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Hop-on Hop-off London Bus Tour & Westminster Abbey

An absolutely essential part of any visit to london, westminster abbey is one of the city’s most iconic buildings. steeped in over a thousand years of history, benedictine monks first started worshipping at this site in the middle of the tenth century and the current building has been there for over 700 years.

• Hop-on hop-off service with multiple stops
• Ticket valid for 1 day, 24 or 48 hours
• Westminster Abbey’s history spans more than a thousand years
• See the Coronation Chair and the memorials in Poets’ Corner
• Bus audio guides available in the following languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Chinese, Russian, Brazilian Portuguese, Hindi, Japanese and Arabic
• 1 day, 24 hours or 48 hours Hop-on Hop-off Ticket
• Audio guides available in 11 languages
• Play our fun 3D treasure hunt app on-board to earn extra special promotions and discounts
• River Thames boat ride
• Admission to Westminster Abbey
• Gratuities (optional)

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Hop-on Hop-off London Bus Tour & Westminster Abbey

Tour start time: mondays to saturdays, various start times, what we will see & where we will be.

This is a combo experience of Westminster Abbey visit, hop-on hop-off bus tour (24 hours ticket), free one-way Thames cruise, and free themed walking tour.

• Westminster Abbey

An absolutely essential part of any visit to London, Westminster Abbey is one of the city’s most iconic buildings. 

You will admire the magnificent gothic architecture and the incredible stained glass, some of which is the most impressive in the UK.

Here you can see Coronation Chair, the seat for the crowning of every monarch since 1308, including Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth II. It is the oldest piece of furniture in the UK that is still used for its original intention.

Westminster Abbey has been the coronation church since 1066 and seventeen monarchs are buried there. The Abbey was also the place where William and Kate tied the knot in 2011.

Hop-on Hop-off Bus (24 Hours Ticket)

Experience best of London in 24 hours flexibly with the hop-on hop-off bus tour through the heart of the city!

You will explore London on the open top bus with the freedom to jump on and off at your leisure or whenever you pass something interesting.

The open upper deck is the best way to take in panoramic views of iconic landmarks, and immerse yourself in the sights and sounds of this glorious city.

You can use any of the routes available:

Classic Tour : cover all the main Central London sights and Museum Quarter.

Essential Tour : pass Madame Tussauds and Kings Cross, as well as Hyde Park and Regents Park, two of the prettiest parks in London.

Museum Tour : explore London’s world-famous museums, along the way pass by Royal Albert Hall, Harrods and Buckingham Palace.

Morning and Evening Drop off Service : operating in the morning and late afternoon, this route travels from the popular hotel districts to Central London.

Free Thames Cruise (available with hop-on hop-off bus 24 hours ticket)

Departing from Westminster Pier, the Thames cruise will take you to Tower Millennium Pier, or vice versa.

You will get to soak in panoramic views of the London’s most iconic landmarks. Discover fascinating facts as you cruise with commentary from the captain or audio guide.

Free Walking Tour

You can choose to join Royal Walking Tour or Jack The Ripper Walking Tour as part of your sightseeing day.

In 2-hour Royal Walking Tour, you will learn about King Charles’ Coronation and coronations of the past as well as interesting facts about members of the royal family. Visit fantastic royal sites and watch the Changing of the Guard ceremony.

In 1.5-hour Jack The Ripper Walking Tour, you will play detective by travelling back to Victorian London to investigate the morbid murders carried out by infamous Jack the Ripper. See where vital clues were found and learn more about his victims and possible suspects.

Know before you go

What’s included :

• Admission to Westminster Abbey
• Hop-on hop-off bus 24 hours ticket
• Bus audio guide in 11 languages
• Free one-way Thames cruise
• Free walking tour with live guide

Please bring with you

• Comfy shoes
• Bottled water

Please note :

• Open to visitors from Monday to Saturday only.

Hop-on Hop-off Bus 24 Hours Ticket

• You can join the tour from any of our touristic bus stops.
• Unlimited usage of ticket within 24 hours from the time you first hop on the bus.

Thames Cruise

• Ticket is valid for one-way journey only, not for a return trip.
• One-way ticket is valid from Westminster Pier to Tower Millennium Pier, or vice versa.

Where we meet

Once you have booked, we will send you a confirmation email with all the details of how, where and who to meet on the day of your tour.

