Tours of the Olympic Park area

London’s Olympic and Paralympic Games were widely acclaimed as the best yet. 

You can go and visit the area where the world’s greatest sporting events took place. More than 80,000 people have taken our walks since they were launched in 2009. 

When: 11.00hrs & 14.00hrs every day.

Where: Bromley-by-Bow underground station (District/Hammersmith and City lines) 

Cost: £9 Adults, £7 seniors & students with ID card, £5 per child U16.

Payment: on the day, in cash, directly to our guide.

To Book: Booking is preferable so we have an idea of numbers and how many guides to have available. 

To reserve a place on a morning, or afternoon walk please book online. 

The Walks last about 2 hours and finishes overlooking the Park at Westfield Stratford City.

There are many transport options from Stratford Regional & International Stations (zone 3).

The route taken is mainly off the road, much of it along a tow path in the former industrial Lower Lea Valley. Your guide will then lead you to a footpath which goes alongside the Olympic park perimeter fence. From here there are views of the Olympic stadium and other 2012 constructions such as the Aquatics Centre and The Orbit.

Curiosity: Following agreement with and permission from, Her Majesty the Queen, the British Olympic Association and the International Olympic Committee, the London Legacy Development Corporation is pleased to announce that from 2013 the Olympic site will be named the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

Have a good trip and don't forget to take a lot of photos! Then you can share with us on our Facebook and Twitter page! 

Showtime (London 2012 Festival) August-September

Wherever you are in London, it'll be Showtime this August as town centres come alive with fantastic free outdoor performances for the whole family. From local high streets to Parks and open spaces, there will be entretainment everywhere with the best UK and International artists, performers and shows. 

Don't miss out on this once in a lifetime festival, bringing fantastic free outdoor performances for the family to each and every corner of London. From local high streets to parks and open spaces, Showtime is delivering the best UK and international artists, performers and shows to your doorstep for free. Come on down!

From 21 June to 9 September 2012, artists from all over the world will come together in celebration of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

What is it Showtime? Showtime is part of the London 2012 Festival - the finale to the Cultural Olympiad which was set up in 2008 to feature UK programmes and projects inspired by London 2012. The London 2012 Festival is the biggest festival the UK has ever seen. 

You don't know what to do this weekend? Until Sunday you can enjoy this unique experience  in Victoria Park to see a wide range of acts. Showtime content will include giant walk about dinosaurs, aerial shows, Beijing all female percussion, gorillas, live art hairdressing and many more street theatre shows. 

Some highlights:

Osadia: Whose Hair Dares, Hairdressing / Live Art
OSADIA are a performance art company that specialises in transformation of the public using unusual hairdressing and make-up techniques and plastic art. 

Bureau of Silly Ideas: The Hole Job, Street Theatre / Comedy
Proving blood is thicker than tarmac, road workers deviate from the norm by dancing, flying through the air, launching road cones into the sky and summoning a civil engineering superhero in a high flying super acrobat jaw dropping farce. 

Red Poppy Ladies’ Percussion
Relive the spell-binding synchronization of the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony with a performance by Red Poppy Ladies’ Percussion. Red Poppy are China’s most famous all female percussion group.

Close Act: Saurus, Walkabout / Interactive
The biggest beasts that ever walked the earth return to the twenty first century. With a deafening roar these Sauruses charge through the crowds, looking for food to calm their hunger.

KinetikaBloco
London Sweet: KinetikaBloco is a performance group with an exuberant mix of young musicians, drummers, steel pan and dynamic dancers all in costume creating a unique new British Carnival sound with a decidedly London edge. 

Roo’d
Roo'd is an act by Icarus Performance Troupe: giant kangaroos on amazing bouncing stilts jumping up to a metre off the ground and 2 metres in a bound.

View a full calendar of Showtime events here.

And...Have fun! 

Top Tips for London 2012 – how to survive the London Olympics.

Whether you’re a Londoner by birth or by heart, don’t let the Games get you down. Boutique London Lets have put together a list of handy tips to keep you smiling during the Olympics, as well as information regarding the best way to plan your journey. The Olympics needn’t be a burden or a hassle – let Boutique London Lets guide you, stress free through the most exciting event of the year!

