London tours. show tickets, restaurants

[emsachs]

Hi! Well, we are finally booked for August 20, Golden Princess to British Isles and Western Europe.

We are also going to be staying in London for 2 nights at the Renaissance.

 

Now starts the hard (but fun) part.......

 

Can anyone recommend a tour company for London???

We are a group of 5. That includes 3 83 year old seniors, so in/out of the tube is probably not an option.

I'm sure that in our 1 full day, we will want to see as many of the standard London sights as possible. (Big Ben, Parliament, Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace, Tower of London, etc....). WE would like to book this before we go.

 

Also, is there any place that we can prepurchase show tickets for London.

 

Anything else that anyone wants to add (restaurants, etc....) would be great.

 

Thanks,

 

Eric

[wwinfl91]

HI,

 

We were in London for week after our TA cruise on RCI's Jewel last year and still didn't see everything we wanted but you can probably pack a lot of sightseeing in the two days you have.

 

Here are some links I gathered last year before we went about London that might help you.

 

The first link was a Yahoo group site I set up for the cruise where the other links came from.

 

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jewel-transatlantic-cruise/

 

London tube site

 

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tube/

 

London transportation options

 

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/

 

Good place to eat for lunch

 

http://www.pret-a-manger.com/

 

London government site

 

http://www.london.gov.uk/

 

English weather site

 

http://www.meto.gov.uk/

 

London Pass

 

http://www.londonpass.com/

 

London museums site

 

http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/

 

London Net site lots of good information

 

http://www.londonnet.co.uk/

 

LondonTown site

 

http://www.londontown.com/

 

London Eye site

 

http://www.londoneye.com/

 

Visit London web site

 

http://www.visitlondon.com/choose_site/?OriginalURL=/

 

Time Out London site

 

http://www.timeout.com/london/

 

British Monarchy site

 

http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page1.asp

 

Big Bus tours

 

http://www.bigbus.co.uk/uk/html/uk_home.html

 

Cruises on Thames

 

http://www.citycruises.com/index.htm

 

London tour site

 

http://london-tour.conciergedesk.co.uk/

 

Another London tour site

 

http://www.sightseeingtours.co.uk/

 

Site to be able to book online ahead of time

 

http://www.expressevents.com/

 

Europe for Visitors England site

 

http://europeforvisitors.com/europe/articles/index_england.htm

 

London Theater site

 

http://www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk/

 

London walking tours was recommended on Cruise Critic

 

http://london.walks.com/

 

Another London guide company

 

http://www.grosvenor-guides.com/

 

Virtual London sightseeing link

 

http://www.virtual-london.com/Sightseeing/Sightseeing-Tours/index.html

 

Stonehenge Tours site (we used them and had a great tour to Stonehenge)

 

http://www.stonehengetours.com/html/nonflash.htm

 

We mainly used the tube because it was the most convenient and was included in the London Pass we got. We went to the big museums, London Tower and Tower Bridge, saw the changing of the guard at Buckingham palace, Harrods (it was right down the street from where we stayed), Globe theater, Trafalger Square, Westminster, St Paul's, House of Parliament, etc. The only organized tour we took was to Stonehenge where we got to actually go among the stones after the site had officially closed for the day. It was one of the highlights of our stay.

 

Have a great next cruise and stay in London.

[SoonerDog]

Another option for harder to get tickets is http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk, but they charge a bit more.

[WatchHill]

Just returned from eight nights in London. We used the tube to access the many sights, though not a good choice for the seniors in your group unless they can handle escalators that move rather quickly. Through our hotel, we booked a full day's tour to Windsor Castle, lunch in a country pub, Stonehenge, and Bath through Premium Tours. This company also offers other day tours to the Tower of London, and Westminster. They picked us up at our hotel, near Marble Arch, but evening drop offs were at central locations, an easy walk back to the hotel.

Our hotel concierge was also able to obtain theatre tickets. You may have to use a cab to get to the theaters - cabs are very expensive. Museums are a great value - free!

Pub meals are relatively reasonable for lunch or dinner.

Darcy