Frequently asked questions about London Sightseeing Passes 2026

There are several providers for London. The two best-selling are from Go City: The London Pass® with unlimited visits per day and the Explorer Pass with freely selectable attractions. In addition, there are the Merlin Multi Attraction Tickets as fixed combination packages, the Turbopass and the Headout Pass. Headout is not a classic sightseeing pass, but rather a series of individual tickets.

Both providers are from Go City and access almost the same pool of attractions. The difference is the model: the London Pass® gives you unlimited visits per day, you pay by days from 1 to 10. Explorer Pass works the other way round - you choose between 2 and 7 attractions and have 30 days to redeem them. As a rule of thumb, with three or more attractions per day, the London Pass® beats the Explorer Pass.

Take the London Pass® if you want to see 5 or more attractions, are travelling for several days at a time, want to visit Windsor Castle or want to stay spontaneously. Take the Explorer Pass if you want to see exactly 2 to 4 selected attractions at a relaxed pace and need time flexibility. For families with just a few attractions per day, the Explorer Pass is usually the best choice.

Yes, each person can choose the best sightseeing pass for them individually. The tickets do not have to be identical. For example, one family member can use the London Pass® while another chooses the Explorer Pass with fewer attractions.

Not always. A sightseeing pass is worthwhile as soon as the sum of your individual tickets is higher than the price of the pass. If you are only planning to visit one attraction for a fee or are using London mainly for pubs, shopping and free highlights such as the British Museum and the Tate Modern, individual tickets are often cheaper. With three to four attractions per day, on the other hand, you save considerably with a sightseeing pass.

The price depends solely on the chosen period of validity. Adults pay £99 for 1 day, £169 for 3 days and £259 for 10 days. Children from 5 to 15 years get the reduced children's price between £69 and £169. With the discount code LONDONCP05LP you save an additional 5 per cent.

The price of the Explorer Pass depends on the number of attractions selected. Adults pay £64 for 2 attractions and £159 for 7 attractions. Children from 5 to 15 years pay between £49 and £109. The code also applies here LONDONCP05 for a 5 per cent discount on gocity.com.

Yes, children aged 5 to 15 get their own, significantly cheaper children's price - with the 3-day London Pass®, for example £109 instead of £169 for adults. Children under the age of 5 are completely free and do not need their own ticket. This applies to both the London Pass® and the Explorer Pass.

For a family of two adults and two children aged 5 to 15, a 3-day London Pass® costs £556 - that's twice £169 for adults plus twice £109 for children. Children under the age of 5 are free. As families usually visit many attractions, the savings compared to individual tickets are particularly high here.

Du findest den London Pass® auf gocity.com und auf londonpass.com – beides sind offizielle Go-City-Seiten mit demselben Grundpreis. Unterschiede entstehen vor allem durch die jeweils gültigen Rabattcodes und die angezeigte Währung. Wir verlinken auf die londonpass.com-Variante, weil dort 5 Prozent Rabatt mit dem Code LONDONCP05LP gelten.

Yes, the London Pass® automatically includes a two-day hop-on hop-off bus tour and a 24-hour Thames boat trip in the price - together a single value of approx. £81. Tube, buses and trains are not included. For normal local transport you also need an Oyster Card or pay contactless with a bank card.

The amounts shown are the regular individual prices for adults as a reference, mainly according to Go City. Daily prices may vary slightly for individual attractions or other providers, and some values are rounded or estimated. The prices are for comparison purposes so that you can see how quickly a sightseeing pass pays for itself compared to individual tickets.

No. There is only one London Pass®, which is priced differently depending on the validity period of 1 to 10 days. There is no „Plus“ variant or premium level. If you read about a London Pass® Plus on older pages or in forums, this is outdated or incorrect information.

All Sightseeing Passes are only activated when you visit the attraction for the first time, not when you buy them. You can therefore buy in advance and only use the ticket once you are in London. The London Pass® is best activated on the first full sightseeing day in the morning, as consecutive calendar days run from then on. With the Explorer Pass, the timing is not critical - you have 30 days after that.