Get Ahead of the Games with Barclay's Cycle Hire (Photo Credit: Charlotte Gilhoody)

London is expecting to host 5.3 million visitors during August and September, and our world famous transport system is set to be jam packed full of spectators, tourists and commuters. Transport for London are working hard to provide an efficient service, and have developed getaheadofthegames.com – make use of the interactive map to spot highlight the worst routes at a specific time; in general, public transport will be especially busy at the beginning and end of sporting sessions.

If you have booked to see an event, it is important to remember that there will be little or no parking at Olympic venues – public transport is undoubtedly your best option. Transport for London has a handy journey-planning tool to cut down travel time and make your movements across the city as easy as possible.

Sign up for free travel alerts on the Transport for London website – these will inform you of any delays upon the Tube or Docklands Light Railway service.


Whilst public transport is the recommended option, walk whenever possible. The Mayor of London has recently introduced a bicycle hire system, to ease pressure on the transport system and get people moving! Although demand for the Barclay’s bicycle hire will be high, hire stations may be close to events, and should cut down your overall journey time.


For detailed information on all Olympic athletes, sports and venues, as well as information regarding the stations to avoid, have a look at London 2012, the official London 2012 Olympic website.


Get on social media! Follow @GAOTG for the latest tweets on transport across London and the UK during the Games.

Get on Public Tranport this Summer! (Photo Credit: The Poke).

The London 2012 Olympic Games are the biggest thing to happen to the capital in years. Everyone wants to be a part of it, and it is something to be shared and experienced by all. If you had planned to travel down to London for the city break of a lifetime but haven’t quite sorted your accommodation, check out the luxury and well priced apartments Boutique London Lets has to offer: we provide a luxury service at a low cost in some of the most vibrant locations across the city. 

Have a look at our article on the differences between the Olympics of 1948 and the Olympics of 2012 – you’ll be surprised to hear how far we’ve come since then! 

London 2012 Olympics – The Games in depth

With all this talk of London accommodation during the Olympics, good transport links and events and festivals in the Summer, it's easy to forget about the actual sports on offer.

That's why we've done a handy article over on boutiquelondonlets.com with everything you need to know about The Olympic Games and also, in a separate article, the Paralympics.

We're too good to you, we know.

If you still haven't booked an apartment for the big games though, get in there quick and browse through our list of central London locations which has never been bigger!

London 2012 Olympics – book Boutique London Lets apartments now

Book now to stay in one of our luxury apartments during the London 2012 Olympics! It's the info you've all asking us for and now you can get rates and availability for the period between 5th July 2012 and 15th September 2012*.

So if you're looking for a one, two or three bed serviced apartment this summer to attend the Olympic or Paralympic Games here in London, consider a Boutique London Lets apartment in central London locations like Victoria, Waterloo, Westminster, Canary Wharf, Farringdon and Tower Bridge. You won't get much closer to the centre of the sporting, cultural and party atmosphere than this!

Book online now at boutiquelondonlets.com for the lowest prices we have – and our first 50 online customers will get an early bird discount on their entire stay of 10%. Don't say we're not good to you!

We've also prepared a handy guide to the Olympics for you. And don't forget there's always tons of events going on in the capital so you won't find yourself bored on a day away from the Games.

If you want to experience the greatest show on earth, you'll want to be staying in the greatest apartments in London. So book a Boutique London Lets apartment now, before they're all snapped up!

*any queries or quibbles, drop the team an email on info@boutiquelondonlets.com

London 2012 Olympics – on the cheap and right now

Planned your trip to London nine months too early? You don't need to miss out on the capital's niche sports even if you won't be with us for the 2012 Olympics next summer. Do your research beforehand and you can pick up a bargain.

Here's an example: this weekend I went to York Hall in Bethnal Green, East London to watch the GB Amateur Boxing Championships for just £10 for a whole afternoon of boxing. There's lots of matches and tournaments around the city all year long so just because the Olympics events have sold out doesn't mean you can't watch this fascinating sport while you're in London.