Tour buses., London

There are several bus companies offering tours on an open-decked bus. If the weather is fine it is a great experience, otherwise stay on the lower level.
Passengers can 'hop, on hop off' when they like and a river trip is also included in the ticket.
These tours are quite expensive but give a good introduction to this great city,

The Big Bus Tour: London Tour (24 hr ticket)
adult £27 child £12 Family [2 adults and 2 children] £66
There are 50 stops available.

The Original London Sightseeing Tour
adult £23
children[ 5-15] £11
Family , 2 adults, 3 children £74
80 stops

"The Original Tour provides more than just a great way to travel around London. Founded in 1951 at the time of The Festival of Britain and now the largest and most popular sightseeing operator in the world, it has become established as THE essential introduction to London. The Hop-on Hop-off service allows you to board any of our famous London sightseeing buses along all of our tour routes at over 90 different stops with an entertaining 'live-guided' commentary in English or a wide choice of other languages"

You can get this kind of bus trip from Big Ben (North bank) tube Wenstminster.

ohhhhhhh it was something...... I can not say we enjoy this high speed trip very much........ but we have seen London and had chance to realaise, what we need to see later ...

BE PREPEARED: drivers do not care about trees branches - look out if you are on the second level of the bus.

every 15-20 minutes.

Adult -Public price £16.00 £15.00
Child 5-15 Years. Public price £10.00 £9.00
Family - 2 Adult / 3 Child. Public price £60.00 £50.00

The Tour buses that go around town aren't really the greatest deal. The are very expensive, when it comes down to it there really is too much to see using the bus. Unless you are just going to stick to the bus, you're not going to get your money worth. Just use the subway, public bus, or walk. Some cities those tours are totally worth it, London just isn't one of them.

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There are two companies that offer open top bus tours - London Pride and the Big Bus Tours Company. The latter is the best known as it has buses across the UK in other tourist towns and cities.
Depending on your budget and time there are three possible trips but in my opinion the basic "red" tour would suffice - the tour takes in all the key sights of central London with views of Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, St. Paul’s Cathedral and the Tower of London and more on this tour of central London. There is a commentary and a book of vouchers for other attractions and eating places is included with the ticket. You can get on and off the bus as it tours London - see an attraction and then get back on another bus with your ticket.
Big Bus tours operate regularly and frequently (every 5 - 10 minutes in the summer, and 10 - 20 minutes during the winter). Tours begin at 08.30 with the last buses departing at 18.00 hours during summer time and 16.30 hours in the winter.
There are many stops across the city and the website has details.

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Searching the internet a few weeks before arriving in London I was uncertain as to which tour to purchase. The tour operators seem to provide similar products and in fact the tour routes and attractions are almost similar too. I finally settled for the Original London Sightseeing Tour because the rate they offered was the lowest over the internet. My booking was for mid-March 2009 and the winter promotion 2009 was still valid. The tour was priced at £20.00 per person as opposed to £24.00 if purchased over the counter. The ticket is inclusive of a 24 hrs hop on hop off bus tour, river cruise on River Thames and selected walking tours. All the tours were inclusive of live Guides. My advise to would be visitors is to search the internet before deciding on which tour to purchase. Further more get an early booking because the price will be at your advantage. The £4.00 savings for each ticket would add up to quite a sum if you are travelling in a group. As for the tour provided by the company, there are three tour routes to choose from but one could take a combination of these routes if time permits. I have been able to see most of London's famous attractions in two days. Except for a little congestion in the vicinity of the Tower Bridge and Tower of London, the sightseeing tour was great.

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The Big Bus Company offers Open-Top Bus sightseeing tours.

The bus ticket is valid for 24 hours and you can boars and leave the bus at any stop of your liking in this period.

The Big Bus Information Centre is located at:
48 Buckingham Palace Road - London SW1W ORN

Fee: £25.00 (adult)

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The Original Tour offers London sightseing by double decker bus (with no roof on the top floor).

The tickets are valid for a hop-on hof-off service.

Daily departures every 15 minutes.

The original Tour Visitor Centre is located at:
17-19 Cockspur Street - Trafalgar Square - London SW1Y 5BL

Opening Hours:
Mo-Sa: 8.30AM - 6PM
Su: 9AM - 5.30PM

Fee: £22 (adult)

A expensive transportation but you get to see all the atractions. The ticket is valid for 48 hours and includes free river cruise.

You can buy tickets directly on the bus. It costs 24£ (about 30 Euro).