Heathrow Layover Sightseeing Tours - London Taxi Black Cab With Tour Guide


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From $1171.99

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Pricing Info:

Duration: 8 hours

Departs: London, London

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

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Overview

This tour allows you to truly experience as much of London as possible during a layover - fully narrated by experienced guides in taxis.

The tour guides are highly experienced and qualified. All guides are official London Black Cab Drivers (London Taxis) and qualified London Tour Guides. The knowledge behind our expertise comes from education and research, so all the information you are given is academically factual.

The tours are carried out in London Black Cabs, of which are partitioned, comfortable and traditional.

Whilst the tours are based on a template platform, we do provide customisable features of the tour - of which can be discussed prior to the tour. Our tours are built upon experience, yet are bespoke to the guest.

The tours covers a myriad of British and London History, ranging from the Romans to Anglo-Saxons, Medieval to Early Modern, and to modern.

This tour provides sightseeing to all the landmarks with a great deal of fascinating and amazing history.


What's Included

Air-conditioned vehicle

Bottled water

Private transportation


Traveler Information

  • TRAVELER: Age: 0 - 120

Additional Info

  • Contactless payments for gratuities and add-ons
  • Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • Contactless payments for gratuities and add-ons
  • Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

  • For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
  • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

What To Expect

Tower of London
Tower of London and sights / history of Tower Hill, including history from Roman Londinium to the modern era.

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

The Monument to the Great Fire of London
The Monument to the Great Fire of London, discussing the fire of 1666 and the devasting impact on medieval/Tudor London

• Admission Ticket Free

Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
The famous Shakespeare's Globe in Southwark, and history on Southwark - Roman, Medieval, Early Modern to Modern

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

City of London
Within the City of London (The Mile Square), visitors will see various sights and locations of London's old history.

Including:

- The Cockney Londoner, what makes one?
- Medieval and Early Modern London, the who, the what and the where?
- Executions and celebrations
- Colonial England, the first ventures and adventures
- William Shakespeare
- Elizabeth I and the defeat of the Spanish Armada
- A separate city???

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

St. Paul's Cathedral
St Paul's Cathedral in the City of London

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Covent Garden
The famous Covent Garden market, established in the seventeenth century, reflecting the beauty of Early Modern England and buzzing London

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Piccadilly Circus
The Heartland of Westend London, the iconic, Piccadilly Circus

• Admission Ticket Free

Trafalgar Square
See all the sites in and surrounding the centre of London, Trafalgar Square, consisting of Lord Horatio Nelson's Column (Nelson's Column), The National Gallery, King Charles I and much more!

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Mayfair
The wonderful, extravagant Mayfair of London's Westend. Also, within , Little America, the area rich with Anglo-American history.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Marble Arch
Marble Arch, to the north of Park Lane, the former entrance to Buckingham Palace. Furthermore, Tyburn, the site of the infamous former execution site.

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Hyde Park Corner
Hyde Park Corner, Aspley House, history of the Duke of Wellington and more

• Admission Ticket Free

Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace, the official residence of Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Victoria and more

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

St. James's Park
St James Park and the former rear grounds of Whitehall Palace

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Whitehall
Whitehall, the site of the former Whitehall Palace, the official residence of the Monarch throughout most of the Tudor and Stuart periods.

The Horseguards

Banqueting House

Downing Street

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Big Ben
Big Ben, the famous bell/clock tower of the Houses of Parliament

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Houses of Parliament
Houses of Parliament, the famous home of British Government, also known as the Palace of Westminster

Discussion of the monarchy, the English Civil War, the history of parliament and more!

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey, the Collegiate Church of St Peter

Learn all about the history of London, the competition between two cities, the settlement and disruption of the monarchy, the church, the Reformation, coronations and much more!

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included






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