Private Day Tours in London

Floridians in London for a flash

The tour guide was very knowledgeable and lots of fun. We got to see a lot of London in 6 hours. She also gave us way to how to enjoy more days within walking distance as well.

All of London in a day!

Highly recommend this tour. Best way to explore all of London and learn all about their rich history.

Amazing Tour !!

I did a London day tour with Ollie. Ollie is an AMAZING tour guide ! She is very vibrant , energetic, informative and very knowledgeable guide ! We visited many landmarks of London . We had a WONDERFUL and FUN FILLED time from start to end ! Not only Ollie took us to all the sight seeing spots we have requested to see, she also showed us many other tourist spots that we were not aware of ! THANK YOU OLLlE FOR A FANTASTIC and MEMORABLE TOUR ! YOU ARE THE BEST !!! I highly recommend this TOUR !

London rocks!!

Ollie was great!! Lots of personality!!! She made our day very enjoyable and she was very knowledgeable about London!!! Would recommend her 100%!!!

JAM-PACKED FUN and VERY EDUCATIONAL

Our guide Henry was the BEST!! So much fun going around with him seeing so much… from Buckingham Palace to St Paul’s Cathedral to the Tower of London and everything in-between. His knowledge about England’s history is unbelievable - He’s a walking encyclopedia!! Very entertaining and incredibly educational all at the same time. He gave us several ideas on what to do for the next day (which was our last!. Would recommend to anyone who has only a few days in London and wants to see so much in a relatively short amount of time! Thanks again Henry!!

Wonderful!

Ollie was excellent, friendly and very knowledgeible. We had a a wonderful time. She tailored the tour to our needs and knew all the secret best spots to see attractions. We even got some useful lessons on proper English and how to speak it. What fun! Couldn't believe it when the day was over.

Excellent experience

We had an amazing time. Ollie our tour guide was very knowledgeable and friendly. She knew many tricks about the best spots to view the sites and events and the best places to take photos. She also knew secret ways to get around the crowds! On our way between sites we heard all about London, got to learn some tips about speaking British English, and shared wonderful family stories. She also customized the tour to our requests. We had so much fun and saw so many things it was hard to believe it when the tour was over.

Ollie is awesome! ♥️

What a lovely time! The best part was Ollie! She is an amazing, engaging, inviting host of London with lots of information. The day was filled with fun and wonderful experiences!

Love Henry!

Henry was great! Super knowledgeable and full of energy. He did an awesome job customizing our experience. Our group had a wonderful experience.

Fun Day

We loved being able to see so many memorable places. We really loved watching the changing of the guards at Buckingham palace and seeing Tower Bridge and then walking over it. Rowan our tour guide did a fantastic job!!

Ollie Is An Excellent & Fun Guide

Ollie did a great job of zeroing in on what we would like to see in London vs coming with a specific itinerary. She’s a lot of fun & does a great job of making sure her guests are enjoying the city.

Fantastic Overview of London in 5 hours.

We spent the afternoon with Ollie. Not only was she amazing at what she does, but we thought she had VIP parking everywhere we went. We felt like celebrities whenever we stepped out of the car in the middle of the activities of London. Every memorable stop that you’ve hoped to see when visiting London will be covered. The tour is comprised of a combination of SUV and short walking tours. I highly recommend this tour if you want to see the very best of London.

Great guided day trip!

My husband and I are on our first trip to London and had an outstanding day seeing the city with Ollie. She ensured we had the opportunity to experience all the sights and enjoy a delicious fish and chips lunch. Today was a very busy day in London so driving was a bit of a challenge. We got to view the royal guard practicing for the kings birthday celebration, circumnavigate large crowds preparing to watch the champions league soccer finals, and see all the sights we hoped to see in a single day while avoiding the numerous road closures and detours. Ollie is knowledgeable, personable and we would highly recommend taking her tour.

