| Each year almost two million travelers (and the | | | | by a huge amount of different tourist boats. They |
| amount is still increasing) travel to and from work on | | | | mostly have running commentary on the boat to tell |
| London's river. They use fancy catamarans with stylish | | | | you about the history of all the important sites. Make |
| coffee bars on board, comfortable airline seats and | | | | sure you look for the services that can take you all the |
| even bicycle racks to pedal from the boat to the | | | | way down to the Thames Flood Barrier and up to |
| office and back. These river services run up the River | | | | Kew and the famous Kew Botanical Gardens and the |
| Thames, starting at Woolwich (from where you can | | | | amazing palace of Henry VIII, Hampton Court. The |
| take a free car ferry to North Woolwich) to Waterloo | | | | services run all the time during summer, but in winter |
| en Embankment in Central London. Down the river it | | | | here can be fewer services. |
| starts in Putney and runs to Black friars via | | | | Central Historical London |
| Embankment and Chelsea Harbor. Both trips take the | | | | In the central area of the London River you can visit |
| traveler along almost all the important sights at the | | | | the Tower of London from Tower Pier, Westminster |
| riverside. | | | | Abbey and the Houses of Parliament from |
| From Westminster Palace to Tower Bridge | | | | Westminster Pier, the former Royal Naval College, |
| From Putney to Woolwich it takes about 1,5 hours | | | | National Maritime Museum, Old Royal Observatory and |
| including the stop over. Take a ride on the riverside | | | | Queen's House from Greenwich Pier and the South |
| Millennium Wheel, also known as the London Eye to | | | | Banks arts complex and London Eye from Waterloo |
| enjoy a magnificent view. Visit the well-known clock | | | | Millennium. Most of the tourist services run in this area. |
| tower Big Ben at the Palace of Westminster which to | | | | Hop On Hop Off |
| admire the world's biggest four-face chiming clock. The | | | | Buy yourself a 'hop on, hop off' River Rover tickets so |
| tower is named after its main bell, the Beg Ben. The | | | | you can get off at any pier you want to explore. The |
| Tower Bridge is a real eye catcher and is known all | | | | good thing is that you can also use this ticket for the |
| over the world as an icon of London. The Tower of | | | | Docklands Light Railway to explore the surroundings of |
| London beside the Thames is a gorgeous preserved | | | | the River Thames. You might have heard the tale |
| complex from the Norman era and one of the most | | | | about the young American entrepreneur who bought |
| popular tourist attractions in the world. | | | | London Bridge and thought he got himself Tower |
| Riverside Highlights | | | | Bridge? Unfortunately it's a false story, because the |
| It's easy to reach all the highlights from the London | | | | reconstructed 1831 original bridge is now located at |
| River. There are 25 big terminals and piers from | | | | lake Havasu City, Arizona. |
| where you can reach every part of historical London | | | | |