Soalan Lazim – London

All our boats have inside seating and are fully heated.

We are able to accommodate public groups up to 250 on most of our boats. We ask that you book groups over 20 directly with the reservations office by telephoning +44 (0)20 77 400 400.

A person with a disability must disclose this at the time of booking. All passengers must be physically able to walk on to the boats with an able bodied helper and unfortunately no electronic wheelchairs are permitted.

Yes, you can purchase all our ticket types on the City Cruises website www.citycruises.com.

You do not need to book sightseeing tickets in advance. These can be purchased at any City Cruises piers (Westminster Pier, London Eye Pier, Tower Pier, Greenwich Pier) on the day of travel. We request that groups of 20+ are book in advance with the reservations department prior to travel.
London Showboat, Lunch cruises, Afternoon Tea cruises, Evening Cruises and other special event products must be booked in advance either online or through our Reservation department phone number +44 (0)20 77 400 400.

Sightseeing tickets can be rescheduled without charge up to and including the day of travel (Monday to Sunday, prior to 17:30).
Dining bookings made for less than ten people can be amended as long as three clear working days’ notice is given.
Dining bookings made for eleven to twenty people can be amended provided at least fourteen clear working days’ notice is given.
Dining bookings made for twenty one to fifty five people can be amended provided at least twenty eight clear working days’ notice is given.
Dining bookings for over fifty six people can be amended provided at least 56 clear working days’ notice is given.

Passengers have to bring their printed ticket to board the cruise or show their ticket on a mobile device.

All our boats offer open space areas with great views. Many have upper open decks offering an elevated view.

If you think you have lost an item of property aboard one of our services you should fill in our contact form. Please provide full descriptive details of your item, details of when and where it was lost, and full contact information so that we can get back in touch.

You will receive a confirmation email containing your tickets for online bookings. If you don’t receive your confirmation email, or have a query about your booking, please call our reservation department at 020 77 400 400

We have maximum two spaces per boat available. We ask you to contact the reservations team to discuss which boat is the best for you. Please phone our reservation department on +44 (0)20 77 400 400 or email [email protected].

You should arrive at least 15 minutes before departure time. If you are buying tickets at the ticket office, please allow some more time. Tickets bought online include recommended boarding and departure times.

We can resend your e-ticket. Please phone our reservation department +44 (0)20 77 400 400 or  send us an email to [email protected] with your booking reference number and your name.

Jika tiket anda hilang, rosak atau tidak lagi boleh dibaca, kami boleh, mengikut budi bicara kami, menggantikannya secara percuma, dengan syarat kami boleh mengesahkan bahawa ia sah. Untuk mengesahkan pembelian anda, kami memerlukan rujukan tempahan City Cruises anda yang terkandung dalam e-mel pengesahan anda dan ditunjukkan di halaman tiket asal. Sila ambil perhatian bahawa pembelian tiket anda tidak mungkin dengan rujukan kad kredit atau debit anda kerana ini tidak mengandungi butiran tiket yang dibeli.

Kami tidak menerima liabiliti untuk sebarang kerugian yang disebabkan oleh kegagalan kami untuk menyediakan perkhidmatan yang diiklankan, atau di mana kelewatan berlaku kepada perkhidmatan tersebut, atas sebarang sebab. Walau bagaimanapun, kami boleh mengikut budi bicara kami, mempertimbangkan bayaran balik ke atas mana-mana tiket yang tidak digunakan atau hanya sebahagiannya digunakan sebagai akibat langsung daripada kegagalan pihak kami untuk menyediakan perkhidmatan yang diiklankan yang mana tiket itu dibeli.

Bayaran balik tidak akan diberikan selain daripada keadaan yang dinyatakan di atas.

No refunds are possible after the valid date of the ticket has passed. All requests for refund or replacement ticket(s) must be made in writing to The Reservations Manager, City Cruises Plc, Unit 6, 1 Mill Street, Scotts Sufference Wharf, London, SE1 2DF, England and be accompanied by the relevant tickets purchased, your City Cruises booking reference (contained in your confirmation e-mail and on the original ticket page) and any payment reference issued when your purchase was confirmed. Refunds cannot be authorised or transacted at any other location or by any other means.

Sebarang bayaran balik yang dipersetujui akan dibuat sepenuhnya mengikut budi bicara kami dan tanpa sebarang prasangka.

Kami berhak untuk menarik balik mana-mana tiket pada bila-bila masa walaupun kami tidak akan melakukan ini tanpa alasan yang baik.

We do not refund sightseeing tickets that have not been used. We do not refund tickets if you arrive late for a cruise.

