London By Bus 12

See London like a Londoner.

London's iconic double-decker busses give you a bird's-eye view of the sights and sounds of this historic city. Take a ride on the 12 bus and travel across the city for a 30-minute tour starting from the brutalist mecca of Elephant and Castle all the way to London's premier retail district: Oxford Street.

London bus route 12 tour starts in Elephant and Castle, redeveloped as a brutalist suburb after WW II. Form there, the bus travels up to Westminster Bridge, passing the Imperial War Museum and the London Eye. After a breathtaking view across the bridge to the Houses of Parliament, the bus travels up Whitehall Street, passing "Number 10" and the Horse Guards Parade on its way to Trafalgar Square.

Stroll around the square and visit one of the many museums before re-boarding the bus. The route passes a memorial to the Crimean War and Florence Nightengale before heading towards Piccadilly Circus, which is no longer a Circus and whose owner no longer sells "piccadils."

Finally, get off at Oxford Circus at the center of London's most famous shopping district.

You don't need to have an international data plan for London By Bus 12. We download all the pictures and recordings to your device, so you can enjoy the tour even if your phone only works in your home country.

Why buy an expensive ticket for one of those hop-on/hop-off tourist busses when you can buy a bus ticket and see the city while rubbing shoulders with people who actually live and work here?