Britain on the Cheap

Are you headed to the summer opening of the Houses of Parliament? This year’s run is July 29-Oct. 1, and you can pre-book tickets for the 75-minute Blue Badge guided tour now. Prices are £15/$24 per adult, £6/$10 per child. The tours will explore the Lords and Commons Chambers, Westminster Hall, the Queen’s Robing Room, [...]

London Duck Tours will launch a land and river sightseeing tour, the D-day Duck, on Sept. 5. Using the actual vehicles built for D-day, the tour will take passengers back in time to London’s home front during the Second World War. You’ll see the Cabinet War Rooms, Houses of Parliament, Downing Street and Buckingham Palace, [...]

If you haven’t make it to the Houses of Parliament for a guided tour, you now have another 14 days, Aug. 31-Sept. 4 and Sept. 20-30. The 75-minute Blue Badge guided tours, which run throughout the day, describe the blend of history and politics that lies within one of the most instantly recognizable buildings in [...]

Superbreak.com is offering tours inside the Houses of Parliament during the legislative break. Led by a fully qualified Blue Badge Guide, the tours follow the processional route taken by Her Majesty the Queen when she performs the State Opening of Parliament. You’ll visit the Robing Room, the Royal Gallery and the Princes Chamber, then The [...]