Retro London tours

This item appears on page 80 of the January 2010 issue.

The company smallcarBIGCITY (phone +44 [0] 7891 998 328 or +44 [0] 2075 850 399) offers six guided tours of London. Up to three people tour in a Mini Cooper driven by a chauffeur/guide dressed in retro 1960s garb, with ’60s music on the sound system.

Tours range from the 30-minute “Royal Tour” for £54 (near $90) per Mini, touring major London landmarks, to the 5-hour “Tale of Two Cities,” which combines an hour’s tour of London and an hour of Paris (with transit between on the Eurostar train), for £299 ($500) per Mini.