In part 3 of our epic family travel adventure we catch the Big Bus Tour around London city for some sight-seeing. First we check out Trafalgar Square and the National Art Gallery. Then off to London Bridge, where we actually got to drive across the bridge.

After checking out Tower of London, we catch the City Ferry down to Westminster Abbey, Parliament House and Westminster Abbey area.

Tower of London from the Big Bus Tour

The Tower of London looked like such an interesting and expansive place to go inside, however when we enquired the staff advised us that we need a full 3 hours to see inside.

Closing time is 5pm daily, thus you need to arrive by 2:00pm to make the tour worthwhile. Because we arrived at 3:30pm, we missed out on this fascinating tour.

Buckingham Palace

Then a stroll amongst the squirrels, through St.James’s Gardens to see Buckingham Palace. Whilst at Buckingham Palace we walked through the “Australia Gate”, a very special occasion since we are an Australian family!

We also walked through some magnificent gardens, and witnessed the guards in the big black hats.

Other Famous London Attractions

We saw many other attractions along the way, including St.Paul’s Cathedral, St.James’s Park, St.Margaret’s Church, the London Eye, just to name a few. The last part of our adventure for the day was trying to catch a Big Bus Tour home.

We looked for ages to find a bus stop, to no avail. In the end we got a taxi! And the lesson we learned – download the Big Bus Tours app so you can find the bus-stops!

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