Hello and welcome!
I’m Gio, the founder of Private London Tours. I’m a Londoner born and bred with an unrivalled passion for the city. With over a decade of guiding experience, I started Private London Tours to make sure that my guests could really experience London and not just drive by on a crowded tour bus.
The team includes city tour guides, specialist guides and Blue Badge tourist guides (who can take you inside the sights). We offer tours both in London and day trips to the surrounding areas. Although I have personally taken a step back from guiding, I now have the pleasure of crafting your tours every step of the way from planning right through to the day itself.
I also dabble in a bit of writing such as my London walking tour book and my coffee table book. You can also enjoy my self-guided audio tours on your phone here.
Here are just some of the types of tours we offer:
Tours of London’s Major Sights – Whether you want to go inside the Tower of London or Westminster Abbey, Churchill War Rooms or St Paul’s Cathedral, or London’s many incredible museums, we can help! Our guides cover countless other subjects and themes outside of these.
Hidden Gems of London – Get off the beaten path and go and see things that will fascinate you but are rarely seen! Perfect for Londoners, those who know the city well, or visitors wanting to see the real London away.
Tours outside London – We offer half-day trips to Windsor Castle and Hampton Court Palace on the edge of London. We also go further afield with full-day trips from London to Bath and The Cotswolds, Stonehenge and Salisbury, Oxford, Cambridge, Leeds Castle, and many other locations. Just get in touch!
Completely custom tours – Whether it’s a weekend focused on Diana, Princess of Wales, a London shopping tour for the best scarves, or a day looking at London’s Roman past, we’ve got it covered! We can offer themed tours to Jack the Ripper, architecture, gardens, Harry Potter and Street Art among many other things!
London Layover tours – If you have a very limited time in London we can pick you up at the airport, railway station or cruise terminal, show you around the city, and take you back at the end – we offer super-fast express trains or luxury vehicle options.
Language tours – London is the most multicultural city in the world, so we offer our tours in English, French, Dutch, Portuguese, Chinese Mandarin and Spanish daily. We can also offer tours in many other languages at your request such as Italian, German, Russian, and Arabic – just get in touch.
Corporate Tours – Looking for a unique activity for your employees? A tour is an amazing way for your team to bond as they arrive in the city for the first time, explore the area around the office, or see a part of the city that’s less well-known. We can, of course, start and end at your office, hotel, airport or anywhere else of convenience. See our dedicated corporate tours of London page.