04 Aug 2025
The regular guide for this tour bailed at the last minute; her replacement was disappointing. Our guide was rushed. She knew her history for the most part but fumbled with dates and repeated herself. We did get to skip the entry queue. Although when we arrived there wasn’t a queue for the Crown Jewels she put it off until the line was heading back to the Thames on the basis she had so much to tell us about the jewels; nothing we heard was anything I hadn’t already read about the jewels. The White Tower was part of the original sales pitch but we didn’t go through it with her. We spent what to me was an excessive amount of time with the crows. She simply seemed to be winging the entire time. I expected an organized tour rather than bouncing about as we did. To be perfectly honest this was not worth the $1,080 US I paid.