See London like a local … friendly and fun Ollie

Our tour guide Ollie was excellent. She made us feel like family while showing us London. She was very informative and we have to go back and see more. Her car was comfortable and clean . I would definitely ask for her if you want a tour of London. See you next time Ollie! Bonita and Bruce

Great day despite London Tour closing streets

Great driving tour of London with Ollie. There were four of us including active 74 yo, 14 and 9 year olds. Ollie was full of information and had a great personality. Our favorite parts may have been the markets and walking around the palace and St James Park. The lunch at the end was great at a tavern overlooking the Tower of London. Delicious beef madras! We did more walking on the tour than normal due to the all city bike tour. Would probably have been helpful if Viator had matched tour availability with city’s events as it definitely made it harder for Ollie to show us as much as she wanted to!

Best Tour und Best Tour Guide!

We have experienced an exceptional tour guide, Ollie Darmola, can only recommend her. She is so warm and friendly, knows everything about the history of England and fulfilled all our wishes. It is very nice to have such a companion, we all love Ollie. Best regards, Hanspeter Hutter, Switzerland

An unbelievable tour

This was an unbelievable tour. We didn’t expect to have such a great time and still learn so much. Our private tour guide, Ollie, was so awesome. She picked us up at our hotel as scheduled. Our private van was very comfortable and roomy. She was personable, funny and very knowledgeable. She made us feel as if we were family. We visited so many great sites, learned a lot about the city and its culture and loved it all. Ollie cut our walking time in half because she got us as close to the sites and monuments as you could get. We enjoyed lunch at a local restaurant where the food was very good. After lunch we continued our tour and at completion we dropped off at our hotel. That was the best way to see and enjoy London for me and the best day of our entire trip. Ollie was an excellent tour guide and I would highly recommend her and that tour.

Discover the City with Expert Guide Ivan

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Enjoyable Private Sightseeing Tour Ever

This super amazing flexible flexible tour included picking us up from our hotel and fortunately we were also able to personalize the initial itinerary. We not only covered iconic sites like Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, Big Ben etc. we also did a quick stop at Portabello market in Notting Hill London. Super awsome

Enjoyable Private Sightseeing Tour

This flexible Super Awsome tour included picking us up from our hotel and fortunately we were also able to personalize the initial itinerary. We not only covered iconic sites like Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, Big Ben etc. we also did a quick stop at Portabello market in Notting Hill London.Lovely

Walking tour of London

Young man, ( so sorry I can't remember his name, college student), was very knowledgeable about history of neighborhoods, streets, buildings. Pointed out numerous restaurants, bars and tea/coffee stops to check out later. We are in our 60's and there was a lot of walking involved. He was kind enough to take us to several parks with benches and lots of nature to watch while we rested our feet. Thank you for an enjoyable day.

Perfect

Ollie met our expectations. She gave us a thorough overview of London which allowed us to then determine where our focus would be in the following days. She is knowledgeable and interesting.

Not Recommended

We arrived at 9:50am for our 10am tour. We could not locate the tour guide. We messaged the tour guide (name unknown), via Viator, explaining that we could not locate the tour guide. We sent another message at 10:03am with our phone number. 3 more messages were sent at 10:10am, 10:22am and 10:26am. We finally called Viator and found the name of the tour operator was I Love London. Viator could not contact the tour guide either. At 10:45am we received a message from I Love London and promptly called back at 10:49am. Ollie, the owner, apologized and said that it was her fault. Ollie said that she was sending a tour guide and suggested that we visit the National Gallery in the meantime. Two hours later, at 12pm, we met our substitute tour guide "Baha" in front of the National Gallery. Baha was a lovely young man that was very knowledgeable. We totally missed the "Changing of the Guards" (11am) as promised on this tour -- a total disappointment. Nothing followed the schedule as promised. We were dropped off for lunch at 5pm (dinner time, not lunch) near London Bridge -- not Charing Cross (as advertised). We had to walk the entire distance with the exception of one bus. We had to pay for the bus which was supposed to be included (as advertised). Ollie called to follow up while we at the Pub for dinner (that was supposed to be lunch). Ollie said that she only gets 160 pounds for the tour and Viator gets the remainder (not our problem). We rated this as "average" as not to reflect badly on our guide Baha who did a great job as a substitute . Otherwise, we would have rated this as a "Very Poor" experience. This was a total waste of money.

Great driving tour with lot of fun!