Tour Highlights

• Venture inside Westminster Abbey 
• Admire Gothic architecture, spectacular stained glass, Coronation Chair
• See the best of London on open top bus
• Hop-on hop-off leisurely for 24 hours
• Soak in sights of the city with free Thames cruise
• Free themed walking tour with live guide

Notable sights/areas on hop-on hop-off bus tour :

• Parliament Square
• Houses of Parliament
• Tower of London
• Tower Bridge
• Southbank area
• The Shard (London’s biggest skyscraper)
• Buckingham Palace
• St Paul’s Cathedral
• Trafalg ar Square
• Piccadilly Circus

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Every detail of the Classic Tour has been worked out, including relevant atmospheric music and sound effects to add to your experience.  The Classic Tour lasts 75-90 minutes (depending on traffic) and you will see all the famous sights of London. These include the amazing and historical Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, Whitehall, Downing Street, The Tower of London, Tower Bridge, The Houses of Parliament, the London Eye, London Bridge, Piccadilly Circus, Trafalgar Square, The Shard and St. Paul’s Cathedral amongst much much more.

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Moscow Metro 2019

Will it be easy to find my way in the Moscow Metro? It is a question many visitors ask themselves before hitting the streets of the Russian capital. As metro is the main means of transport in Moscow – fast, reliable and safe – having some skills in using it will help make your visit more successful and smooth. On top of this, it is the most beautiful metro in the world !

. There are over 220 stations and 15 lines in the Moscow Metro. It is open from 6 am to 1 am. Trains come very frequently: during the rush hour you won't wait for more than 90 seconds! Distances between stations are quite long – 1,5 to 2 or even 3 kilometers. Metro runs inside the city borders only. To get to the airport you will need to take an onground train - Aeroexpress.

RATES AND TICKETS

Paper ticket A fee is fixed and does not depend on how far you go. There are tickets for a number of trips: 1, 2 or 60 trips; or for a number of days: 1, 3 days or a month. Your trips are recorded on a paper ticket. Ifyou buy a ticket for several trips you can share it with your traveling partner passing it from one to the other at the turnstile.

On every station there is cashier and machines (you can switch it to English). Cards and cash are accepted. 1 trip - 55 RUB 2 trips - 110 RUB

Tickets for 60 trips and day passes are available only at the cashier's.

60 rides - 1900 RUB

1 day - 230 RUB 3 days - 438 RUB 30 days - 2170 RUB.

The cheapest way to travel is buying Troyka card . It is a plastic card you can top up for any amount at the machine or at the ticket office. With it every trip costs 38 RUB in the metro and 21 RUB in a bus. You can get the card in any ticket office. Be prepared to leave a deposit of 50 RUB. You can get it back returning the card to the cashier.

SamsungPay, ApplePay and PayPass cards.

One turnstile at every station accept PayPass and payments with phones. It has a sticker with the logos and located next to the security's cabin.

GETTING ORIENTED

At the platfrom you will see one of these signs.

It indicates the line you are at now (line 6), shows the direction train run and the final stations. Numbers below there are of those lines you can change from this line.

In trains, stations are announced in Russian and English. In newer trains there are also visual indication of there you are on the line.

To change lines look for these signs. This one shows the way to line 2.

There are also signs on the platfrom. They will help you to havigate yourself. (To the lines 3 and 5 in this case). 

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Moscow metro private tours.

• 2-hour tour $87:  10 Must-See Moscow Metro stations with hotel pick-up and drop-off
• 3-hour tour $137:  20 Must-See Moscow Metro stations with Russian lunch in beautifully-decorated Metro Diner + hotel pick-up and drop off. 
• Metro pass is included in the price of both tours.

Highlight of Metro Tour

• Visit 10 must-see stations of Moscow metro on 2-hr tour and 20 Metro stations on 3-hr tour, including grand Komsomolskaya station with its distinctive Baroque décor, aristocratic Mayakovskaya station with Soviet mosaics, legendary Revolution Square station with 72 bronze sculptures and more!
• Explore Museum of Moscow Metro and learn a ton of technical and historical facts;
• Listen to the secrets about the Metro-2, a secret line supposedly used by the government and KGB;
• Experience a selection of most striking features of Moscow Metro hidden from most tourists and even locals;
• Discover the underground treasure of Russian Soviet past – from mosaics to bronzes, paintings, marble arches, stained glass and even paleontological elements;
• Learn fun stories and myths about Coffee Ring, Zodiac signs of Moscow Metro and more;
• Admire Soviet-era architecture of pre- and post- World War II perious;
• Enjoy panoramic views of Sparrow Hills from Luzhniki Metro Bridge – MetroMost, the only station of Moscow Metro located over water and the highest station above ground level;
• If lucky, catch a unique «Aquarelle Train» – a wheeled picture gallery, brightly painted with images of peony, chrysanthemums, daisies, sunflowers and each car unit is unique;
• Become an expert at navigating the legendary Moscow Metro system;
• Have fun time with a very friendly local;
• + Atmospheric Metro lunch in Moscow’s the only Metro Diner (included in a 3-hr tour)

Hotel Pick-up

Metro stations:.

