Half-day Private Tour in London

London, England

4 hours (approx.)
Pickup offered
Group discounts
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Make sure you see all the sites of London in a short amount of time with this half-day private tour of the city. Your driver takes you to spots like Westminster Abbey, Big Ben, the Tower of London, and much more. Make sure your cameras are ready to see the city’s iconic landmarks, and maybe stop for a photo shoot in Piccadilly Circus. Hotel pickup is included for added convenience.

Enjoy a door-to-door transfer service with hotel pickup
No need to deal with public transportation
See all of London’s top sites in just half a day
Enjoy this tour with just your private group

What's Included

Water
Private transportation
Pick up and Drop off
Door to Door service

gratuities/tips

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Pickup details

Pick-Up and Drop-Off Information This tour includes complimentary pick-up and drop-off service. We will collect you from your hotel or private address and return you to the same location at the end of the tour, unless you advise us otherwise. There is no additional charge for this service. Hotel Pick-Up: Please wait in the hotel lobby at the scheduled pick-up time. Your driver will come inside to meet you. Private Address Pick-Up: Please wait outside the main entrance of the property at the scheduled pick-up time. If your hotel is not listed during the booking process, please inform us at the time of booking or send us an email after your reservation is confirmed, and we will arrange your pick-up accordingly. If you do not yet have your pick-up details at the time of booking, please provide them at least 12 hours before the tour start time, or as soon as they become available.

Itinerary

Changing of the Guard

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Westminster Abbey

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Palace of Westminster

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Big Ben

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

London

2 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Service animals allowed

Near public transportation
Infants must sit on laps
Most travelers can participate
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

Reviews

3.7

based on 7 reviews

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mark_w, Aug 2025

All of my other bookings have been fantastic. This was terrible. We booked a tour of London. In advance we explained we had been to the major sites. He said great we can do a wonderful tour of the secondary sites. All sorted. The day before he suggested Hampton court palace. We said fine thinking it was in London. We didn’t know it was an hour out. When we got there he didn’t even guide us. He left us for 2 hours. When driving to and back we had to ask what things were. No guide service only driving service. Terrible waste of money.

Response from Host, Aug 2025

Thank you for your review. Everything is good from your side. We only gave you suggestion, since you had been to London and you have visited every famous land marks. We gave you two suggestions, one to visit some places in London or go and visit one of the most famously Palace in England. You opted to visit the palace, we gave you a brief explanation of what it was all about before you gave us your decision. The tour description clearly said that there was no professional guides on this tour, so how can you expect someone to accompany you inside the palace to guide you. Also your idea was to visit the palace and see other parts of London within 4 hours which was impossible as your driver explained to you that you can visit other places but you would have to extend your time by at least one hour. You declined that offer and decided to finish your tour within 4 hours. We still gave you 30 minutes extra. in terms of driver, this driver is a very experienced tour driver, he has been doing tour for the last 17 years. Your driver gave you all the historical information during your journey and explained to you that your ticket includes Multi media audio guides to help you inside the palace. so what else where you expecting from us?

Worked Well for Us!

Jim_C, Aug 2025

I decided to book a private half day tour because my knee arthritis was flaring up. I did not want this to impede my wife and I to sightsee London. This vendor communicated well with me before and during the tour. The driver came on time. Keep in mind this is not a tour per se. This is simply a driver taking you to the places you want to go. Hence, be prepared to lead your driver. This worked well for us. I would recommend this type of "tour" if you know where you want to go and for whatever reason you are unable to get there via walking.

Perfect!

Alaina_P, Jun 2025

Our drive was awesome!! He made all of the stops we wanted on our layover tour. He was great!! I would recommend!

Great!

NANCEE_N, Aug 2024

Great tour a small microphone would have been nice as it was hard to hear. The company was very accommodating in moving the time as our flight was delayed and we appreciated that.

you showed a tour with the little black cars, that's not what was sent. It was a black van. VERY DISSATISFACTION.

Timothy_J, Sep 2023

Advertisement showed the little black cars. Thats not what came, we were sent vans. That's not what we wanted or were expecting. VERY DISAPPOINTED! Driver was very nice. Tour was suppose To be 4 hours it was only 3. Your very wrong for leading us to belive it was in the black cars, we wouldn't have booked a van. Not happy at all. Timothy Jacob

Response from Host, Oct 2023

This was not a van, we sent. This was a lates model Mercedes V Class an top of the range mercedes executive vehicle. customers pay extra to have these luxury vehciles.

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Grover_B, Aug 2023

We had an awesome experience especially with not having a lot of time in London it was perfect. All the sires we saw was well worth it.

Response from Host, Aug 2023

Thank you. I am very happy that you managed to see verything that you wanted to see in this short time.

Places great. Too long.

Felicity_K, Apr 2023

The tour places and commentary insights were great it’s was just way too long a day, particularly for our three daughters aged 16-19 years old. The itinerary needs tightening up more. We left Bath at 6pm and won’t get back to London until 8.30-9pm and there is no dinner stop. We left 8 am.