This half day guided tour was the highlight of our trip to London! Our family of four (two teenagers) all enjoyed the day. Flora was our guide and kept a perfect pace - the day was full but not rushed. She was a wealth of interesting information as we walked to the changing of the guard site and waited for the parade. You don’t see them change places on this tour, so if that is important to you, plan to do that a different day - you would have to wait for 3+ hours at the front of Buckingham to see that up close. We enjoyed the pomp of the parade and seeing the new guard marching in. We also got to see the old guard trot out on horses. Then we walked through a gorgeous part of St James park and through the historic center. Big Ben is visible from a distance - you aren’t getting up close or going into it on this tour. We took a public boat up the river - we had priority boarding and Flora to offer commentary. Then she turned us over to Joe for a tour of torture. Our final stop was a meet and greet with a “Beefeater,” one of only 35. Behind the scenes stories and q&a were fascinating. We had the rest of the day to explore the Tower. I would recommend this tour for adults and mature teens.
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Magicplaces51
September 23, 2026 · via Tripadvisor
Best tour ever!
Best guides very knowledgeable and kind.
The beefeater was awesome
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Cheryl_S
September 2, 2026 · via Viator
Big Ben, Tower of London, Beefeaters tour.
Natalie was amazing. She took us to the best places to stand to get amazing pictures. She was our guide for the 1st part of our tour. She handed us off to maybe Allen?? He had alot of knowledge also, but he walked to fast . So he had to wait for the 6 of us to catch up.
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303kendraa
August 13, 2026 · via Tripadvisor
Excellent tour of London hoghlights
We had an excellent tour with Michael! We were able to see the changing of the guard and horse guard along with the military band as they made their way to/from Buckingham Palace. The rest of the walking tour was full of interesting information and stories from Michael as we saw highlights including Buckingham Palace, Westminister Abbey, Big Ben, Parliament, and Tower Bridge. The boat ride was a nice chance to sit down and have a snack. We had time on our own at the end to explore Tower of London for as long as we wanted after our tour's private discussion with Beefeater Emma (which as very interesting). This was our only full day in London before departing on a cruise and it was a great way to see the highlights. Excellent use of headsets so the whole group was engaged.
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Kendra_A
August 13, 2026 · via Viator
Excellent tour of London highlights
We had an excellent tour with Michael! We were able to see the changing of the guard and horse guard along with the military band as they made their way to/from Buckingham Palace. The rest of the walking tour was full of interesting information and stories from Michael as we saw highlights including Buckingham Palace, Westminister Abbey, Big Ben, Parliament, and Tower Bridge. The boat ride was a nice chance to sit down and have a snack. We had time on our own at the end to explore Tower of London for as long as we wanted after our tour's private discussion with Beefeater Emma (which as very interesting). This was our only full day in London before departing on a cruise and it was a great way to see the highlights. Excellent use of headsets so the whole group was engaged.
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Michele_K
July 21, 2026 · via Viator
Excellent guide!
We had a small group of 3 so the tour felt like a private tour just for us. Cecilia did a great job walking us around and getting us to all the locations!
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Teresa_R
July 10, 2026 · via Viator
Tower of London
Our tour guide, Cecily, was great. She knew r exactly where to take us and get the best views. The Tower of London was a lot more than I realized. Only bad thing was the heat and no one can control that.
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Brisbanegirl22
June 28, 2026 · via Tripadvisor
Changing of the guards, Royal Mews and Kings Gallery tour
Our tour was led by Joseph, a young London local with a hugely engaging style. Joseph was an excellent guide - extremely well informed and with a talent for delivering history in an interesting way. We really enjoyed him, he was a fantastic guide. The tour starts on the Mall and we saw the Changing of the Guard with Joseph providing background. From there we had a tour through the Royal Mews and then with tickets provided by Joseph we visited the special Queen Elizabeth exhibition in the Kings Gallery.
To be honest, I only booked the tour as we hadn’t been able to get our own tickets for the Kings Gallery (sold-out too far in advance), however it was well worth it and I highly recommend it. Despite having lived in London for several years myself in the past I still learned quite a lot!
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Melissa and Dio... R
June 26, 2026 · via Tripadvisor
Excellent experience!
Jay was a wonderful guide! He was knowledgeable, friendly, and professional. We learned so much about the sites and related history from Jay and from the lady tour guide who continued with us at the Tower. The beefeater talk at the Tower was also an enjoyable and interesting experience! This was a highlight of our vacation!
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shamlett
June 22, 2026 · via Tripadvisor
Great way to watch the guards
Louise was an excellent tour guide, answering all of our questions and providing entertaining and relevant facts about the monarchy and British culture. She also gave us premium viewing for the guards in two different locations. She made it interesting for my kids, which is a challenge! Highly recommend
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