Pembelian yang dibuat dengan Jaminan Tiket boleh dijadualkan semula atau dibatalkan sehingga 2 jam sebelum waktu berlepas asal dengan bayaran balik penuh, ditolak kos Jaminan Tiket yang tidak boleh dikembalikan. Jaminan Tiket tidak tersedia pada pelayaran terpilih seperti percutian, pelayaran khusus atau perkongsian, atau pengalaman lain seperti yang ditunjukkan.

BOLEHKAH SAYA MENAMBAH JAMINAN TIKET SELEPAS SAYA MEMBELI PELAYARAN SAYA?

Jaminan Tiket mesti dipilih pada masa tempahan dan tidak boleh ditambah selepas pembelian.

KETIBAAN LEWAT DAN TIDAK HADIR

Setelah bayaran diterima, kapal persiaran tidak boleh dibayar balik melainkan Jaminan Tiket dibeli semasa membuat tempahan. Kami gembira untuk menjadualkan semula tarikh pelayaran anda atau mengeluarkan kad hadiah untuk jumlah yang dibayar dengan notis 48 jam sebelum pelayaran yang dijadualkan. Kapal persiaran tidak boleh dikembalikan dan tidak boleh dipindah milik dalam masa 48 jam selepas pelayaran anda. Kami tidak mengimbangi ketidakmunculan atau ketibaan lewat.

For sightseeing cruises

Infant: 0 – 4 years travel for free
Child: 5 – 15 years
Adults:16+

For lunch and afternoon tea (and some other dining cruises) the ages are as follows.

Infant: 0 – 2 years travel for free – unless they require a seat in which case a child ticket must be bought
Child: 3 – 12 years
Adults:13+

For the Evening Cruise the ages are as follows.

Child: 13 – 17
Adults: 18+

All tickets are charged at adult prices. We suggest that the whole party should be aged over 18.

For The London Showboat Dinner Cruise, Thames Jazz Cruise and Elvis Cruise the ages are as follows.

Child: 5 – 17 years
Adults:18+

All tickets are charged at adult prices. We suggest that the whole party should be aged over 18.

Some of our boats are fully accessible to wheelchair users – ring Reservations to find out more. Our boats also provide a comprehensive range of drinks, snacks and sandwiches. Toilet facilities are available.

Tower pier – Tower Car & Coach Park (EC3R 6DT)

Greenwich pier – Cutty Sark Gardens Car Park (SE10 9HT)

Westminster pier – Nothing in the immediate enviroment so would suggest customer visits www.parkopedia.com

London Eye pier – Nothing in the immediate enviroment so would suggest customer visits www.parkopedia.com

Click here for timetable

Our scheduled sightseeing services operate between Westminster Pier, London Eye Pier, Tower Pier and Greenwich pier.

Westminster Pier: SW1A 2JH
London Eye Pier: SE1 7PB
Tower Pier: EC3N 4DT
Greenwich Pier: SE10 9HT

No, we don’t accept Oyster cards as payment.

Click here to view all Sightseeing cruise prices.

Westminster/ London Eye – Tower/ Tower – Westminster / London Eye
Duration (single/return): 40 minutes / 80 minutes

Westminster/London Eye – Greenwich | Greenwich – Westminster/London Eye
Duration (single/return): 70 minutes / 180 minutes

Tower – Greenwich | Greenwich – Tower
Duration (single/return): 30 minutes/80 minutes

We cannot predict passenger numbers for each day, which vary on account of public holidays, weather conditions, events, etc. We don’t guarantee that you will be able to get on the sightseeing sailing that you booked – but you so long as you turn up in reasonable time you will get on a boat.

When you have purchased a return ticket you do not need to stay on the boat. You may disembark at the destination pier, spend some time looking at local attractions, then re-embark on a later return journey. Please ensure you check the times of the last return journey with pier staff before embarking.

Holders of valid travelcards get a third off all our sightseeing tickets (excluding Family Rover tickets and Sightseeing and Attraction tickets). You may present your travelcard either on paper or on an Oystercard. You have to purchase your ticket at one of our ticket offices at a pier (Westminster Pier, London Eye Pier, Tower Pier and Greenwich Pier).

We offer a 50% discount on the normal fare for wheelchair users and 50% discount for one companion per wheelchair user. We also offer 50% discount to Freedom Pass holders. This 50% discount applies only to tickets purchased at the pier and isn’t available online.

A Freedom Pass is issued by local councils to London residents, who are either over 60 years old or disabled. It entitles the holder to a 50% discount on sightseeing tickets.

We don’t accept travel passes from outside London.

