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Daily Buckingham Palace with Hop on Hop Off Bus Tour Days of Operation: Daily Buckingham Palace with Hop on Hop off Bus Tour: By 12:45pm, you must arrive at the Outside Queens Gallery Entrance, Buckingham Palace, London SW1A 1AA. in Victoria to collect your tickets for Buckingham Palace gardens. You will then be escorted by a member of staff to Buckingham Palace gardens, where you will be able to enter the Palace at 1:15pm. A typical visit to Buckingham Palace lasts between 2 and 2½ hours. Picnics Permitted • Food and non-alcoholic drinks • Plastic glasses and paper cups • Tableware and cutlery • Small picnic baskets and cool bags • Blankets and small foldable chairs • Personal and golfing-sized umbrellas All items must be no larger than 55 x 35cm in order to pass through airport-style security scanners. Non-Permitted • Alcohol consumption • Glassware • Sharp-bladed knives • Radio/speaker · Barbecues • Parasols, windbreakers and gazebos • Ball games or similar Hop on Hop off Departure point: You can join the tour from any of our 70 stops. Each of our stops will be clearly signposted. There is a stop outside the entrance to Buckingham Palace. Hop-on Hop-off bus timetable Free Hop-on Hop-off Boat Ride These cruises are operated by Circular Cruise Westminster. The first boat departs from Westminster Pier at 11am – to view the full timetable including last departure times click here. Boats leave every 30 minutes from: • Westminster Pier (Westminster Pier, Victoria Embankment, London SW1A 2JH) • Embankment Pier (Embankment Pier, Victoria Embankment, London WS2N 6NU) • Festival Pier (Festival Pier, South Bank, London SE1 9PX) • Bankside Pier (Bankside Pier, Bankside, London SE1 9DT) • St Katharine’s Pier - for Tower of London - (St Katharine’s Pier, St Katharine's Way, London E1W 1LD) Cruise rides last 30 minutes. .
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