Komsomolskaya

Novoslobodskaya

Prospekt Mira

Belorusskaya

Mayakovskaya

Novokuznetskaya

Revolution Square

Sparrow Hills

+ for 3-hour tour

Victory Park

Slavic Boulevard

Vystavochnaya

Dostoevskaya

Elektrozavodskaya

Partizanskaya

Museum of Moscow Metro

• Drop-off  at your hotel, Novodevichy Convent, Sparrow Hills or any place you wish
• + Russian lunch  in Metro Diner with artistic metro-style interior for 3-hour tour

Fun facts from our Moscow Metro Tours:

From the very first days of its existence, the Moscow Metro was the object of civil defense, used as a bomb shelter, and designed as a defense for a possible attack on the Soviet Union.

At a depth of 50 to 120 meters lies the second, the coded system of Metro-2 of Moscow subway, which is equipped with everything you need, from food storage to the nuclear button.

According to some sources, the total length of Metro-2 reaches over 150 kilometers.

The Museum was opened on Sportivnaya metro station on November 6, 1967. It features the most interesting models of trains and stations.

Coffee Ring

The first scheme of Moscow Metro looked like a bunch of separate lines. Listen to a myth about Joseph Stalin and the main brown line of Moscow Metro.

Zodiac Metro

According to some astrologers, each of the 12 stops of the Moscow Ring Line corresponds to a particular sign of the zodiac and divides the city into astrological sector.

Astrologers believe that being in a particular zadiac sector of Moscow for a long time, you attract certain energy and events into your life.

Paleontological finds 

Red marble walls of some of the Metro stations hide in themselves petrified inhabitants of ancient seas. Try and find some!

• Every day each car in  Moscow metro passes  more than 600 km, which is the distance from Moscow to St. Petersburg.
• Moscow subway system is the  5th in the intensity  of use (after the subways of Beijing, Tokyo, Seoul and Shanghai).
• The interval in the movement of trains in rush hour is  90 seconds .

What you get:

• + A friend in Moscow.
• + Private & customized Moscow tour.
• + An exciting pastime, not just boring history lessons.
• + An authentic experience of local life.
• + Flexibility during the walking tour: changes can be made at any time to suit individual preferences.
• + Amazing deals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner in the very best cafes & restaurants. Discounts on weekdays (Mon-Fri).
• + A photo session amongst spectacular Moscow scenery that can be treasured for a lifetime.
• + Good value for souvenirs, taxis, and hotels.
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Moscow metro tour: architectural styles of the subway.

Duration: 2 hours

Categories: Culture & History, Sightseeing

This metro tour of Russia’s capital and most populous city, Moscow, is your chance to get a unique insight into the beautiful and impressive architecture of the city's underground stations. Admire their marble walls and high ceilings representing Stalin's desire for glory after World War 2, and see first-hand how the interiors change with the rise of new political eras. Your guide will lead you through the complex network, which is one of the most heavily used rapid transit systems worldwide, with over two billion travelers in 2011.

Opened in 1935, Moscow’s underground system, now 190 miles (305 km) long with 185 stations, is today one the largest and most heavily used rapid transit systems in the world. On this Moscow metro tour, discover the impressive architecture of Moscow’s underground stations and learn how they reflect the Soviet era.

Getting around by metro, your local guide will take you through parts of Moscow’s infamous history. Stop at stations built during the time of the USSR (Soviet Union) that are praised as one of the most extravagant architectural projects from Stalin’s time. After World War 2, he was keen on establishing Stalinist architecture to represent his rising regime and a recognized empire. Learn how when his successor started the de-Stalinization of the former Soviet Union in 1953, the extravagancy of the architecture was toned down.

