Best London Bus Tour

bigguy201

Hello everyone, I am planning a visit at the end of February to London for a couple of days with my mum (2 days, 3 nights) and I am wondering if anyone could recommend a good Bus Tour company, as there seams to be a lot and I've never been to London before so unsure what's best. Just like to see as much as possible, does not have to be the
cheapest.

Many thanks in advance.

p00hsticks

I can't comment on buses. but I would recommend if you have time the Thames Clippers boat service. They're not specifically for tourists so there's no commentary, but they are comfortable with good view and you can get drinks and snacks onboard. You get to see a good few London Landmarks (houses of parliament, St Pauls, Shard, Millenium Dome. Canary Wharf, Cutty Sark, Tower of London, London Eye, Tower Bridge, Tate modern, the Globe, Greenwich etc etc. You can get a 'River Roamer Ticket that lets you hop on and off all day - we tend to get on at the Embankment and do a round trip to the dome - they'll usually let you just stay on the boat for the return journey, which takes a couple of hours. In the evenings it goes further down river through the Barrier as far as Woolwich (the river is surprisingly dark at night - in my opinion it's worth doing once during the day and again at night if you have the chance) . It's a good choice if the weather is bad as you get to see a lot while staying dry and comfy! A roamer ticket also lets you use the separate 'Tate to Tate' sevice that runs from Tate Modern to Tate Britain. 

If you are travelling by train and have paper tickets then there are a number of '2-4-1' offers for various attractions (yo ucan buy a cheap ticket form a London station to take advantage of the offers if you want). Unfortunately the Clipeprs no longer seem to have such an offer, but there are ones for bus tours, and also specific tourist river trips which will have a commentary.

https://www.daysoutguide.co.uk/2for1-london