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

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About this activity

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.

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At a glance

Duration: 2 hours
Confirmation: Instant confirmation
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Your group only
People per booking: 1–15
Guide: English
Operated by: London With A Local

What is included

Included

Included: A fantastic tour guide

Not included

Not included: Private transportation
Not included: Public transportation (bus, subway, cable car, etc.): Public transportation
Not included: Gratuities

Itinerary

Tower of London

10 min Admission not included

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).
Tower Bridge

Passing by

London's most famous bridge! Its Victorian bascules still lift for river traffic to this day.
The Shard

Passing by

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.
London Bridge

Passing by

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.
The Monument to the Great Fire of London

Passing by

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.
20 Fenchurch Street

Passing by

"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.
Royal Exchange Building London

Passing by

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.
Bank of England Museum

Passing by

The "Old Lady of Threadneedle Street". Britain's central bank since 1694, and the vault holding one of the largest gold reserves on Earth.
St. Paul's Cathedral

Passing by

Wren's masterpiece, and the building that stood defiant through the Blitz while the rest of the City burned around it.