Discover how the unique character of each station reflected several different eras. While stations like Kievskaya and Slavyansky Bulvar have pompous halls and high stucco ceilings brimming with extravagant decorations, those built later, like Volzhskaya, are lightly adorned with sparse furnishings. Architect Alexey Dushkin and painter Alexander Deyneka were just two of the many artists who made these magnificent landmarks possible.

Revel in Moscow's glory days, as well as the years of scarcity, on this fascinating Moscow metro experience. Conclude your tour at one of the central stations in Moscow. If you're lucky, you may even find the secret entrance to the unconfirmed Metro-2, a parallel underground system used by the government -- a mystery which has neither been denied nor confirmed today.

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Runaway horses gallop through central London, blazing a path of mayhem and injuries

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Two horses bolt through the streets of London near Aldwych on Wednesday. Jordan Pettitt/PA Images via Getty Images hide caption

Two horses bolt through the streets of London near Aldwych on Wednesday.

Five military horses — including one seemingly covered in blood — got loose in central London early Wednesday, galloping through rush hour crowds, smashing into vehicles and injuring several people before being recaptured.

"A number of military working horses became loose during routine exercise this morning," a spokesperson for the Ministry of Defence told NPR. "All of the horses have now been recovered and returned to camp."

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According to the ministry, six soldiers and seven horses from the Household Cavalry — specifically the Life Guards , the most senior regiment of the British Army — were conducting an "extended exercising of horses" around London, known as the Watering Order .

About a mile into their journey, as they passed by a construction site in the Belgravia area, the sound of concrete hitting the ground "caused the horses to spook."

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Five of the horses bolted, unseating four soldiers. Three soldiers were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, and the horses kept running.

"We are aware of a number of horses that are currently loose in central London and are working with colleagues, including the Army, to locate them," Westminster police wrote on X (formerly Twitter) just after 9 a.m. local time.

Over roughly two hours, the horses wove a destructive path across some 6 miles of the city.

Bystanders and British news outlets flooded social media with footage of two saddled horses — one black and one white, with bright red liquid covering its chest and legs — hurtling through busy city streets.

Reports and photos emerged of horses smashing into vehicles, panicking commuters and knocking at least one person to the street.

At around 8.40am, we were called about horses that had became loose and were travelling through the City. Our officers have contained two horses on the Highway near Limehouse. We’re waiting for an Army horse box to collect the horses and transport them to veterinary care. https://t.co/Oc6CPX32yR — City of London Police (@CityPolice) April 24, 2024

A cab driver named Sean told BBC Radio London that he saw a parked Mercedes "with its side smashed in and covered in blood." The company Big Bus Tours said a horse had run into one of its parked double-decker buses. No one was injured, but photos show a massive crack in the bus' front window.

Eyewitness Bashir Aden told The Telegraph he saw a soldier fall to the ground, "screaming in pain," after one of the horses ran into a car.

"The horses come down this route every day, but today the horse looked stressed or panicked," he added. "I saw the horse run away after it hit a bus. People were screaming and running all over."

A spokesperson for the London Ambulance Service confirmed to NPR that four people were injured across three separate incidents, and all were taken to the hospital for treatment.

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The first, at 8:25 a.m. local time, involved a person being "thrown from a horse" on Buckingham Palace Road. Two minutes later, responders were alerted to reports of "an incident with a horse on Belgrave Square" involving two victims. And they got a third call at 8:35 a.m. about another incident with a horse, this time at the junction of Chancery Lane and Fleet Street — over 2 miles east of Belgrave Square.

The London Fire Brigade said in a statement that its crews helped respond after a person fell from a horse in Belgrave Square. They also responded to the scene of two collisions, "including one near Victoria Railway Station where a horse was involved in a collision with a taxi."

Shortly before 10 a.m. local time, City of London police tweeted that officers had contained two horses on the highway near Limehouse — which is in London's East End, about 6 miles away from Buckingham Palace — and were waiting for the Army to transport them for veterinary care.

About half an hour later, Westminster police said the rest of the horses had been accounted for — concluding a frenzied search but leaving many unanswered questions.

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Bloody horse on the loose in london, wild ride of chaos & injuries, runaway horses on the loose in london ... injuries, damage & chaos.

Escaped military horses wreaked havoc through the London streets during morning rush hour ... causing injuries and leaving a bloody trail of destruction in their wake.

The pics are quite the wild sight ... 5 horses from the Life Guards, part of the prestigious Household Cavalry, tore through the streets Wednesday morning, and one white horse even seemed to be drenched in blood -- whether its own or someone else's is unclear.

