London red bus tour - vintage Routemaster open top trip

• Both tours leave from Victoria Coach Station - Morning tours depart 7.45am and afternoon tours depart 12.45pm.

• Most months the tour runs daily, in the mid-winter months there are days when the tour doesn't operate.

• Tours end at 12.30pm/4.30pm. Am tour finishes at Victoria, the pm tour you can choose to either finish at the London Eye or take the bus back to Victoria.

• 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.

• Am tour: Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace - watch the world famous Changing of the Guard ceremony of soldiers. Photo stop at Westminster Abbey.

• Pm tour: photo stops at Buckingham Palace, Tower of London.

• 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. The am river trip lasts thirty minutes from/to Westminster Pier, passing all the main attractions. The pm river trip lasts forty minutes, running from Tower to the London Eye.

Visit our blog to read our experience of this vintage red bus tour

We have written up our experience of the morning Vintage London red bus tour on our blog. Check out all the pictures and discover what going on this tour is really like.

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.

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.

These tours are not available all year round. Please see top of page for more information on when the tours are available.

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• London Eye: Add a trip on the London Eye
• 2-course pub meal: either Fish & Chips or Vegetarian Sausages and Mash and Brownie for desert
  
• London Dungeon: Add priority entrance to the London Dungeon (morning and afternoon tours)
• SEA LIFE London Aquarium: Visit the SEA LIFE London Aquarium, home to one of Europe's largest collections of global marine life.

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• Exclusive cream tea at Harrods: Enjoy the English tradition in a place like no other. After your scones and Harrods preserves you will have plenty of time to explore the rest of the iconic store.
  
• Buckingham Palace: Only open during the summer months (July - September). Bookings open in the autumn for the following summer. 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.
• Stonehenge: Connect to an afternoon tour to Stonehenge in a luxury touring bus returning early/mid evening to London. (Morning tour only.)