London Landmarks: Iconic Sights and History

Explore London’s iconic landmarks with a captivating tour featuring the Changing of the Guard, Thames cruise, and Tower of London insights.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Changing of the Guard - Start your day with the renowned Changing of the Guards ceremony at Buckingham Palace. Witness the royal guards in their red uniforms perform a ceremonial handover, accompanied by a military band. Please note that if your tour is scheduled for a Saturday, the Changing of the Guards will be substituted with a sightseeing…
What's Included
  • Expert, English-Speaking Tour Guide
  • Headsets when appropriate, so you can always hear your guide
  • Entrance Ticket to the Tower of London
  • Boat ride on the River Thames
  • Changing of the Guard Tour / London Highlights Tour [depending on the day]
  • Tower of London Meet & Greet with a Beefeater
What's Not Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Explore London’s Iconic Landmarks: A Must-See Tour!
Discover the essence of London with a tour that blends history, tradition, and stunning sights. Start with the renowned Changing of the Guards near Buckingham Palace, or opt for a Royal Walking Tour on Saturdays, showcasing landmarks such as Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, and the Houses of Parliament….

Location
Duke of York Monument
Meet your guide by the Duke of York Column, Waterloo Place, 9 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AJ. This is the tall column with a statue on top. Arriving by tube: Take the tube to Piccadilly Circus and take exit No. 3 onto Regent Street/St James.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Susan_b
Aug 12, 2025
Walking Tour of London with Sweet Sophie - A+++ Walking tour Get Your Steps in, and Learn so much History along with Many great laughs with Sophie! What a super Tour We Picked with Viator & They assigned us Sophie as a guide, what a plus for us! She was very Caring and careful with us on a hot - humid day! She made sure we were safe from The Voomie bikers, and kept her eye on our group at all times as she enthralled us with interesting tales of British history! All To Best for Sophie, and her future! She will go far! She is welcome to Iowa and Nebraska anytime and we will give her tours of our area!
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Curiosity50841814920
Jul 9, 2025
Great guided tour - Our tour guide, Mr. David, was excellent. He provided us with very informative yet fun history of the sites we saw. We had an amazing experience
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Camden_s
Jun 27, 2025
Great tour! - Great way to see it all and learn some history with a friendly and knowledgeable guide! Smaller group allowed us to really learn a lot.
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Melissa_s
Jun 24, 2025
Great 3 hour tour. Continued on our own after the guided portion was over. Recommend the private tour! - We booked the private tour with Cecily (apologies, probably mis-spelled the name). It was a walking tour to see the changing of the guards first. Would not have known where to go without her! Whole everyone was running around thinking something was going to happen, she took us right around the tourists to where there actually WAS something happening. Continued walking through St. James park down to the Thames and onto the boat. Tour was continued sightseeing down to the Tower of London. Got a 30 minute lunch break and then joined a larger group into the Tower for the Beefeater meet and great. Was able to get pictures, but that is where our guide left us (so sad). Got the rest of the afternoon to explore the tower on our own. Overall, a great tour and would recommend the private tour highly. Guide was great and personable!
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Sheri_b
Jun 17, 2025
Our guide, Louise, was... - Our guide, Louise, was AMAZING! SO nice, friendly, and KNOWLEDGEABLE !!! I would HIGHLY recommend booking this tour with her!
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H3104lnrebeccah
Jun 6, 2025
Great Tour - We had a great tour. Saw lots of sights and learned lots of history. Dave was wonderful, very friendly and great stories!
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Pam_b
May 27, 2025
Fantastic tour with Jeremy - This was a great small group tour. Jeremy was a wonderful and funny tour guide. He expertly navigated all of us through a very crowded day in London
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Nancy_s
May 18, 2025
A Must See!!! - The tour starts out at the Duke of York’s column and our guide Jo explained his role in history and why he got a nursery rhyme about him. Then we walked the “mall” to Buckingham palace and was told interesting facts about the royals and their dwellings around there from King George to King Charles and all the Queens in-between. We loved the walk through St. Jame’s Park and was lucky to see the amazing birds and their babies-goslings, cygnets, and ducklings. Then we boarded a boat and saw a bit of the river with good commentary and information about the old and new buildings along the route to the Tower of London. Our wonderful guide “Jo” then introduced us to a ‘beefeater’ who told us a bit about his role and life as a kings guard and guarding the Crown Jewels. We then explored the Tower of London ourselves, seeing the Crown Jewels, the armory, torture chambers, dragons and live performers. Definitely worth doing, great tour guide, it was fun and we learned a lot!
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Carrie_b
Jul 16, 2025
Disappointed - Our guide was good (Secily ?sp), but our tour got side tracked & set back by the running marathon that was going through London on our day. I feel like the tour company should be researching & aware of special events like that, so they can adjust scheduling accordingly. The marathon traffic got us off track, made us miss our scheduled boat (but we did make the next one), stressed out our guide, & made the rest of the tour too rushed. Also, when we scheduled the tour ahead of time for a Sunday, we researched that there would be Changing of the Guard at Buckingham that day, but in between booking & the tour day, they stopped doing the changing ceremony on Sundays. I feel the tour company should have made us aware of this change ahead of time (yes, even though it says it is subject to change). Unfortunately, we planned to see it that day, so we didn't take time out to see it prior to our tour, & then had no time to see it after the tour, before leaving town. Overall a little disappointed.
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Liz_b
Jun 15, 2025
Disappointed - While we had a Beefeater talk to our group, we DID NOT get individual overview at the Tower. Due to the crowds we did not get in to the Crown Jewels. But Louise was a pleasure and gave a good walking tour.
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).