Yes, the validity days of the London Pass® are consecutive - they run on consecutive calendar days from the first activation. If you use the London Pass® for the first time on Monday and have a 3-day pass, it is valid until Wednesday at midnight. So plan your sightseeing days in one go. If you need flexible days with breaks, you are better off with the Explorer Pass, which is valid for 30 days.

From the day you visit the first attraction, you have 30 days to redeem all other selected experiences. The Explorer Pass is not active before your first visit - you even have two years to activate it after your purchase. Ideal if you want to plan flexibly.

When purchasing, you only choose the number of attractions from 2 to 7, not the specific experiences. You can choose flexibly from over 100 attractions on site in the Go City app. This way, you remain spontaneous and don't have to decide in advance.

The London Pass® is an all-inclusive sightseeing pass - you can visit as many attractions per day of validity as you can manage logistically. In practice, 3 to 4 top attractions per day are realistic; more is possible if you start early and plan your journey times cleverly. Although there is a formal credit limit, this practically never plays a role for normal sightseeing tours.

The smartphone is enough. Both Go City passes run digitally via the Go City app. You load the sightseeing pass into the app after purchasing it and have the QR code scanned at the entrance to each attraction. No printout is necessary - download the app before your trip and log in.

Yes for some attractions. Windsor Castle, The View from The Shard and Westminster Abbey require a pre-booked time slot even with a valid Sightseeing Pass. Book these via the Go City app or the attraction page a few days in advance. You can visit most other attractions spontaneously with the digital Sightseeing Pass.

At many major attractions such as the London Eye or Madame Tussauds, there are separate fast-track entry queues for holders of a sightseeing pass. On busy days, we also recommend making a free advance reservation via the Go City app - then you have a fixed time slot and go straight past the entrance.

If you visit fewer attractions than selected within the 30-day validity period, the remaining attractions expire - there is no partial refund. So plan realistically: it's better to choose a Explorer Pass with fewer attractions and spontaneously buy a fourth or fifth on site if you have the time and inclination.

The Turbopass is activated the first time you visit an attraction. The Turbopass City Pass is then valid for the selected number of calendar days, similar to the London Pass®. The Turbopass Flex Pass is valid for 30 days from activation, similar to the Explorer Pass.

The Headout Pass is valid for 30 days from the first activation, i.e. from the first attraction visit. Within these 30 days, you can redeem the attractions associated with your chosen rate.

Yes, both the London Pass® and the Explorer Pass can be cancelled free of charge 90 days after purchase as long as they have not yet been activated. The validity only starts with the first visit to the attraction. You can therefore buy both sightseeing passes in advance without any risk in the event of flight cancellations or other changes of plan.

You can change your booking free of charge up to 24 hours before your arrival. You can even change the date for the London Eye up to three times free of charge. However, tickets are non-refundable, so rebooking is more flexible than cancelling.

Bei den beiden Turbopass-Produkten unterscheiden sich die Storno-Regeln. Beim City Pass ist eine Stornierung nur möglich, solange das Ticket noch nicht genutzt wurde, keine Eintrittskarten erstellt und keine Reservierungen vorgenommen wurden – dafür fällt eine Stornogebühr von 30 € per ticket. At the Flex Pass bekommst du eine volle Rückerstattung, solange du noch keine Attraktion ausgewählt oder reserviert hast; sobald Attraktionen reserviert sind, gibt es nur eine anteilige Rückerstattung. Stornierungen weniger als 24 Stunden vor dem Startdatum sind nicht erstattungsfähig. Damit ist das Stornofenster bei beiden Turbopass-Varianten deutlich enger als die kostenlose 90-Tage-Stornierung bei den Go-City-Pässen.

The Headout Pass offers free cancellation before the start, i.e. before you have visited the first attraction. Once the ticket has been used, cancellation is no longer possible.

The Explorer Pass is best suited to most families. With children, you plan fewer attractions per day and need flexibility in terms of time. The Explorer Pass lets you choose between 2 and 7 highlights and gives you 30 days to redeem them. Only very active families who want to see a lot of attractions in a few days and also want to see Windsor Castle are better off with the London Pass®.

Children under the age of 5 are free with both Go City Passes and do not need their own Sightseeing Pass. Children between the ages of 5 and 15 receive a reduced children's rate. With the Explorer Pass for 4 attractions, for example, a child pays £79 instead of £109 like an adult.