One of the best walking tours I've experienced and I know this because I love walking tours. It’s a great way to get the feel of a new place, see the main sights, and adjust to the local culture. I met with local guide in the morning who took us around and later for a 'pub grub' which means lunch. All in all, I would use the company and do it again!

Horrible Tour of London

Our disappointment in this tour needs to be expressed. Our tour guide, Ollie (who told us she is an owner of the company, I Heart London) showed up for the tour 45 minutes late. She was very difficult to contact both via Viator and through WhatsApp. She stated that there were traffic issues in London and that she lived 45 minutes away from our hotel. An experienced guide understands traffic flows and leaves early to compensate accordingly. The majority of the tour was spent with her on the phone handling issues within her company as the other tour guides apparently worked for her. There were multiple calls from other upset guests trying to find their absent guides. Ollie would often drop us off in odd parts of the city and we were told to walk around on our own. This is not our definition of a guided driving tour. It appears she was dropping us off so she can run her business. When she did get out of the vehicle with us, she offered to take pictures for us so that we didn’t have to. We have asked for these pictures multiple times and she has yet to send them to us. She has replied that she will send them once she sees our review! She stopped at a restaurant that served Fish & Chips and when our meal came, she opened a packet of salt and poured it all over the fish. Who does that without asking first? She is not knowledgeable about the city or its history stating such “facts” as Queen Elizabeth died when she was 92 years old. The end of the tour was spent with her trying to drive and handle phone calls from the tour guests who followed us as she was also almost a late in starting their tour. We truly feel that we deserve a complete refund for this tour and that Viator should reconsider using I Heart London as a recommended tour company.

Excellent , the best day of our life.

It was excellent experience with our tour guide Olli, was very kind and funny. I recommended her so much. We did know a lot of interesting and beautiful places.

Perfect Day in London!

Perfect day in London with Ollie! 10/10 - Saw ALL the highlights of London 10/10 - Best food & tea recommendations 10/10 - Told us all the best places to get the best photos of London and took so many great photos of us! This was the best tour of our whole time in Europe! It was truly the best day and we were amazed how much we saw and the incredible photos we got thanks to our tour guide Ollie. She was the best tour guide and knew so much history and we couldn’t believe how much we did and saw! She even helped us navigate the long lines in the market so we could get some fresh bread and the most delicious donuts. Thanks so much for the perfect day in London! Next time we come back we’ll definitely request Ollie as our tour guide!

Learn to love, London

This tour of London was most wonderful. I saw so many fabulous sights with a very charming and entertaining host. Ivanhoe had a plethora of stories to share with me about the history and depth of political intrigue which goes on in this complex country He has a particular interest in the theatre scene in London and shares the many experiences he has had with great enthusiasm when next we are in London, we will most definitely contact iheartlondon tours to arrange an amazing experience in London

Foster London Adventure

Ollie was great, very knowledgeable, and fun to be with! She used the time wisely and packed our day full of sites. It was very enjoyable including a scenic lunch!

Ended up wonderful. Saw tons of sites and learned a lot

Getting out snd actually seeing sites. Moving quickly to the next place. She was knowledgeable She took us to extra plces and ask if we needed a drink, to eat, or needed a restroom

Wonderful time

We took a private day tour with Ollie and she was amazing! So knowledgeable about London and its history and a great storyteller. She was on time both coming and going and was very flexible taking us to at least two stops that were not planned and I’m certain were out of her way. She was also quite fun!!! I would highly recommend her and would use her again myself!!!!

Fun and lively drive around London

The most memorable was the Millennium bridge, fish & chips, vibrant personality of the guide. It was a fun whirlwind drive with brief stops around town.

Our favorite day in London.

Our favorite day in London. Ivan was fantastic. Covered so much ground personalized to our likes. Highly recommend. If we return to London again we will reach out for another tour.

No show

The driver never showed up and still fighting to get my refund- steer clear of this group!! Unresponsive to texts, emails and phone calls! Very unprofessional.

Changing of the Guards

I was able to see part of the changing of the guards at Buckingham Palace; I’ve always wanted to see that.

