Private Tour Company from Southampton Port

[maggietaggie]

Any recommendations for a private tour company that can pick us up at port, tour some sites then bring to Central London hotel at end of the day.  I use Rome in Limo when in Italy and am looking for a comparable company in London as this will be our first visit.  

[thehowlingroad]

When you say "private tour," do you mean just for you and your travel companions, or do you mean "not through the ship?"

 

If the latter, International Friends has several options: https://www.internationalfriends.co.uk/shore-excursions-and-cruise-transfers.html#tour-tab2. We took the Salisbury/Stonehenge/Windsor tour in 2022 and thought it was great. IF also arranged for shuttle vans to take us directly to our London hotel after we finished the sightseeing part.

[John Bull]

Plenty of Southampton transfer operators can provide you with a sight-seeing transfer but they're drivers, not guides. And you'd need to suggest an itinerary.

Salisbury & Stonehenge is the most popular, but there are other places such as the cathedral city of Winchester, at one time the capital of England, or Highclere Castle (Downton Abbey in the TV series) or Windsor Castle or  https://www.brooklandsmuseum.com/

 

Probably your best bet is https://westquaycars.com/ which used to offer a specialist sight-seeing arm and will assign a driver who has a good knowledge of the sights.

But you could also try https://gunwharf-executive-travel.co.uk/  and  https://www.aquacars.co.uk/ both based at nearby Portsmouth.

 

But they'll all be expensive.

So consider an International Friends coach tour/transfer as mentioned by @thehowlingroad. They're very popular amongst Cruise Critic members, they provide a complete service from your ship to your Heathrow or central London hotel and turns a day of travel into a day of exploration. Choice of Salisbury + Stonehenge + Windsor or Cotswolds villages.

 

JB 🙂

[karatemom2]

We used EC Minibus last year for our transit to and from Southampton with tours both directions - on the way we did Stonehenge, on the way back we did Hampton Court Palace. We were quite pleased with the service - they also took care of taking care of any necessary reservations and ticketing for the tours. I would definitely use them again.

[Dorset Guru]

Dorset Safari provide a number of different Tours / Safaris from both Southampton and Portland. 

www.dorsetsafari.com