The Original London Sightseeing Tour

The Original London Sightseeing Tour provides a great way to travel around London and see the sights and feel the sounds of the great City of London. The Original London Sightseeing tour was founded in 1951, this was the time of The Festival of Britain and The Original London Sightseeing Tour is now the largest single sightseeing operator in the world, it has now become established as the essential introduction to London. It is the only London Sightseeing Tour to offer you total choice and flexibility. The Hop-on Hop-off service allows you to board any of our tour routes at over 90 different stops with a commentary in English or a wide choice of other languages. The Original London Sightseeing Tour Kids Club provides an educational but fun alternative for 5-12 year olds. The services are frequent and reliable with sightseeing tours running daily, every 15-20 minutes. The Original London Sightseeing Tour allows you to experience all the magical sights and sounds of London in a comfortable and secure environment.

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City Cruises is pleased to offer customers of The Original Tour a FREE cruise on the River Thames through London. Simply collect your free pass from a member of The Original Tour staff, present it to the City Cruises ticket office at the boarding pier of your choice and you will be given a River Red Rover hop-on/hop-off river cruise ticket for use within that 24 hours. Cruises depart from Westminster (Big Ben), Tower of London and Greenwich Piers and hop-on, hop-off passes are valid within the same 24 hours as your bus ticket. Most cruises are operated by modern, wheelchair-accessible, all-weather boats with panoramic windows and open-air deck areas, commentary also available in English, French, German, Japanese, Mandarin and Spanish, though these facilities cannot be guaranteed.

Hop-on Hop-off between Westminster, Waterloo, Tower Pier and Greenwich

Changing of the Guard - See Buckingham Palace, St James's Palace and the regiments that guard them in this exciting walk as you march alongside the guards at Buckingham Palace.
- Departs daily at 10.30 from The Original London Visitor Centre

Cool Britannia - From Leicester Square to Carnaby Street, from Soho to Saville Row, and from the Beatles to Austin Powers: music, movies, fashion & food.
- Departs daily at 13.00 from The Original London Visitor Centre

Jack the Ripper - Walk in the footsteps of the world's most infamous serial killer as we reveal his murderous tale from the streets of Whitechapel in 1888.
- Departs daily at 15.30 from The Original Tour stop at Tower of London on Tower Hill

Tours start at 10am. You must start at one of the main points.
If you choose to do ONE complete circuit this takes approx 2 hours.
You can Hop on and Hop off as often as you wish. Your ticket is valid for 24 hours from the time you first board the bus, so if you start in the afternoon, you can use the same ticket again the next morning.

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* Please note - Once booked, this london tour is non-refundable.