London red bus tour - vintage Routemaster open top trip

Famous classic London red buses, plus river cruise and sightseeing opportunities

Routemaster bus: tour London in an authentic London red bus

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• Key points of London bus tour

• Add-ons to Vintage red bus tour

• Victoria departure point

• Vintage tour prices and reservations

Vintage London Red Bus Tours with exclusive river tour

The Vintage Red London Bus Tour is a half day sightseeing tour (morning or afternoon) seeing the iconic sights of London and a great orientation of Central London too.

 

You are accompanied by a professional guide throughout.

Tours of London

Open top bus

Original Tour

Big Bus

Golden Tours

Vintage Red Bus

Other tours

Guided coach tours

Harry Potter

Rock Tour

Black Taxi Tour

City Cruises

Key points of Vintage London Red Bus Tour

- Morning and afternoon tours start at Victoria Coach Station at 7.45am and 1pm.

 

- Most months the tour runs daily, in the mid-winter months there are days when the tour doesn't operate. Tour ends at Victoria around 12.30pm/5pm.

 

- Professional English-speaking guide

 

- Enjoy great views of London's iconic sights from top deck of the vintage London red bus, including Big Ben, the Houses of Parliament, Trafalgar Square, St Paul’s Cathedral, London Bridge, The Shard, Tower Bridge and the London Eye.

 

- Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace - watch the world famous Changing of the Guard ceremony of the Queen's soldiers (morning tour only). On the afternoon tour a photo stop is made at Buckingham Palace.

- Photo stop at Westminster Abbey (morning tour) or the Tower of London (afternoon tour).

 

- Thames River Cruise. The tour ends with a river trip seeing London from a different perspective and enjoying excellent views of St Paul's Cathedral and Shakespeare’s Globe among others.

 

- Morning tour is a circular 35-40 minute tour, the afternoon tour around an hour from the Tower of London to the London Eye.

 

 

What if it rains?

Just like the open top hop-on hop-off sightseeing buses the tour operates in all weather conditions.

 

On rare occasions like if very heavy rain is forecast the open top bus may be changed to a closed top bus.

 

Please be prepared though for the possibility of rain.

 

Add-ons to core tour

Your tour transport

At the end of the tour you can leave the tour and explore independently at this point or you can continue the tour with many exciting and money-saving options.

• London Eye: Add a trip on the London Eye (morning and afternoon tours)

• Tower of London: Complete your red bus experience with an afternoon trip to the Tower of London!

  
  

• London Dungeon: Add priority entrance to the London Dungeon (morning and afternoon tours)

   

• Jack the Ripper, haunted London and Sherlock Holmes tour: Retrace the murder sites of Jack the Ripper, before heading to the safety of the Sherlock Holmes pub, combined with your red bus tour.

  
  

• Buckingham Palace: Visitors to the State Rooms can see many of the magnificent rooms which form the heart of the working palace and are used regularly by the Royal Family for official entertainment, ceremonies and State functions.

• Madame Tussauds Classic Red Bus tour: Ride a vintage London red bus through the highlights of London and then rub shoulders with some of the stars at Madame Tussauds London!

  
  

• Stonehenge: Connect to an afternoon tour to Stonehenge in a luxury touring bus returning early/mid evening to London. (morning tour only)

  
  

• Extended Champagne Tea Cruise: Extend river cruise with a one hour River Thames cruise with traditional cream tea cruise complete with a glass of Champagne (afternoon tours only)

   

• Sealife Aquarium: Visit The SEA LIFE London Aquarium, home to one of Europe's largest collections of global marine life. Plus Changing of the Guard & Thames river cruise!

   

Victoria departure point

Your tour will begin at Victoria Coach Station, one of the major transport hubs in Central London and very close to Victoria Underground and Railway Station.

 

If you require more assistance working out your journey, click through on the link below, where we give more detail of how to join the tour at Victoria Coach Station.

 

How to get to Victoria Coach Station & map with question & answer facility

 

Vintage bus tour prices & tour reservations

Prices displayed on the table below are the current prices for this tour. Major credit and debit cards are accepted. You will be emailed a confirmation with a booking reference after reservation.

The booking reference and the name of the person ordering is all that you need to quote when joining the tour. There are no paper tickets.

On the tour detail page displayed after selecting the “More info/book now” buttons below, there is a red “Book this Tour” button at the top right of the page, which when selected displays a calendar depicting which dates still have availability. By selecting your required date you start the reservation process.

 

Vintage Bus Tour with at least £5 attraction discount - pricing & reservations
Tour	Adult	Child†	Senior*
Morning + Afternoon Standard Tour	£25	£19	£23
Tour + London Eye	£43	£37	£41
Tour + London Dungeon	£40	£34	£38
Tour + Buckingham Palace	£54	£44	£51
Tour + Tower of London	£43	£37	£41
Tour + Stonehenge	£52	£46	£50
Tour + Madame Tussauds	£48	£42	£46
Tour + Sealife Aquarium	£40	£34	£38
Tour + Extended Champagne Tea Cruise	£44	£38	£42
† Children (3-16 years) * Seniors (60 years +)

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London's main open top hop on, hop off sightseeing tours (Discounted online advance purchase)
Tour	Online advance ticket price adult (child)
	1 day‡ Bus only	24 hrs or 1 day	48 hrs or 2 days	72 hrs or 3 days
Original Tour	£25.00 (£12.50)	£29.00* (£13.50)	£38.00* (£18.00)	£48.00* (£22.50)
Big Bus	n/a	£33.30† (£17.10)	£39.60† (£19.80)	£45.00† (£22.50)
Golden Tours	£28.00 (£14.00)	£32.00* (£16.00)	£37.00* (£18.00)	£45.00* (£24.00)
†Calendar days ticket      *24/48/72 hours ticket ‡Valid for one calendar day expiring at the end of the day irrespective of start time, river cruise/walking tours not included CURRENT PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITY Big Bus - 10% discount code available for 1, 2 and 3 day tickets at our Big Bus London dedicated page.

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