The Premier Classic London: Private Sightseeing Tour by Black Cab
Recommended by 99% of travelers
London, England
- 4 hours (approx.)
- Pickup offered
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
London spreads its landmarks across the city, and linking them on foot or by Tube eats up the better part of a day. A black cab covers far more in a few hours, with a driver-guide handling the route and the history between stops. The tour passes Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, the Tower of London, Covent Garden, Shakespeare's Globe, and the London Eye, with photo stops and short walks along the way.
- Enjoy a personalized experience with this private tour
- Choose from multiple departure times available to fit your schedule
- Go beyond the guidebooks and learn directly from your driver
- Relax with included hotel pickup and drop-off from Central London
Why Travelers Choose This Tour
This tour checks off London highlights in just a few hours—ideal if you can’t spare a full day.
What's Included
- Professional Driver Guide
- Pickup and drop-off only from Central London
- Private Transportation
- Photo Opportunities and Short walks
- Vehicle: TXE, TX4 or Mercedes Vito in black or other available colour
- Gratuities
- Heathrow Airport Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Tickets to attractions
Meeting and Pickup
Pickup points
Select a pickup point
Pickup details
If you do not provide a hotel name and address OR if your hotel is outside the central area of London, the recommended meeting point where we will pick you up is Embankment Tube Station. Otherwise, please provide the hotel name to be picked up from there.
Itinerary
After you’ve been picked up from your Central London hotel or meeting point, you’ll climb about your iconic London black cab. Kick off your sightseeing itinerary in Westminster, when you’ll stop at Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace, and the Houses of Parliament, passing by Trafalgar Square, towered over by Nelson’s Column.
Next, you’ll sail down Horse Guard’s Parade at Whitehall past Downing Street, residence of the UK Prime Minister, and St. James’s Palace, before reaching St. Paul’s Cathedral.
You’ll also drive past other big hits such as the London Eye, Hyde Park, the Royal Albert Hall, and Piccadilly Circus—throughout your tour, your guide offers the inside scoop on the city.
Finally, your tour concludes at your preferred drop-off location.
Next, you’ll sail down Horse Guard’s Parade at Whitehall past Downing Street, residence of the UK Prime Minister, and St. James’s Palace, before reaching St. Paul’s Cathedral.
You’ll also drive past other big hits such as the London Eye, Hyde Park, the Royal Albert Hall, and Piccadilly Circus—throughout your tour, your guide offers the inside scoop on the city.
Finally, your tour concludes at your preferred drop-off location.
1
Westminster Abbey
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
2
Buckingham Palace
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
3
Houses of Parliament
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
10 Downing Street (Pass By)
4
Changing of the Guard
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
5
St. James's Palace
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
6
Tower of London
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
7
Horse Guards Parade at Whitehall
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
8
St. Paul's Cathedral
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
Marble Arch (Pass By)
Piccadilly Circus (Pass By)
Trafalgar Square (Pass By)
Royal Albert Hall (Pass By)
The Monument to the Great Fire of London (Pass By)
Hyde Park (Pass By)
London Eye (Pass By)
9
Borough Market
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
10
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
Parliament Square (Pass By)
Covent Garden (Pass By)
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Transportation is wheelchair accessible
- Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- 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.
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Marie was very knowledgeable with her commentary. She was also quite humorous.She showed great empathy towards my wife's walking limitations, as she is recovering from knee replacement surgery.
We highly recommend Marie.
Nicola and Maria
Jon was a fantastic tour guide, and we highly recommend this tour of London. He showed us some unique places and shared interesting bits of London history.
The 3 of us had Seb as our driver / tour guide. I loved this tour because we had the opportunity to get out of the taxi several times to see the sites and hear the history. After several visits to London, I learned more from him than in all the tours put together. He did not sit in traffic. Whenever we were going to be stopped in traffic, he found a way around. It was 4 solid hours of sightseeing and not sitting in London traffic! Ask for Seb - absolutely the best!!!
We had a great experience on this tour. Our driver, Dean, is excellent. He’s a great driver and very knowledgeable about London history. He has many great photo opportunities! You will not be disappointed!
Terry was a very knowledgeable and helpful guide. There's a usual list of sights, but that is adjustable to whatever your interests or desires are. This was an excellent introduction to London for my elderly parents on their first day.
Danny was knowledgeable, funny, and interesting. He made sure we saw everything we wanted to see.
He had lots of interesting stories about each site.
We stopped for lots of pictures!
I would sum up our experience as amazing and Daniel, our driver, far exceeded our expectations! He was witty, informative and truly concerned with our enjoyment on the journey- we would highly recommend him!
