🏨 Private Tour to Stonehenge & Windsor Castle with Qualified 'Blue Badge' Guide Activity

Private Tour to Stonehenge & Windsor Castle with Qualified 'Blue Badge' Guide

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Pricing Info:

Duration: 10 hours

Departs: London, London

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

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Overview

depart London at 8.00am arrive Stonehenge about 10.00am. Spend about 2 hours there and then lunch in a nice country pub.
Budget for 1 hour for lunch it is about 1 hour 15 minutes to Windsor Castle. About 2.5 hours in Windsor and 1 hour back to London finishing about 6.00pm. This is a popular tour offered by many operators. To avoid worst of lines, we visit Stonehenge first and then Windsor.
Private tour - You and your group will be the only ones on the tour. I drive a very comfortable Mercedes V-class, large enough for 7 passengers. For larger groups a minibus can be arranged (different rate). As a 'Blue Badge' qualified guide, I am permitted to guide within Windsor Castle grounds and St Georges Chapel. Not permitted to guide within the state apartments but audio guide available for that part. Am permitted to guide around Stonehenge.
purchasing tickets in advance will save much time.

What's Included

Air-conditioned vehicle

All Fees and Taxes

Bottled water

Private transportation

Soda/Pop

WiFi on board

What's Not Included

ADMISSION CHARGES TO ATTRACTIONS NOT INCLUDED (no need to pay for guide's)

Lunch

Traveler Information

TRAVELER: Age: 0 - 120

Additional Info

Face masks provided for travellers
Face masks required for travellers in public areas
Service animals allowed
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised

Face coverings to be worn inside the vehicle. Face Coverings to be worn by guests inside State Apartments, St Georges Chapel and gift shop at Windsor. Face coverings to be worn within visitor centre and gift shop at stonehenge. Guests must comply with any
Face masks required for guides in public areas
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Specialized infant seats are available
THIS TOUR IS BY LARGE MINIVAN. Car is not wheelchair accessible but large enough to take a wheelchair if guest can get in and out of car and is not wholly reliant on wheelchair. London is mostly accessible but some sights (eg, Tower of London) are not com

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

Windsor Castle

Windsor Castle is one of three official residences of the Monarch of the United Kingdom. It is the largest occupied castle and longest continuously occupied castle in the world.
Two main things to see inside the castle - The State Apartments and St Georges Chapel.
The State Apartments are the rooms traditionally used by the kings and queens. On display are priceless examples of furnishings and works of art by artists such as Rubens, Canaletto and Rembrandt. Some of the rooms are still used for official entertaining, in particular, St Georges Hall, a large banqueting hall which caters for 160 people during a State Banquet. Note that Blue Badge Guides are not allowed to guide within the State Apartments. There is, however, a free audio guide for this part of the tour. The rest of the castle is ok for the guide to show you including St Georges Chapel.

Dating from the late 15th/early 16th century, a fine example of Gothic architecture, it is, first and foremost, a working chapel. It is also is the burial place of many kings and queens including King Henry VIII and also a venue for royal weddings. Note that the chapel is closed to visitors on a Sunday and, in my opinion, it is definitely worth seeing so avoid visiting Windsor Castle on Sunday if you can.

3 hours • Admission Ticket Not Included

Stonehenge

Stonehenge is Britain’s most famous prehistoric sight, the oldest part of the monument is 5000 years old. Archaeologists' opinions vary but it would appear that the stones were erected by about 2500BC. Good archaeological evidence indicates the site was used as a cemetery and a form of calendar. Speculation from other archaeological evidence has suggested, that over a period of about 1400 years, the site was as a temple, pre-historic place of healing and maybe a place of 'gladiatorial' combat. Although in a ruined condition, it is still worth seeing.
The visitor centre is about 1 mile from the stones and you can choose to walk through pre-historic landscape getting close to a few burial mounds from the bronze age. It's about a 20 minute from the mounds to the stones. Or can take the bus shuttle (included in admission fee) straight to the stones (a few minutes' drive). About 30 - 40 minutes walking around the stones explaining the site. Back on the bus to the visitor centre which has displays of artefacts reinforcing the commentary. Time for the gift shop and other facilities so need to allow about 1.5 - 2 hours for the whole visit.

2 hours • Admission Ticket Not Included

Reviews

Glen is a great guide!

J8147OLclaired, 28-04-2022

Glen has infinite knowledge on both historical and current events in the UK. He also communicates effectively in the planning process prior to hosting tours. We spent five days with Glen, including two around London and three out in the English countryside. Wonderful trip!

Glen is an exceptional driver/tour guide

cheryldO7559CV, 17-11-2019

Thank you Tripadvisor for the amazing tour.
I would like to especially commend Glen Portch, our driver/tour guide, to our booked trip to Windsor and Stonehenge. He’s so knowledgeable of the History of England and just about all things.
I’ll say that when we booked a private tour with private vehicle that I thought that it’ll be a long boring trip. But boy, I was mistaken. It was quite the opposite. My husband and I had a super great time with GLEN PORTCH. He is like a repository of the whole British history, like a library. He’s even adept with current events. The Windsor experience was truly amazing. Glen filled us up with information about the Monarch, family blood line, histories about them, their part in the history. Then, when we get to Stoenhenge, he made it alive and we felt we were also there when it was being built. We were so impressed with him that if we get back to London, we’ll definitely request him once again to bring us around.
He even went out of his way to help us catch the closing time of the shops we want to go to at the end of the tour, then safely brought us back to the hotel. He’s truly wonderful.
We would definitely recommend him to our friends.

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