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London Hop On Hop Off Tour including River Cruise and Walking Tours - The Original London Sightseeing Tour

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Where: London, United Kingdom

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Duration: Your ticket is valid for 24 hours from first use

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The Hop-On, Hop-Off tour allows you to plan your perfect London Sightseeing itinerary
Save on tubes and taxis! The Original London Sightseeing Tour is a great way to get from one London attraction to another
The tour has 3 routes and you can hop on and off as often as you like
Also included are a range of walking tours and a Thames river cruise

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The ever-popular London Hop-on, Hop-off tour allows you to see the sites of this wonderful city at your own pace and create your perfect London sightseeing itinerary.

Conducted on an open-topped double-decker bus - the London Hop-on, Hop-off tour – operated by the Original London Sightseeing Company - has 3 routes and more than 40 stops meaning that all the best loved London attractions are covered by the tour. Frequent departures every 20 minutes mean that your precious London sightseeing time is not wasted waiting hours for buses.

Live commentary is offered in English, audio commentary is offered in a further 6 languages via headsets as is a special commentary for children.

What’s more the London Hop-On, Hop-Off tour also includes a Thames River Cruise and you have the opportunity to join a range of organised walking tours.

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very good...

Lorayne M Johansen United States

One of the best ways to see Londons main attractions in a one day layover. Tour guides are hilarious and provide ample information while not boring you with trivial facts. Very...

Scott Heggerud Canada

Itinerary

On this Hop-On Hop-Off tour, you have the freedom to plan your own London sightseeing itinerary. This hop-on hop-off tour bus takes three main tour routes.

The Original Tour (Yellow Route):
On this route there is live English commentary and audio commentary in a further 6 languages, a complete loop takes approximately 2 hours 15 minutes. Highlights of this route include Covent Garden, Trafalgar Square and Buckingham Palace.

The stops on this route are:

Piccadilly Circus
Statue of Eros
The National Gallery
Nelson's Column
Trafalgar Square
St James's Palace
Ritz Hotel
Hyde Park
Wellington Museum
Speakers' Corner
Buckingham Palace & the Changing of the Guard
St James's Park
Westminster Abbey
Big Ben & Parliament
Lambeth Palace
The London Eye
London Aquarium
Westminster Pier
Downing Street
Horse Guards' Parade
St Martin-in-the-Fields
Covent Garden
Fleet Street
St Paul's Cathedral
Bank of England Museum
Monument
London Bridge
Southwark Cathedral
London Dungeon
HMS Belfast
Tower Bridge
The Tower of London
Shakespeare's Globe
Tate Modern
Sherlock Holmes Pub

The City Sightseeing Tour (Red Route):
On this route digitally recorded commentary delivered via personal earphones in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese and Russian, a complete loop takes 2 hour 15 minutes.

The stops on this route are:

Victoria
Wellington Museum
Hyde Park
Speakers' Corner
Madame Tussauds
Regent's Park
Oxford Street
Regent Street
Piccadilly Circus
Statue of Eros
Leicester Square
The National Gallery
Nelson's Column
Trafalgar Square
Horse Guards' Parad
Downing Street
Big Ben & Parliament
The London Eye
London Aquarium
South Bank Arts Centre
Covent Garden
Fleet Street
St Paul's Cathedral
Monument
London Bridge
London Dungeon
HMS Belfast
Tower Bridge
The Tower of London
Shakespeare's Globe
Tate Modern
Sherlock Holmes Pub
Westminster Pier
Lambeth Palace
Buckingham Palace

The Museum Tour (Blue Route):
On this route digitally recorded commentary delivered via personal earphones in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese and Russian, a complete loop takes 2 hour 15 minutes. The Blue Route links the centre of London with the museums; most of which are located slightly to the west of the city centre. This route has stops for the Natural History Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum and much more!

The stops on this route are:

Kensington Palace
Kensington Gardens
Baden-Powell House
Natural History Museum
Science Museum
Victoria & Albert Museum
Brompton Oratory
Harrods
Knightsbridge
Harvey Nichols
Hyde Park
Hyde Park Corner
Piccadilly
Hard Rock Cafe
Green Park
Ritz Hotel
Royal Academy of Arts
Fortnum & Mason
Piccadilly Circus
Ripley's Believe It or Not!
Statue of Eros
Leicester Square
Russell Square
British Museum
Wellington Museum
Princess Diana Memorial Fountain
Royal Albert Hall
Albert Memorial
Kensington High Street

Included Walking Tours:

Your ticket entitles you to join one of these wonderful London walking tours.

Changing of the Guard Walk: See St James Palace, St James Park and arrive at Buckingham Palace in time to see the Changing of the Guard.
Departs daily at 1000h (10:00am) from the Original London Visitor Centre, Trafalgar Square

London Legends: Take a reverent look at places in London that have impacted world history, from where the Beatles were nearly arrested to where tickets for the Titanic were sold.
Departs daily at 1300h (01:00pm) from the Original London Visitor Centre, Trafalgar Square

Jack The Ripper Walk: A must do in London! Follow the trail of fear left by history’s most intriguing serial killer!
Departs daily at 1530h (03:30pm) from the Tower of London stop.

All walking tours last approximately 90 minutes.

Included River Cruise

Disembark at either Big Ben or the Tower of London; head to the City Cruises office and you will be given a one day pass for the Hop-On, Hop-Off Thames River Cruise service. The cruise runs from Westminster Pier to Greenwich Pier with departures every 20-30 minutes between 1000h (10:00am) and 1800h (06:00pm). The cruise will afford you wonderful views of London landmarks such as the Houses of Parliament, Big Ben, the London Eye, the Tower of London and Tower Bridge.

Please note

Your booking voucher can be exchanged for your Hop-On Hop-Off ticket at any one of the stops. Simply choose the stop which you wish to start from and present your voucher to the driver who will exchange it for a ticket that will be valid for 24 hours from that time.
This tour is operated by the Original London Sightseeing Tour
The route of the hop-on, hop-off tour is subject to change.

Inclusions

24 hour pass for the London Hop-On, Hop-Off tour operated by the Original London Sightseeing Tour
Pass includes a ticket for a Thames Cruise and you may join a range of organised walking tours
Live Guide (English speaking) (Yellow Route)
Digitally Recorded Multi-Lingual in English, French, Spanish, Italian, Russian, German, Japanese (Red Route and Blue Route)
Special Commentary for kids (Red Route and Blue Route)

Exclusions

Hotel pick up and drop off

What happens after I book?

A booking voucher will be sent to you by email
Print all pages of the voucher
Present the voucher at the tour start point or attraction entrance

Activity schedule

When does it run?
Daily

Duration
Your ticket is valid for 24 hours from first use

Start time
Buses time:
The Original Tour (Yellow Route): from 0830h (08:30am) to 1630h (04:30pm) with a frequency of every 20 minutes.
The City Sightseeing Tour (Red Route): from 0830h (08:30am) to 1650h (04:50pm) with a frequency of every 20 minutes.
The Museum Tour (Blue Route): from 0830h (08:30am) to 1715h (05:15pm) with a frequency of every 20 minutes.
Validity: Your ticket is valid for 24 hours from first use

Meeting point
You may board the bus at any of the stops

Ending point
You may end your tour at any of the stops

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