Tower of London Tour: Explore History with Hop-On Hop-Off Bus and River Cruise
3.5
98 Ratings

Immerse yourself in London’s rich history with a Tower of London tour. Hop on a sightseeing bus, visit iconic landmarks, and cruise along the Thames River. Book now!

Duration: 2 hours, 20 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights

Red Route (Route)

Operating Schedule: Buses depart every 10-20 mins. The first bus departs from Stop 1 - Green Park Underground at 8:45 and the last bus departs at 18:00.

1. The Ritz Restaurant
Stop 1 - Green Park Undergound

2. Old Park Lane Hard Rock Cafe (Stop C)
Stop 2 - Hard Rock Cafe

3. W1K 1AB
Stop 3 - Queen Mother Gates

4. Hyde Park
Stop 4 - Marble Arch

5. Baker Street Station (Stop D)
Stop 5 - Baker Street

6. 290 Regent St.
Stop 6 - Oxford Street

7. 1 Heddon St
Stop 7 - Regent Street

8. 74 Regent St.
Stop 8 - Piccadilly Circus

9. 5b Pall Mall E
Stop 9 - Trafalgar Square

10. South African High Commission Home Affairs Consular Section
Stop 10 - Craig’s Court

11. Horse Guards Parade
Stop 11 - Whitehall

12. 4 York Rd
Stop 12 - London Eye

13. 28 York Rd
Stop 13 - Waterloo (Eastbound)

14. 1 Aldwych
Stop 14 - Covent Garden

15. 26 Ludgate Hill
Stop 15 - St Paul’s Cathedral

16. 362 Tower Hill
Stop 16 - Tooley Street

17. WC2R 2PH
Stop 17 - Tower of London

18. WC2R 2PH
Stop 18 - Temple Underground station

19. SW1A 2JH
Stop 19 - Westminster Pier

20. Lambeth Palace Road
Stop 20 - Lambeth Palace

21. Abingdon Street Gardens
Stop 21 - College Green

22. 43 Tothill St
Stop 22 - Tothill Street

23. 1 Buckingham Place
Stop 23 - Buckingham Palace

24. 49 Buckingham Palace Rd
Stop 24 - Victoria, Nova Complex - Currently out of Service

25. Victoria Station (Stop R)
Stop 25 - Victoria Station

  1. Stop 38 - London Eye (Westbound)

Points of Interest

  • Madame Tussauds London

  • Tower of London

  • Buckingham Palace

  • Tower Bridge

  • Big Bus Tours

  • Regent’s Park

  • St. James’s Park

  • Kensington Gardens

  • Trafalgar Square

  • Westminster Abbey

  • Leicester Square

  • Big Ben

  • Royal Albert Hall

  • Marble Arch

  • The Shard

What's Included
  • Complimentary earphones
  • 30-minute scenic river cruise
  • Flexible hop-on hop-off bus tour
  • Multilingual recorded commentary (5 languages)
What's Not Included
  • Hotel pickup
  • Food and drinks
Additional Information

Discover London aboard an open-top, double-decker Big Bus on this hop-on, hop-off sightseeing tour and enjoy entrance to the Tower of London as part of your ticket. With your 24 Hour ticket, design a personal itinerary with dozens of possible stops, including Buckingham Palace, Hyde Park, St. Paul’s Cathedral, and more. Enjoy unobstructed views and onboard commentary as you view the city’s highlights. Hop off to enjoy the Tower of London and marvel at the Crown Jewels and take advantage a one-way Thames River Cruise between the Tower of London and Westminster Pier (in either direction).

