This private tour starts at the Dover cruise port and ends at your hotel in central London, about 75 miles (121km) away.
After meeting your guide, you drive to London for a tour past the city's best known landmarks. The exact sites and order depend on your interests and traffic that day, but a typical day covers the following.
Westminster Abbey has been the coronation church of England's monarchs since William the Conqueror was crowned there on Christmas Day in 1066, a tradition carried through 38 more monarchs since, up to King Charles III in 2023. Next door, the Houses of Parliament occupy the Palace of Westminster, rebuilt after a fire destroyed much of the original palace in 1834. Above it rises the Elizabeth Tower, home to the bell known as Big Ben, completed in 1859 to a neo-Gothic design and, at the time, the largest and most accurate four-faced striking clock in the world.
At Buckingham Palace, the working London residence and administrative headquarters of the British monarch since Queen Victoria moved in in 1837, you may catch the Changing of the Guard, a ceremony with roots going back to 1656, held in the palace forecourt at 11 AM daily in summer and on alternating days the rest of the year.
The London Eye, opened on the south bank of the Thames on the last day of 1999 and welcoming its first paying passengers in March 2000, stands 443 feet (135 meters) tall and was originally meant to come down after five years; its popularity made it a permanent fixture instead.
At the Tower of London, construction of the White Tower at the fortress's core began under William the Conqueror around 1078. Today the complex protects the Crown Jewels, including the Imperial State Crown, and is watched over by the Yeomen Warders, better known as the Beefeaters, along with the Tower's resident ravens, which legend holds must never leave or the kingdom will fall.
The tour also passes through Piccadilly Circus, home since 1893 to the winged aluminum statue popularly called Eros, though it actually depicts his twin brother Anteros, and Leicester Square, in the heart of London's theatre district.
A stop for lunch is included (meal not included). A traditional pub for fish and chips with an English ale is a popular choice, and London's many Indian restaurants are another option. If timing allows, a stop for high tea, usually served between 3 and 6 PM, can also be arranged.
At the end of the tour, your guide drops you at your London hotel.