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Visiting the London 2012 Olympic Venues
By the end of 2011
some 1200 groups will have visited the London Olympic venues with City & Village Tours. Now is the
time to come to see this exciting project take shape. Our choice of
Olympic venues trips will continue to be available throughout 2011 and we will be taking bookings right through
until the end of May 2012.
We will not be able to take you into the Olympic Park this side of the
Games themselves. No one can.* For security reasons the whole park is on quarantine lock down but from the elevated
viewing point and from high in your coach on the perimeter roads you can see it all. In the months ahead there will
be striking visual changes as the Olympic Park is gradually transformed from a sea of mud to a leafy green oasis
with the buildings starting to take on their finished appearance.
Of course our Blue Badge Guides who are all officially accredited through the specialist Olympic
and Paralympic course will be right up to speed on all the latest 2012 news and gossip. So there’s always
something new to learn and our approach to the commentary and itinerary for your day will reflect if it’s
your first visit or if you are in the growing band of “expert returnees”!
We have our classic Olympic London Explorer, with
morning coffee and a roast beef or carvery lunch included, is best suited for groups who can arrive in
London at 10-30/10-45am.
This itinerary is also available in a later start format for groups coming from further afield
who cannot arrive in London too early. The Olympic Lunch
Special does everything the Explorer does but starts in London at noon with a tasty roast chicken
lunch.
An ideal day for your second visit is Land of Hope &
Glory which visits the main Stratford Olympic Park viewing point but also takes in meeting the young
servicemen at the Royal Artillery attraction Firepower in the historic Woolwich Arsenal. This day includes
morning coffee and a roast chicken lunch.
The Lee Valley
Olympic Tour is our unique day that visits the London Olympic Venues at the gritty urban end of the Lee
Valley and takes in a cream tea cruise at the leafy rural end. Again this is a good choice for returning
visitors eager to chart progress on the Olympic Park but looking for a day with a difference.
Come Christmas time we have two entertaining options. The Olympics, The Lights & Ten Miles of Liquid History combines a
visit to the Olympic Park viewing point during the afternoon, a zip around the London Christmas Lights as
dark falls followed by a dark cruise on the River Thames.
The Olympics &
The Lights does exactly what it says on the tin. During daylight hours we visit the Olympic Park view
point and then as dark falls we enjoy an entertaining tour of Christmas London with the best of the Lights and
the shop windows. This tour also includes a trip down memory lane with a visit to the Museum of Childhood at
Bethnal Green.
Please note that our tours are not officially endorsed by,
or in any way associated with, the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, the
Olympic Development Authority or the Olympic and/or Paralympic Movement more generally. Please do not use official Olympic logos or trademarks in publicising these
trips.
*It is possible for
small groups of up to fifteen people to book onto a free bus tour inside the Olympic Park. This tour is run
by the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games and is only available weekends and Bank Holidays. It is
heavily oversubscribed. For bookings and further information please call them direct on 0300 2012
001.
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A Day at The British
Museum
An illuminating
and enjoyable day at the greatest museum in the world. In the morning a tour of the treasures of
the collection and in the afternoon we'll concentrate on either the British Bits or the
Olympics
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The Full English Olympic Shopper
New for 2012 The Full English Olympic Shopper is ideal for first timers or
groups returning for a second or even third look at Olympic London. The day benefits from a later
start, concentrates on Stratford and the Olympic Park and finishes at Westfield Stratford City –
the new gateway to Olympic London.
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Land of Hope & Glory
A celebration of the heroes of the battlefield and of the playing field. A full
tour of the London 2012 venues with morning coffee and lunch. Also includes admission to the
Firepower exhibition telling the story of the Gunners at the historic Woolwich
Arsenal.
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The Lee Valley Olympic Tour
The Lee Valley follows the sometimes urban, sometimes leafy banks of the River
Lee, London’s second river. From the East End where we see work on the Olympic Park through
Churchill’s constituency and a slip of Epping Forest to Hertfordshire and the Lee Valley Park
to enjoy a cream tea cruise.
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The Olympics & The Lights
Take a trip down memory lane at the V&A Museum of Childhood, see the
progress on the London Olympic Park at Stratford during daylight and enjoy a tour of London
Christmas Lights and Sights after dark.
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Olympics, the Lights &
Ten Miles of Liquid History
Join us for an entertaining and unusual tour for Christmas. See the progress made on the London
Olympic Park at Stratford during daylight, enjoy a guided coach tour of the London Christmas Lights
& Sights as the sun goes down and sit back and relax for our unique ten mile Thames Cruise
after dark with a traditional Cockney Skipper’s Commentary.
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The Olympic London Explorer
Without doubt the biggest selling tour of 2011 and booking into 2012. See all
the main East London Olympic Venues on both sides of the River and enjoy morning coffee and a
roast beef or carvery lunch included in the tour fee of just £18.95 per
person.
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The Olympic Lunch Special
Ideal for folk coming from further afield, it's the full Olympic London Explorer
without having to set off from home before dawn! Come and start in London at noon with a
roast chicken lunch in a beautiful pub and then see all the major Olympic sites in the
company of our top notch Blue Badge Guide.
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The "Other" Royal River Explorer
A very popular and timely addition to our repertoire designed for well travelled groups looking for something a bit different. We spend the
day on or near the River Thames in the Royal Borough of Windsor
& Maidenhead avoiding the obvious. Includes the 2012 Rowing
Lake at Dorney, a tour of Eton High Street, free time for lunch by the
river and a cruise past the elegant homes of the
stars.
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