The British army confirmed in a statement the frenzied gallop started when the horses were spooked during an extended exercise.

🚨 NEW: Runaway horses are currently on the loose in Central London One horse is covered in blood after colliding with a bus Police are working with the Army to locate them pic.twitter.com/yZ10SeiFV3 — Politics UK (@PolitlcsUK) April 24, 2024 @PolitlcsUK

Apparently, some concrete fell off a conveyor belt on a construction site, and when it hit the ground it touched off a chain reaction of chaos.

5 out of 7 horses bolted, and 4 soldiers were unseated from their horses ... leaving 3 of them injured during the chaotic escape. They're currently being evaluated in the hospital, but their injuries aren't life-threatening.

As for the horses, they covered about 6 miles across London in a staggering 2 hours ... with reports emerging of them crashing into vehicles and knocking someone down on the street.

Just before 10 AM UK local time, London police tweeted officers had contained 2 of the horses. Half an hour later, Westminster police confirmed they found the rest.

The army transported the horses to veterinary care.

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Horses Run Loose Through Central London in Surreal Spectacle

A number of runaway army horses galloped through London on Wednesday morning, causing alarm and injuring pedestrians. All of the animals were eventually recovered.

By Mark Landler

Reporting from London

Several runaway military horses galloped through the streets of London on Wednesday morning, alarming pedestrians, sideswiping cars and buses, and turning an ordinary rush hour into a frightening, almost surreal spectacle.

Four people were treated for injuries, including a soldier who was thrown from one of the horses, according to the London Ambulance Service. The horses, which belong to the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment, a unit that parades in royal pageants, are normally well-trained symbols of London’s regal past.

On Wednesday, however, they broke into a panicked stampede that had more in common with the Wild West. Galloping past some of London’s most famous sites — from Buckingham Palace to Tower Bridge — they left a trail of damaged vehicles and shocked pedestrians, some of whom had to dart out of their way.

By 10:30 a.m., the Metropolitan Police said that all the horses had been recovered and were back in their barracks in Hyde Park. But some had suffered injuries, including a white horse that had blood splashed on its neck, chest and forelimbs.

The drama began shortly after 8 a.m. when the horses, apparently spooked by the noise from a nearby construction site, threw off the military riders who were taking them out for routine exercises. Photographs showed one of the soldiers being treated while lying on the ground on Buckingham Palace Road.

Video footage captured a pair of riderless horses galloping in Aldwych, a stately area in central London. Their hooves clattered in the shadow of grand stone buildings as passers-by scattered, buses jerked to a stop and cars honked. The white horse, wearing a saddle and stirrups with its reins flying behind it, was caught on video later galloping in the vicinity of Tower Bridge.

Other pictures showed the result of unexpected encounters between animals and a busy urban landscape: a double-decker tour bus with a smashed windshield and a gray Mercedes van with a dented door and smashed rear windows.

As the incident unfolded, newspapers and broadcasters began carrying live coverage, briefly riveting much of the city. The Metropolitan Police said in a statement, “We are aware of a number of horses that are currently loose in central London and are working with colleagues, including the army, to locate them.”

Shortly before 10 a.m., the City of London police reported that its officers had corralled two of the horses near Limehouse, a neighborhood adjacent to the city’s docklands. That indicated they had made their way across Central London, from Westminster through Covent Garden and past the financial district.

“We’re waiting for an army horse box to collect the horses and transport them to veterinary care,” the city police said in a statement.

An army spokesman told The Daily Telegraph that horses had been recovered and returned to their camp, but he added, “A number of personnel and horses have been injured and are receiving the appropriate medical attention.”

The Household Cavalry — made up of the two most senior units in the British Army, the Life Guards and the Blues and Royals — is a familiar sight in royal pageants. They trooped in the coronation of King Charles III last May and during the state funeral of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II , in September 2022.

The cavalry’s horses are trained to be comfortable in busy streets and around people, which made the incident on Wednesday extraordinarily unusual.

Tourists often pose for pictures next to the horses when they stand guard in front of Horse Guards Parade , a ceremonial parade ground on Whitehall, north of Downing Street. The soldiers astride them only occasionally scold the tourists for getting too close or otherwise disturbing the animals.

Mark Landler is the London bureau chief of The Times, covering the United Kingdom, as well as American foreign policy in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. He has been a journalist for more than three decades. More about Mark Landler