Toddlers love exercise, animals and water. A Thames boat trip, the hop-on hop-off bus tour in the open top deck, the London Eye and London Zoo are all good choices. The SEA LIFE London Aquarium is also very popular - but this is only available with a Merlin Multi Attraction Ticket, not the Explorer Pass or the London Pass®.

One or two highlights per day are realistic. Children need breaks, meal times and enough sleep, and travelling between attractions takes time. If you plan more, you risk overtired children and stressed parents. This is precisely why the Explorer Pass, with its relaxed pace, suits families so well.

No. These three attractions belong to Merlin Entertainments and are not included in Explorer Pass or London Pass®. If they are the centre of attention for your children, a Merlin Multi Attraction Ticket is the better choice. It combines several Merlin attractions such as the London Eye, Madame Tussauds and SEA LIFE into one package price.

Visitors under the age of 15 may only enter London Dungeon if accompanied by a parent or guardian aged 18 or over. The scary scenes can have a frightening effect on younger children, so this attraction is more suitable for older children and teenagers.

No. None of the London Sightseeing Passes include an Oyster Card or Tube and bus travel. The passes only cover entry to attractions. For local transport you will need your own solution, most commonly the Visitor Oyster Card or contactless payment by bank card.

Currently not. There used to be offers with an integrated Travelcard, but this combination has been discontinued. Today you pay for sightseeing and transport separately. In practice, this is usually cheaper because local transport has a daily price cap that is lower than the additional transport component of the sightseeing pass.

In terms of price, there is no difference between the two, as the daily price cap is identical. The Visitor Oyster Card offers additional partner discounts and is independent of your bank's foreign transaction fees, but costs a one-off card fee of £10,50. Contactless payment saves the fee and the pre-order, as long as your card does not charge foreign fees.

Mit Visitor Oyster Card oder kontaktlos zahlst du in den zentralen Zonen 1 und 2 pro Tag nie mehr als £8,90, egal wie oft du fährst. Für Bus und Tram liegt der Tagesdeckel pro Tag bei £5,25, a single journey costs £1,75. A paper Day Travelcard, on the other hand, starts at £16,60 per day.

From Heathrow, you can reach the centre on the Elizabeth Line or the Piccadilly Line, both of which you can pay for with Visitor Oyster Card or contactless. You can also use the National Rail line from Gatwick. Fast connections such as Heathrow Express and Gatwick Express are not covered by the normal fare cap and cost extra.

Children under the age of 11 always travel free on buses and trams and on the Tube and train when accompanied by a paying adult, up to four children per adult. For children aged 11 to 15, a Young Visitor discount can be applied to the Visitor Oyster Card at most Tube stations, giving half the adult fare.

With the London Pass® yes: A 2-day hop-on hop-off bus and a 24-hour boat trip are automatically included without using up an attraction. With the Explorer Pass, the bus and boat trip each count as one of your chosen attractions. Make active use of the extras on the London Pass® - they combine the highlights and also save you money.

The London Pass® covers around 104 attractions - from Tower of London and Windsor Castle to numerous city tours and boat trips. You have unlimited access to all included attractions on the selected days. On our attractions page you can see each of them with normal price and availability.

The two Go City Passes lead the way with around 104 (London Pass®) and 103 (Explorer Pass) attractions. The Headout Pass covers around 40 attractions, the Turbopass 19, and the Merlin combination tickets bundle 6 major attractions. If you want maximum choice, the London Pass® or Explorer Pass is the widest choice.

Only in the London Pass® and not in the Explorer Pass you will find: the King's Gallery at Buckingham Palace, the Royal Mews, Keats House and the Guildhall Art Gallery. There is also Windsor Castle, which is also available in Headout but is missing from Explorer Pass. If you want to see these houses, the London Pass® is the right choice.

No. Windsor Castle is included in the London Pass®, but not in the Explorer Pass. The unit price is around £36. If you really want to see Windsor, you are better off travelling with the London Pass® or buying a single ticket for Windsor.

