London City Tour

Want to create your own tour of London’s famous sights? If so, this ‘hop-on-hop-off’ ticket will be right up your street. With over 40 different pick-up and drop-off stops scattered throughout London, where you join and where you leave the tour is entirely up to you.

The London City Tour fleet consists of 24 traditional red double-decker buses, many of which are open-topped, so you can really take in all the sights and sounds of London first-hand. While this is a self-guided tour, information brochures are available. These brochures available are English only, but an audio guide is available in English, Chinese, German, Japanese, French, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Brazilian and Hindi.

Your 24 hour ticket gives you access to seven tour routes: the Red Route, Yellow Original Tour (T1 & T2), Blue Royal Borough Tour, Orange British Museum Tour, Purple - Capital Connector route and the Silver Morning Shuttle.

The Red Route passes key areas such as Hyde Park, Marble Arch, Baker Street and Marlyebone Road.

The Yellow Original Tour showcases many of London's top attractions including London Eye, Trafalgar Square, St. Paul’s Cathedral, Tower of London, Tower Bridge, and The Shard. It has 2 different lines, T1 & T2. T1 has live commentary in English while T2 has a recorded one in: English, Spanish, Italian, German, Russian, French, Japanese, Portuguese, Chinese, Arabic & Brazilian Portuguese.

The Blue Royal Borough Tour route covers Kensington attractions which include world class shopping venues like Harrods and museums such as Natural History Museum, Science Museum and Victoria & Albert Museum.

The Orange British Museum Tour highlights London's most popular museum and other art and cultural attractions such as the British Library and Chinatown.

The Purple - Capital Connector route makes moving around more convenient as it connects you to different neighbourhoods such as Notting Hill and and other bus tours like the Blue route.

Silver Morning Shuttle is a route that goes from Holland Park Avenue to Marble Arch every 20 minutes and has no return trips.

All buses have ergonomic seats for added comfort and offer free Wi-Fi and USB charging points, so don’t forget a USB cable in case your run low on power while taking photos and videos. In addition, the buses have been adapted to cater to people with reduced mobility with access ramps and wheelchair spaces.