Buckingham & Windsor: Royal Palaces Tour

Explore Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle on a self-guided tour. Enjoy special timed entry and an extended visit to these historic royal residences.

Duration: 10 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Buckingham Palace - Meet your tour representative in Victoria, London. They will escort you to Buckingham Palace (10 min walk), special timed entry ensures a breath-taking visit to the official residence of Britain’s sovereigns since 1837. Open for just 8 weeks a year, viewing the State rooms is an opportunity not to be missed! Marvel at the…
What's Included
  • Entry to Windsor Castle
  • Entry to Buckingham Palace
  • Multimedia guide in multiple languages
  • Transportation to Windsor by air-conditioned coach
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Food and beverages unless stated differently
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Guide
Additional Information

Explore Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle on this self-guided tour!
Meet the Golden Tours representative at 9:45am outside King’s Gallery in Victoria. From there, you will be guided to Buckingham Palace (a 5-minute walk).
Buckingham Palace – Special Timed Entry With Audio Guide
Enjoy a special timed entry to the official residence of Britain’s…

Location
Golden Tours
Bulleid Way
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Jayt185
Sep 26, 2025
Tour of London - I had a wonderful time on this tour. Tish was an exceptional guide…knowledgeable, engaging, and very personable. The tour was both informative and enjoyable, and I would gladly take it again on my next visit to London.
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260dirkj
Apr 19, 2025
Guided tour with Marc - Absolutely impressive what our guide Marc knew all about on our Changing of the Guard tour at Buckingham Palace. We were in the right place at all times and so we were able to watch the entire spectacle several times. Thank you very much and gladly again!
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Jamesg529
Aug 15, 2023
Must do adventure in London - Fantastic tours! Jim, our tour guide, was wonderful! Self guided tours we had plenty of time to see the sights, highly recommend!!
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Barbarahj3088ud
Jul 31, 2023
Trip to Windsor castle - Jim gave us many insights and historical features of the Royals, their homes and English culture. Very enjoyable.
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Denikak2023
Jul 30, 2023
Buckingham Palace was an amazing sight to see! - Loved the Buckingham Castle self guided tour. It was interesting and easy to follow. The Windsor castle was portion of our tour was good but the castle tour itself was confusing and we went on a Sunday so didn’t get to see inside St Paul’s Chapel which meant we finished the tour much earlier than expected and then had to wait around to leave. Our driver Jim was friendly and helpful, made the trip a memorable one. Thanks!
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Boardingpass578951
Jul 30, 2025
An experience that could have been wonderful spoiled by details and a totally inadequate driver in the role - The visits themselves went well, were the q expected, maybe the castle of Windsor larger and better q the expected. The problem was with the driver who took us and brought us from Windsor, arrived in Windsor and literally unleashed running from the truck park to the entrance of the castle with everyone trying to follow him to not get lost, a group of several old people and a lady in a wheelchair! And hundreds of people on the street blocking us through... Did not give us the only truly important information: that the chapel of St George closes 45m before the royal rooms and House of dolls. When I made him this observation said q also didn't know. Extraordinary. The duration of the visit (less than 3h since it would be from 14-17 but there is still q count on the routes to and from the truck park) is very short to see the 3 attractions (exterior castle and royal accommodation, doll house and chapel) and there is q make choices even more q there is always a line for the House of the dolls. I chose to see the chapel at the expense of the doll house and when I got to the entrance it was already closed. With the time I lost to confirm this fact, plus the journey time up there and in line, I would no longer have time for the House of the Dolls. I ended up not seeing the two, and I could have seen one of them, or go first to the chapel or have seen the doll house immediately before or after the royal rooms. A waste for total lack of training of the escort to Windsor. I know they will tell me that the visit was not accompanied but this basic information could be given during the London Windsor route without any problem and the lack of preparation of the driver to accompany the group to the castle cries to the skies.
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Uberscott
Aug 26, 2023
Golden Tours Needs Better Instructions - We did the Golden Tours Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle self-guided walking tour. Golden Tours provided very specific instructions where to meet for the Buckingham Palace portion of the tour. Once the guide checked us in and the specific entrance time arrived, we could enter, get the audio guide and take the tour at our own pace paying attention to the departure time to Windsor Castle. Golden Tours provided the departure time and address for Windsor Castle and you are left to navigate to the location for departure. This proved somewhat challenging and took longer than was expected. Golden Tours needs to provide a map or precise instructions to get to the bus terminal. We have taken other tours that provided a map and very clear instructions which Golden Tours could learn from. The bus transportation was really good except about half of the seat back monitors were broken and did not work which is a huge negative, but the driver was excellent and got us to and from without incident. We really enjoyed seeing how the Kings/Queens lived throughout history. It should be noted that both Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle are huge, so bring your walking shoes.
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Z4430tfcristinac
Jul 15, 2023
Two italians at London - time is too limited. It would be appreciated in the coach the explanation in other languages ​​also through the display on the backs of the seats
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Rosemerryso
Sep 15, 2018
Drop point - Tour should drop passengers back to the nearest station where we depart, instead of 3 stations away.
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Arthur
Sep 6, 2025
Never again - Disorganized. Guide late. Uninformed. Poor guidance to second part. Missed it entirely. Could not find meeting point. Don’t bother with this group. Just go on your own buying tickets upon arrival. Book your own transportation. It was a waste of good money. Their service is rated zero in my book. Advise against using them.
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).