Yes, the London Eye is included in the London Pass®, Explorer Pass and Headout Pass as a regular attraction. It is available as an optional upgrade on the Turbopass. The Merlin Multi Attraction Ticket also includes the London Eye in all combination packages.

With the London Pass® you can visit as many included attractions as you can manage on your chosen days. With the Explorer Pass, you decide in advance on 2 to 7 attractions that you will redeem within 30 days. Individual attractions are usually included once per Sightseeing Pass. For popular attractions, it is worth making a free advance reservation via the Go City app.

Merlin Multi Attraction Tickets are fixed combination packages from the provider Merlin Entertainments. They bundle two or three major London attractions such as the London Eye, Madame Tussauds and SEA LIFE at a discounted total price. It is not a sightseeing pass with a free choice, but a predetermined combination of Merlin attractions.

The tickets for the other attractions are valid for 90 days from the date of your visit to London Eye. So you don't have to see all the highlights on the same day, but have over three months to redeem them one after the other.

For the other attractions, we strongly recommend booking a time slot via the provider's reservation portal. This way you can secure your preferred date and avoid waiting times or a fully booked attraction on site. Admission is a one-off and is subject to availability.

Yes, both the London Pass® and the Explorer Pass are from Go City, and the 5 per cent discount applies to both. Just make sure the code and website match: LONDONCP05LP for londonpass.com and LONDONCP05 for gocity.com. You can also find the discount on our discount code page with a click to copy.

The standard voucher gives a 5 per cent discount on the regular price. With a 3-day London Pass® for £169 you save around £8 per person, correspondingly more for a family. The discount is only higher in the case of rare time-limited promotions.

Du gibst den Gutschein vor dem Bezahlen im Warenkorb auf der offiziellen Go-City-Seite ein, im Feld für den Rabattcode. Der Abzug erscheint sofort in der Summe, noch bevor du bezahlst. Für londonpass.com nutze den Code LONDONCP05LP. Für gocity.com – wo beide Sightseeing-Pässe verfügbar sind – nutze den Code LONDONCP05.

No. Codes with 30, 40 or 50 per cent discount are almost always outdated or invented. Go City regularly discounts the London Pass® by 5 per cent. Those who promise more usually just want clicks. You can recognise a genuine code by the fact that the discount actually appears in the shopping basket.

Occasionally, Go City launches a limited-time promotion with a slightly higher discount around Black Friday or on seasonal occasions. If one is currently running, it will be at the top of our discount code page. Outside of these periods, the permanent voucher of 5 per cent applies.

Choose the attractions you really want to visit and add up the normal prices. If the total is significantly higher than the price of the sightseeing pass, you will save money. With three to four paid attractions per day, the saving is typically between 30 and 50 per cent. You can find a ready-made calculation with days and attractions on our Worth it page.

Turbopass offers two variants, both with 19 included attractions. The Turbopass City Pass is all-inclusive with unlimited visits for the selected number of days, similar to the London Pass®. Like the Explorer Pass, the Turbopass Flex Pass lets you choose between 2 and 7 attractions. There are also some discount partners.

Der Turbopass enthält eine 24-stündige Hop-On-Hop-Off-Bustour und eine 24-stündige Bootsfahrt auf der Themse und kann für manche Reisende passen. Mit 19 Attraktionen ist die Auswahl aber deutlich kleiner als bei den Go-City-Pässen mit über 100 Attraktionen. Für die meisten Reisenden sind der London Pass® oder der Explorer Pass die naheliegendere Wahl.

Strictly speaking, the Headout Pass is not a classic sightseeing pass, but rather a series of individual tickets that are combined into a bundle. You select attractions from different levels. This can be practical, but does not replace the scope of a genuine all-inclusive pass such as the London Pass®.

The Headout Pass covers around 40 attractions. There are two models: Essential with a fixed mix of higher-value and additional attractions and Explore with a free choice from the entire catalogue. This puts the choice between the Turbopass and the Go City passes.

For many families, yes. SEA LIFE, Madame Tussauds and Shrek's Adventure are particularly popular with children, but are expensive individually. With a combined ticket, you can save up to 54 per cent compared to the individual prices. Just pay attention to the age recommendation for London Dungeon and plan one or two attractions per day with children.