Museum tours
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Great Russell St
London
WC1B 3DG
Available durations: 2hours / 3hours


Museum tours
Great Russell St
London
WC1B 3DG
Available durations: 2hours / 3hours

Museum tours
Trafalgar Square
London
WC2N 5DN
Available durations: 2hours / 3hours

Museum tours
Cromwell Rd
South Kensington
London
SW7 5BD
Available durations: 2hours

Museum tours
Cromwell Rd
London
SW7 2RL
Available durations: 2hours


A Thames river cruise isn't one product. Uber Boat is a water bus, City Cruises is a slow sightseeing tour, speedboats are a thrill ride, and dinner cruises are a fixed-slot dining event. Here's what each one costs, how long it takes, and how to book — sorted by type, not by price.

Most Cambridge day-trip guides send you to King's first, so you double back for the museum, then double back again for the Mathematical Bridge. Here's a loop that goes south out of the station to the Fitzwilliam Museum first, then north through the colleges to the river, finishing on the green spaces back to the station — with where to take photos worked in along the way.

The costliest mistake on the Cam usually isn't overpaying by a few pounds — it's not realising whether you've bought a single seat or an entire punt. Shared chauffeured tours are priced per person, self-hire is priced per boat and duration, and the two numbers aren't comparable until you do the maths. College Backs and Grantchester are also two completely different directions, and a self-hire punt can't switch between them mid-trip. Here's how to choose between chauffeured and self-hire, which route fits what you want, and what to check before you book.

Two listings both say '8 minutes from the Tube' — one puts you on a lively main street the moment you step out, the other has you dragging a suitcase across a busy junction. The area name only answers half the question. Here's how 10 common London base areas compare on transport and trade-offs, what to actually watch out for, and a pre-booking checklist.