestic grandeur of Westminster Abbey, this tour is an unforgettable way to connect students and travelers alike with the essence of this remarkable city.

What to expect?

Expect an enriching experience that seamlessly combines education with sightseeing on the Private London Bus Tour. Your group will have exclusive use of a fully customizable bus, allowing for a tailored journey that aligns with your curriculum goals. You can choose from an open-top, closed-top, or vintage bus, creating an atmosphere that suits your group's vibe. The tour can include optional stops at renowned attractions like the Tower of London or the London Eye, making it a chance to delve deeper into what each landmark has to offer. With the flexibility of start times and pick-up locations, this tour promises an engaging and informative experience, complete with a knowledgeable guide or a multi-lingual audio guide available in several languages, catering to a diverse group of participants. As you traverse the city, you’ll gather insights, anecdotes, and historical context that will enhance your understanding of London’s rich tapestry.

Who is this for?

The Private London Bus Tour is perfect for a diverse array of groups looking to explore the vibrant cityscape of London. Ideal for primary and secondary school trips, university societies, and international students, it accommodates various educational themes and interests. Whether you’re a history buff, a literature enthusiast, or simply looking to enjoy a day out with friends or family, this tour has something for everyone. It welcomes people of all ages and abilities, as the bus is wheelchair accessible, ensuring that no one is left behind on this educational journey. Furthermore, it’s a fantastic opportunity for teachers to enrich their students' learning experiences outside the classroom, making it an excellent choice for any educational institution. The customizable nature of the tour allows groups to tailor the experience according to their specific needs, ensuring that everyone walks away with unique memories of London’s iconic landmarks.

Why book this?

Booking the Private London Bus Tour means choosing an experience that is not only educational but also incredibly fun and flexible. It stands out due to its private nature, ensuring that your group enjoys a personal touch throughout the journey. With a maximum capacity of 65 passengers, the tour fosters an intimate atmosphere that encourages engagement and interaction among participants. The ability to customize your itinerary means you can focus on the sights that matter most to your group, making it a unique adventure tailored just for you. Additionally, the opportunity to extend your tour with add-on attractions allows for an even deeper exploration of London's history and culture. With knowledgeable guides and multi-lingual options available, you’ll receive insights that you won’t find in any guidebook. This is more than just a bus ride; it’s a remarkable opportunity to connect with the city’s rich heritage while enjoying the company of your peers in a relaxed and enjoyable setting.

Good to know

Before embarking on the Private London Bus Tour, it’s essential to note a few handy details. The tour can pick you up and drop you off at any central London location, making it incredibly convenient for your group. The bus is fully accessible for those needing wheelchair assistance, and children can comfortably travel in prams or strollers. It's also worth mentioning that service animals are welcome, ensuring everyone can join in on the fun. The flexibility of the itinerary allows for spontaneous changes, so if a particular attraction captures your group's interest, you can make adjustments on the fly. Additionally, the tour is suitable for all physical fitness levels, making it an inclusive experience for everyone. Be sure to bring your curiosity and a spirit of adventure, as this journey promises to unveil the hidden gems and well-loved landmarks of London in a way that is both engaging and memorable.

Reviews

Feedback from those who have experienced the Private London Bus Tour has been overwhelmingly positive, with many praising the knowledgeable guides who bring the history of London to life. Participants have expressed delight in the level of customization available, allowing them to focus on the sights that resonate most with their interests. Parents and educators appreciate the educational value of the tour, noting how it enhances learning beyond the classroom. The comfortable setting of the bus has also been highlighted, with many commenting on how enjoyable it is to explore the city in such a relaxed environment. Overall, users have described the experience as not just a tour, but a memorable journey through time and culture, making it a top recommendation for anyone seeking to understand and appreciate the spirit of London.

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