We offer a 50% discount for one carer per disabled person with a valid disability badge. This 50% discount applies only to tickets purchased at the pier and isn’t available online.

Blind customers travel free of charge without any discounts available for the carer.

We don’t allow bikes on board, although kids’ scooters are allowed.

We provide a free live or recorded commentary in English on each Sightseeing cruise.

We  provide a free audio guide commentary in 8 languages: Italian, French, German, Spanish, Chinese, Russian, English and Japanese. You get your free audio guide at the bar.

If you have group of more than 20 we ask you to contact our reservation department to reserve the audio guides in advance. Please phone our reservation department on +44 (0)20 77 400 400 or [email protected].

Please only buy your hot, cold drinks and snacks from our bars on board. We are unable to warm up baby food.

You simply need to take your vouchers and present them to the ticket office at the pier. You do not need to book in advance. Your Tesco voucher is only valid for sightseeing cruises. If you do not have enough Tesco vouchers to cover your balance, you can pay by cash or card.

School groups receive free adult tickets in proportion to the number of child tickets purchased. The discount is based on full retails price and is not available online or at the pier.

School groups free places
1 Adult free for every 8 children (5-11 years)
1 Adult free for every 12 children (12-16 years)

You can book up 21 persons online on our website. If you have a larger group please call +44 (0)20 77 400 400 or fill in our contact form.

All our sightseeing cruises offer a live guided commentary in English that provides an engaging insight into the history of the river.

To avoid disappointment we advise school groups to book in advance as summer is an extremely busy period for us.

We offer a sightseeing group discount. The 21^st passenger goes free for sightseeing (same ticket type) with a maximum of up to 5 free tickets per group booking.

If you frequently book in groups with us, it may be worth setting up an account with us.

You can book up to 21 persons online on our website. If you have a larger group please call +44 (0)20 77 400 400 or fill in our contact form.

Dogs are allowed on all Sightseeing cruises at the Captain’s discretion. Dogs are not allowed on dining cruises except for guide dogs accompanying blind passengers. We ask you to contact the reservations team to discuss which boat is the best for you.

We cannot cater for vegans on the Evening Cruise although we can for the Lunch Cruise, Afternoon Tea Cruise, Showboat Cruise, Jazz Cruise, Elvis Cruise and on some special events .

We can accommodate for wheelchair users on our dining cruises if the following conditions can be met:-

• The wheelchair user can walk from the pier on to the boat without aid of the wheelchair (which is a matter of a few feet).
• The wheelchair is collapseable.
• The wheelchair user can sit at the table and chairs provided without aid of the wheelchair.

If any of the above conditions can not be met, unfortunately it will not be possible to cater for the wheelchair user.

We can accommodate wheelchairs on our sightingseeing vessels, excluding the MV Westminster, Eleanor Rose & Princess Rose.

The recommended attire for our Afternoon Tea, Lunch and Evening Cruises is casual.

The recommended attire for our Showboat Cruise, Jazz Cruise and Elvis Cruise is smart casual.

We are the only company operating boats on Christmas Day and that gives you an opportunity to experience the Thames on its quietest day.

We provide two different products on Christmas Day. Our Christmas Day Lunch Cruise which is a 3 hour and 15mins river cruise coupled with a 4-course Traditional Christmas Lunch and a welcome glass of sparkling wine when you board.

On the other hand, if you are just looking for a sightseeing experience we offer a one hour Christmas Day circular sightseeing cruise. Both the Christmas Day Lunch Cruise and the Christmas Day Sightseeing Cruise depart from and return to Westminster Pier.

For more details see here.

We operate a variety of cruises on New Year’s Eve. Whether you are looking for a sophisticated 4-course dinner, a speedboat experience or a private hire yacht, we can help you. Take a look at all our cruises here.

All our New Year’s Eve cruises depart from and return to Tower Pier, EC3N 4DT.

Please plan your journey well in advance during the holiday, be sure to check your planner at www.tfl.gov.uk and www.nationalrail.co.uk.

Our customers are advised to arrive at the pier 30 minutes before departure.

New Year’s Eve Gala Dinner Cruise
Cocktail dress for women and jacket for men (no jeans or trainers are permitted).

Thamesjet New Year’s Eve
We recommend wearing warm clothes as this is a speedboat experience. In the event of wet weather, waterpoof clothing will be provided.

All other New Year’s Eve cruises:
Festive dress code.

Leaving the EU means that a number of changes will affect businesses and individual citizens but we want to reassure you that travel to the UK will still be possible with ease.

We will do our best to keep you informed but please for more information visit the HM Government website here.