Your guided tour takes you past many of the major sights and landmarks of London.
We will stop and explore Westminster Abbey, where monarchs have been crowned since 1066 (see Note 1), and visit the Chapter House.
Stand outside Buckingham Palace and watch the Changing of the Guard (See Note 2); see the Houses of Parliament, Big Ben, Trafalgar Square, Piccadilly Circus and Eros, and much more before stopping for lunch.
No London tour is complete without a pub lunch and we have selected a venue where the food and atmosphere is excellent.
After lunch we continue our tour with a visit to the Tower of London, the most impressive medieval fortress in Britain!
Built by William the Conqueror, during its history it has been a palace, a prison, a zoo, a royal mint, an observatory, an armoury and a place of execution, and we will see the Crown Jewels, the ravens and famous Beefeaters.
From here we move on to Tower Bridge and then into the City of London, the one square mile that was built by the Romans.
There’s so much to see here its breathtaking and we will be visiting the modern financial district that stands side by side with the ancient sites.
In addition to visiting Shakespeare’s Globe and the Rose Theatre site, viewing the Roman wall that once surrounded the city and visiting the oldest church in the city built in 1123, your guide will show you the London very few visitors get to see!
We will carry on visiting many more of the city's unusual and fascinating rarely seen monuments and treasures.
Still within the city we will visit the site where the Great Fire of London started in 1666, then we travel the short distance around to St Paul's Cathedral.
A full day, with pick up at 9am returning at around 5/6pm (8/9 hours), means you will have time to see the Changing of the Guard (See Note 2) and go inside several major sites.

Remember, this is your tour so your guide will personalise it to your wishes and complete the tour at your pace.

1. Westminster Abbey is closed on Sunday for services.
2. At certain times there may be no changing the guard but on these occasions we will visit Horse guards parade.
3. The venues may not be visited in the order they appear in the description.

At Windsor Castle we take time to explore the largest fully occupied castle in the world, visiting the magnificent state rooms, when available, and marveling at the fabulous collection of treasures including works of art by Van Dyck, Rembrandt and Rubens.
We also walk around the gardens and visit St Georges Chapel, except Sundays, and see the tombs of Charles I, George III and Henry VIII.
From Windsor we journey through old Windsor and Windsor Great Park to the one-time island of Runnymede, where in 1215 King John sealed the Magna Carta, and also pass the John F Kennedy Memorial.
From Runnymede we move on to Hampton Court, which lies on the river Thames, and arrive at the famous palace, built by Cardinal Woolsey and given to Henry VIII.
Here we visit the state apartments and the marvelous, traditional gardens laid out in the 17th century.