Private City Sightseeing Tour: The Tower to St Paul's Discount Tickets

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Overview

Two thousand years of London in one walk, from the Romans who built the first walls, to the Vikings who raided it, to the bankers and traders who turned this one square mile into one of the most powerful patches of land on Earth. This is a private tour, just your group and a local guide, at your pace, with no fixed script. Perfect if it's your first time in London and you want the essentials without the guesswork, or if you've been before and want to actually understand what you're looking at this time. Along the way: - The Tower of London - Tower Bridge - London Bridge - The Shard - The Monument to the Great Fire - The Walkie Talkie - The Bank of England - The Royal Exchange - St Paul's Cathedral - & more! Good for: first-time visitors who want to get properly oriented, families wanting an engaging, history walk, and anyone who wants London explained by someone who actually lives here.

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Trinity Square, England, EC3N 4TH, United Kingdom

The guide will be standing outside Tower Hill Station, at a food stand called 'Tower Hill Tram'. The guide will be holding a red umbrella

End Point

End point

The tour finishes at St Paul's Cathedral.

Language Offered

English-GUIDE

Itinerary

1. Tower of London
Nearly 1,000 years old! Built by William the Conqueror as a fortress, later a royal prison, execution site, and home to the Crown Jewels (and the ravens who, legend says, protect the kingdom).
Duration: 10 mins
2. Tower Bridge
London's most famous bridge! Its Victorian bascules still lift for river traffic to this day.
3. The Shard
Western Europe's tallest building when it opened in 2012. A glass spike over a city that spent 2,000 years staying low to the ground.
4. London Bridge
Not the famous one, but a crossing has stood here since the Romans first founded the city. The medieval version was lined with shops, houses, and (grimly) traitors' heads on spikes.
5. The Monument to the Great Fire of London
Christopher Wren's column marking the Great Fire of 1666. Its height is exactly the distance to the bakery on Pudding Lane where the fire began.
6. 20 Fenchurch Street
"The Walkie Talkie"! A modern skyscraper with a genuinely wild claim to fame when, in 2013, its curved glass front concentrated sunlight so intensely it melted parts of a car parked on the street below. London's most infamous architectural mistake.
7. Royal Exchange Building London
Founded in 1571 as London's first proper trading floor, modelled on Antwerp's bourse, look up for the grasshopper weathervane, the crest of the merchant who built it. Now luxury shops sit where traders once haggled.
8. Bank of England Museum
The "Old Lady of Threadneedle Street". Britain's central bank since 1694, and the vault holding one of the largest gold reserves on Earth.
9. St. Paul's Cathedral
Wren's masterpiece, and the building that stood defiant through the Blitz while the rest of the City burned around it.

Inclusion

A fantastic tour guide

Exclusion

Private transportation

Public transportation (bus, subway, cable car, etc.)

Gratuities

Cancellation Policy

Check mark icon Refundable tickets

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

  • 100% refund if cancelled 1+ days before the start date
  • 0% refund if cancelled less than 1 day(s) before the start date

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller

Service animals allowed

Public transportation options are available nearby

Transportation options are wheelchair accessible

All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Supplied by London With A Local

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