Daniel- thank you for sharing your time and knowledge with us!
We never got to use this service. Sadly we arrived a day too late due to flight issues. They couldn't change the tour to work with us.
Taking a city tour with Louie in his iconic black cab was pure magic. I’ve always been amazed by the years of study cabbies put into learning the city and qualifying as guides, but experiencing it firsthand with Louie made all the difference. He is so knowledgeable, warm, and genuine—he made the history feel intimate and unique. If you want an unforgettable, authentic London experience, you have to do this!
This was the highlight of our trip to London! Matt was absolutely amazing 🤩 he went above and beyond to make sure we had a wonderful day. We highly recommend this tour and Matt!! Thank you for making our vacation special.
Wonderful experience, very nice tour guide, with lots of highlights!!! Highly recommend!!!
Our guide Tracey was so knowledgeable and made it a fun experience!!!
Tracy picked us up at our hotel. She was extremely knowledgeable and personable. She was very outgoing and asking if we had a special interest in a sight.
William was simply amazing, very pleasant and extremely knowledgeable about London’s history. Not only did he take us to the sights were wanted to see but he made the tour fun.
With John as our guide we enjoyed our walking and driving tour of London. He was very informative as well as friendly and tolerant of our questions!
Would definitely recommend this tour and this tour guide!
Very thorough, entertaining and customized. Jamie, our tour guide, was very personable, knowledgeable, and accomodating.
O M G, our Black Cab tour with Dave was one of the highlights of our London trip. He was outstanding and took us to unique places, but also to Big Ben, Westminster, Buckingham Palace, Changing of the Guard and one of our favorites, Abbey Road. He was so knowledgeable, and took such good care of these 4 senior ladies. A real professional! I highly recommend this tour company and only hope you are as fortunate as we were to have Dave as your Guide.
Terry our Black Cab driver was exceptionally knowledgeable and personable. My wife and I had an instant connection. He made the day so much fun and we learned so much about the stops and several other stories on random buildings along the way! I would recommend Terry to anyone!
We had an absolutely fabulous time on our private black cab tour with our amazing guide Steve Thomas. We were a party of four, two of whom had never been to London before and two who have been here numerous times, and the trip was totally enjoyable for all of us. Steve made sure to show our first timers, all of the traditional sites, and was able to show the more seasoned London visitors places we had never seen before. He was extremely knowledgeable, very patient with our older traveler, and wonderfully pleasant to be around. We will definitely look to book future tours with Steve. Highly recommend!
Tom is such an amazing guide. He showed us so much and exactly what we wanted to see.
He was on time and very professional.
Johnny was exceptional! He was kind, thoughtful and attentive to us as his guests. His knowledge of the the English/ British history was very impressive. He saw it as "useless" trivia; we saw it as extensive knowledge. I learned so much from him. He was incredible! He made the tour so much more than what we anticipated and he was delightful. Thank you, Johnny, for being wonderful.
Very informative and we were able to visit the historical places and the modern places within the 3+ hours
We’ve been to London many times, but this trip was with some family members who had never been there before. So we booked this tour thinking it was more for them than for us, but we all thoroughly enjoyed our half-day private cab tour of many of the key sites in London.
Just as great as the sites was our guide, John Goodwin. He is a wealth of history, current facts and information, and humor along the way that was just a delight throughout the entire tour.
We would highly recommend this tour in general and John Goodwin as your guide in specific.
John was great. Super knowledgeable and customized our route. I learned a ton and I’ve been to this city several times in the past. We found hidden gems and I finally figured out why we have so many French words in our English language. I would recommend highly.
Our tour guide Johnny was AMAZING!! His extensive knowledge of London history was mixed with facts and humor which made for a perfect tour. He was engaging with my entire family. I highly recommend this tour.
Steve the tour operator was great . We visited so many of the key sights In particularly for someone with mobility challenges it was great mostly sitting in a car for the tour
We had a 4 hour tour with Sean, it was a highlight of our trip! We saw things we definitely would not have seen on our own and learned a lot.
Would definitely recommend!
Our tour guide, Gary, was FABULOUS!! His knowledge of so many unique historical events was unbelievable and he was able to accomodate our 'off the cuff' requests without hesitation. GREAT TOUR!! Thank you Gary!!
Dean was a great tour guide and he was very knowledgeable on the many sights of London. We could not have had a better day.
Best possible choice for a lovely easy going tour with extra amazing fun facts and history!! We were so happy with the experience
This was a great way to see all of the iconic sights in a short period of time. We thoroughly enjoyed our experience with Ollie. He knew just where to go and stand for the best pictures.
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