London Trip Overview
Our qualified private guide will tell the story of Britain’s Royal family and see the neighbourhoods of palaces and Royal homes.
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Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
Starts: London, United Kingdom
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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Our qualified private guide will tell the story of Britain’s Royal family and see the neighbourhoods of palaces and Royal homes.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Kensington, Kensington, Prince Edward Island
Start at Kensington Palace, a vast complex of Royal apartments currently lived in by The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (Wills and Kate) the Prince and Princess Michael of Kent. See the palace from the outside and take a stroll through the Lady Diana Memorial fountain and Kensington Gardens.
Duration: 15 minutes
Pass By: Albert Memorial, Princes Gate Kensington Gore, London W8 England
View of the grand memorial, it reflects her heartfelt affection for Albert and depicts the Princes’ wide variety of interests and passions.
Stop At: Buckingham Palace, Spur Road, London SW1A 1AA England
Your guide will have you positioned in the perfect place to watch the Queen’s Guard marching. If you are feeling energetic, you will be able to see the Household Cavalry ceremony too. The tradition has been in place since 1660, and today the event involves marching bands and drummers performing traditional military
Duration: 30 minutes
Pass By: St. James’s, St. James’s, London, England
We briefly head into St James, a neighbourhood with rather high-end retail.
Pass By: Churchill War Rooms, King Charles Street, Clive Steps Westminster, London SW1A 2AQ England
We stop briefly outside the Churchill’s War Rooms to get a flavour of wartime Britain and see where Churchill secretly held cabinet meetings underground. Head down Whitehall and stop briefly at Downing Street; of course, Number Ten Downing Street is the incumbent prime minister’s official residence.
Pass By: Westminster Abbey, 20 Dean’s Yard Broad Sanctuary, London SW1P 3PA England
See Parliament Square, Big Ben and Westminster Abbey. The Abbey is where Kings and Queens are crowned, married and often in the past, finally laid to rest. It is also where Britain remembers its great and good citizens, Prime Ministers, poets, musicians and philanthropists
Stop At: Westminster Cathedral, 42 Francis Street, London SW1P 1QW England
We finish up at Westminster Cathedral, the Neo-Byzantine style Roman Catholic place of worship. We Go-Inside and see a vast space with interior decoration still in progress. The interior is clad with over 100 types of marble, and each chapel tells the story of a saint in colourful mosaics.
Duration: 15 minutes