  • Tickets are valid from the first date of redemption
  • Buses are equipped with ramps for wheelchairs or strollers
  • Redeem your voucher at any of the designated Big Bus stops. You will be issued with a bus tour ticket and a Tower of London entrance ticket
  • Infants (age 0-4) can go on the tour free of charge
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Sheena-steve
Jul 27, 2024
A little gruesome - Before you embark on a guided tour think about who is with you. Although my granddaughter was the one who asked to go I don’t think she imagined there would be so much talk about torture. I get you need to say beheaded or tortured but perhaps not so much graphic detail. We did all love the historic buildings and seeing the Crown Jewels. Very interesting hearing about the wild animals who lived here and how they became first animals in London Zoo
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Tessb685
Jun 11, 2024
Bug Bus: Recommend walking tours! - Had to get our tickets from a random shop-front, which made us unsure if we were getting the real thing at the real price. But luckily we did find the bus after that false start. Riding the bus around the loop a couple of times on day one gave us a good framework for understanding the touristy part of town. But the highlight was the walking tour on day two. Big Steve was our guide, and added all kinds of interesting background info. After we split off from the group for a while to get lunch, he still managed to locate us again later in the day without slowing down the group. Amazing!
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Jennifer
May 6, 2024
Bring back live guides please! - London is very clean and very busy. Try not to take a taxi. Very expensive. The hop on and off bus is the best way to see things. You can get a feel for what and where you want to visit more. Sad to say that the personal live tour guides have been discontinued by the company “Top View” they were the last and will now go to recorded tours. Very disappointed! Their guides were full of knowledge and personal experience of things to see and do. Now that’s gone! Bring back the live people for tours!
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Stefl740
Apr 18, 2024
Interesting upon arrival of your stay - Blue Line West London Red Line Main Landmarks Beautiful photos. Get on the bus terrace Prepare a wipe in case of rain
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Tourist287456
Jan 6, 2024
Ugh - Ugh 😏 really unfriendly driver and lousy comments and very expensive for a red circuit At 5 p.m. we have to get off the bus where it is
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Lauralq3030yw
Aug 3, 2024
Terrible. - Horrible. They kicked us off a full bus and made us get on another bus. That bus was full so lost our upper seats. No where to sit, had to stand. Then they didn’t go to half the stops on their map. Everyone was totally confused. Do not pick this bus for good service.
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510anas510
Jun 25, 2024
Total decoordination between audio and attractions.Map without rotation senses. Hard to see the stops. - I don't recommend them. Bad frequency. Routes cut senseless. Repeated messages but no useful explanation. Uncoordinated audio of the attraction. Map without explanation of direction of rotation. Misidentified stops.Only if you travel the entire route for a tour could be useful the first time, but it is expensive. If you try to use it to get on and off it does not work, they are infrequent and you do not know where to go. Better the subway. Wasting time on bug bus
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Catherine_p
Jun 23, 2024
Miserable - This trip was a nightmare. We were on the bus for three hours trying to get to our Tower of London tour. On the same road for an hour and did not make our tour! No mention of earphones so we had no idea what was going on. No information by driver on anything. Wasted day in London!! Three travelers not happy!!
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Northernrough
May 27, 2024
Rubbish commitment to safety and to experience - Pathetic commitment to safety If anyone is standing the driver doesn’t ask anyone to sit, rather they play a short safety announcement over and over and over and over, which only those wearing headphones can hear (which isn't the people standing FFS!!!) Yet the driver will let more people on the bus knowing that they can’t sit down. Result - don’t expect a recorded commentary if it’s full.
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Stacey_s
Apr 3, 2024
Not worth the cost - This was a terrible experience from late buses to operators who said they sent messages (but never did). We spent almost $500 on this package and barely benefited from it. I suppose in hindsight I should’ve considered traffic but it was ridiculous. We waited 35 minutes for one bus that took over an hour to get across town. We barely made our London Tower trip and given that this takes 2 hours we had no time for the river cruise. The operator(s) said we couldn’t reschedule even though everything that happened up until that point was out of our control. For this cost we used the bus three times and did the London Tower. I could’ve done all of this on my own for half the price. Bottom line: getting the bus tickets are enough. Don’t book anything extra.
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