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Private City Sightseeing Tour: The Tower to St Paul's

5.0 Excellent 77 reviews
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2h
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English
Free cancellation · up to 24 hours before Private tour Instant confirmation Live guide

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Overview

Guidekin summary

Walk from the Tower to St Paul's on a private tour for your party, with a flexible pace and no fixed script. Your guide explores the City’s past; public and private transport are excluded, and the tour is priced per group. 5 from 77 reviews at €309 per group/vehicle for 2h.

From the guide

Two thousand years of London in one walk, from the Romans who built the first walls, to the Vikings who raided it, to the bankers and traders who turned this one square mile into one of the most powerful patches of land on Earth.

This is a private tour, just your group and a local guide, at your pace, with no fixed script. Perfect if it's your first time in London and you want the essentials without the guesswork, or if you've been before and want to actually understand what you're looking at this time.

Along the way:

- The Tower of London
- Tower Bridge
- London Bridge
- The Shard
- The Monument to the Great Fire
- The Walkie Talkie
- The Bank of England
- The Royal Exchange
- St Paul's Cathedral
- & more!

Good for: first-time visitors who want to get properly oriented, families wanting an engaging, history walk, and anyone who wants London explained by someone who actually lives here.

Schedule & Availability

Runs daily
Departures: 23 start times between 09:00 and 20:00
Available year-round

This tour runs daily, with 23 start times between 09:00 and 20:00 depending on the date. It runs year-round. These are the operator’s scheduled departures, not a live seat count: availability is confirmed at checkout. Schedule last checked October 1, 2026.

What's Included

A fantastic tour guide

What's Not Included

Private transportation
Public transportation (bus, subway, cable car, etc.): Public transportation
Gratuities

Itinerary

Tower of London Stop 1
Nearly 1,000 years old! Built by William the Conqueror as a fortress, later a royal prison, execution site, and home to the Crown Jewels (and the ravens who, legend says, protect the kingdom).
10 min
Tower Bridge Stop 2
London's most famous bridge! Its Victorian bascules still lift for river traffic to this day.
Pass by
The Shard Stop 3
Western Europe's tallest building when it opened in 2012. A glass spike over a city that spent 2,000 years staying low to the ground.
Pass by
London Bridge Stop 4
Not the famous one, but a crossing has stood here since the Romans first founded the city. The medieval version was lined with shops, houses, and (grimly) traitors' heads on spikes.
Pass by
The Monument to the Great Fire of London Stop 5
Christopher Wren's column marking the Great Fire of 1666. Its height is exactly the distance to the bakery on Pudding Lane where the fire began.
Pass by
20 Fenchurch Street Stop 6
"The Walkie Talkie"! A modern skyscraper with a genuinely wild claim to fame when, in 2013, its curved glass front concentrated sunlight so intensely it melted parts of a car parked on the street below. London's most infamous architectural mistake.
Pass by
Royal Exchange Building London Stop 7
Founded in 1571 as London's first proper trading floor, modelled on Antwerp's bourse, look up for the grasshopper weathervane, the crest of the merchant who built it. Now luxury shops sit where traders once haggled.
Pass by
Bank of England Museum Stop 8
The "Old Lady of Threadneedle Street". Britain's central bank since 1694, and the vault holding one of the largest gold reserves on Earth.
Pass by
St. Paul's Cathedral Stop 9
Wren's masterpiece, and the building that stood defiant through the Blitz while the rest of the City burned around it.
Pass by

Departure & Return

Start point

The guide will be standing outside Tower Hill Station, at a food stand called 'Tower Hill Tram'. The guide will be holding a red umbrella

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End point

The tour finishes at St Paul's Cathedral.

Additional Information

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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