Private Driving Tour

We really enjoyed our tour. It was a great overview of London. Ollie, our guide was knowledgeable, enthusiastic, fun and friendly! Would recommend.

Amazing tour of London!

We had the most perfect day in London with Ollie and Ivan! Our group wanted to take in as much as we could as none of us had ever visited before. Our guides delivered and then some! We saw so many historic, interesting, and unique sites. Our day was filled with tons of history and information and our guides were so fun. It was worth every penny!

A fabulous first day in London!

Loved our day with Ollie! She’s like a family member you are visiting in London. Her van is fabulous - comfortable and roomy for the whole family. Saw soooo much in one day with plenty of recommendations for the rest of our time in London. A perfect, fun and action packed first day in London. Thanks Ollie and hope to see you. again soon!

Great driving tour of London

Great driving tour of London with Ollie. We had a lot of fun despite a rainy day. Having a private car made a big difference.

Great solo trip!

Ollie is a wonderful guide! If it's your first time in London or a returning tourist, you won't regret getting her as your guide. I had a fun time.

See more!

Ollie was fabulous! Having her walk us around allowed us to see more than we could have by ourselves. We also learned a lot about the city! Thank you, Ollie!

Private Tour by Ollie is awesome!!!

Ollie was very communicative. She contacted me and offered me the transportation tour instead of the walking tour and we obliged. Best thing we could have ever did. We started out at our meeting place near a church/cathedral and the Trafalgar Square. Ollie offered to take our photos for us so we wouldn’t have all selfies. She is really good at photos and angles. Bonus! We then went to Buckingham palace for the changing of the guards. Idk if we missed it but it does happen everyday around 11am. Then had lunch at the London eye attraction. We saw a lot of sights to even remember or name. Ollie did a great job telling us the history of things in London. We had a great time. Thank Ollie!!!

Five hours of fun in London

We took the train in from Paris in the morning so booked a 2:30 private driving tour with Ollie. She was absolutely the best! She was informative and fun! We feel we saw all the highlights of London and now can choose what we want to explore further. We were a bit tired and Ollie just made it so much fun for us. We felt we met a friend.

Delightful

Ollie was friendly and accommodating to every detail. She was knowledgeable and gave great historical details.

Excellent value and yummy lunch

Anita was fantastic. She guided us through the city and explained so much along the way. There is quite a bit of walking (around 5 miles) but we had no trouble with this. We had a 60 year old, 7 year old, and 9 year old in our group. The lunch that was included was delicious!! Anita took us to a local fish and chip restaurant for lunch (there are other options to choose from if you don’t prefer fish). We learned so much on this tour. It was a great value!

Fantastic Half Day with Ollie!!

Ollie was fantastic!! We were in London 2 days early before starting a group Tour. We wanted a Private Driver to take us around the city to see some sites that we knew would not be covered on our group tour. Ollie was able to take us to see the places that we had on our list, and was VERY flexible. We happened upon a celebration in Hyde Park as it was the anniversary of the Queens death, and Charles becoming King as a result. There was a cavalry charging through the park and we saw this. Ollie asked if we'd like to get out and she would come back and pick us up once we texted here. Well, I did that and it was AMAZING!!! Got some fantastic pictures, and had an experience that we never would have even known about had we not been just driving by with Ollie. She also took us to Abbey Road Studios and helped us get the iconic photos of course, and she found a quirky Beatles memorabilia shop that was outstanding. I would HIGHLY recommend this way of seeing a LOT of London in a short period of time!!!

Awesome tour! Anita is great!

Love the tour. Anita is great. She is very knowledgeable about London & all the landmark. We took the train with her too. So it’s a great experience learning & seeing the city in the short period of time! Definitely recommended this tour especially Anita! Our group is 7. Us & 5 kids 18-11. We really enjoyed it!! ⭐️star

A last glance of london

This experience rates high on our london experience. Our guide was extremely professional and courteous. We requested a tour that visited both shopping and historic spots and she delivered! I would recommend this tour (and specifically Ollie) to anyone who asks... She did a fantastic job!

Amazing!!

The views were great and the time was punctual. We enjoyed our time together during this tour and got to see everything on the list