4 Christmas Experiences Worth Booking

1.Christmas Lights Afternoon Tea Bus Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 38 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $67Our pick

Ride through London’s Christmas lights while enjoying turkey, salmon, festive sweets, scones, tea, and drinks. The 90-minute Evan Evans tour starts near Victoria, passes Regent Street and Oxford Street, and ends at Victoria Station with live commentary from guides such as Megan and Oliver.

“Anthony, the guide, was excellent. The snacks and tea at the Abbey were more than enough to suffice for dinner, and very tasty.”

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2.Christmas Lights Festive Bus Tour with Afternoon Tea

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 30 reviews · from $68

Ride through Dublin on a 1960s vintage double-decker while enjoying tea, coffee, hot chocolate, soup, sandwiches, and mince pies. A live English-speaking guide shares stories as City Hall and Trinity College glow with Christmas lights. The 80-minute tour is not hop-on, hop-off.

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3.Christmas Lights Afternoon Tea Bus Tour

★★★★★★★★★★3.3 · 20 reviews · 1.5 hours · from $66Best value

Join Evan Evans Tours for a 90-minute Christmas Lights Afternoon Tea Bus Tour from Victoria. Your live English guide, including guides such as Megan on some departures, points out Big Ben, Oxford Street, Regent Street, and Harrods while you enjoy tea, scones, mince pies, and a festive drink.

“It was lovely and Megan our guide was very good. It was raining and dark but didn’t detract at all from our enjoyment of seeing the Christmas lights.”

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4.Christmas Delights: Festive Tea & Doughnuts at Borough Market

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes to 2 hours (approx.) · from $96Top rated

Join a guide such as Luke or Oscar for a 90-minute to two-hour walking tour through Borough Market. Sample doughnuts at St. John, Rodeo, Bread Ahead, and Crosstown, with tea or coffee along the way and Tower Bridge at the finish.

“As fun as it sounds. Our man, Oscar, was all too happy too lead us around the Borough Market area - pointing out building of historical significance as well as pubs, restaurants and other come-back-and-see-them spots. Of course there were doughnuts. Thankfully, Oscar brought each of us a bag to collect our half-eaten stash so we wouldn’t have a sugar-seizure mid-tour. The doughnuts themselves were a varied lot. From the traditional to the wild. And all were worth sampling, but of course we had our favorites. Our tea stop was a breath of perfumed air. All in all, an excellent entree to the food and drink scene around Borough Market.…”

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