Black car in London · 2026-09-21 · 8-minute read
Things to do in London, Ontario for a visitor are spread across a leafy city of 422,000 that no attraction is more than twenty-five minutes from another in: Museum London and Eldon House at the forks of the Thames; Covent Garden Market and Victoria Park downtown; Springbank Park and Storybook Gardens along the river; Boler Mountain's ski hill and treetop course in Byron; Fanshawe Pioneer Village by the lake; 100 Kellogg Lane and the Hard Rock Hotel in the Old East Village; the breweries; Wortley Village and Richmond Row; Western's campus; and the Knights at Canada Life Place and the Grand Theatre in the evening. LondonLimo.net plans a visitor's day as an hourly booking - $95-115 an hour for a sedan, $115-135 for an SUV - with the chauffeur waiting at each door, or as fixed-rate journeys of $40-70 between them; the attractions page has the city and this article the day.
The day, as the chauffeurs plan it
Morning at the forks - Museum London, Eldon House, a walk across the Thames Valley Parkway's bridges; lunch at the market; the afternoon at Springbank and Storybook with children or at Western's campus and the Arboretum without them; the late afternoon at Kellogg Lane or a brewery; the evening on the Row, in the Village or at the arena. Nine to ten hours by the hour in an SUV is a planning figure under $1,200 plus HST for a family, with no parking, no map and no designated driver.
| Stop | Where | Minutes from the last stop | What to expect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Museum London and Eldon House | Ridout Street at the forks | - | The galleries, the terrace, the 1834 house and gardens |
| Covent Garden Market | King Street, downtown | 5 | The food hall; the outdoor market in summer; the rink in winter |
| Victoria Park and the core | Between Richmond and Wellington | walk | The bandstand, the cenotaph, the festivals' home |
| Springbank Park and Storybook Gardens | Commissioners Road West | 12 | The river's bends; the children's park and its train |
| Boler Mountain | Byron | 8 | Skiing and tubing in winter; the treetop course and bike park in summer |
| Western's campus and the Arboretum | Richmond Street north | 20 | University College's tower; the concrete beach; the Thames through the campus |
| 100 Kellogg Lane and the Hard Rock Hotel | Old East Village | 20 | The Factory's trampolines, axe-throwing, the distillery, the stage |
| The breweries | Old East and downtown | 5-10 | Toboggan, Anderson, Forked River, London Brewing |
| Wortley Village | Old South | 10 | The cafes and shops; Sunday brunch |
| Richmond Row | Downtown | 6 | The restaurants and bars; the Grand Theatre |
| Canada Life Place | King and Talbot | walk | The Knights from September; the concerts |
Morning: the forks
The Thames splits at the forks just west of downtown, and the city's history is there - the museum's art and history galleries and its terrace over the river, Eldon House's Victorian rooms and gardens, Harris Park's festival grounds, the Ivey Park fountain; a visitor's morning starts on foot here with the chauffeur waiting at the museum's door, and the City of London's heritage pages describe the district.
Midday: the market and the park
Covent Garden Market's food hall is lunch - the butchers, the bakers, the cheese counters, the twenty kitchens upstairs - and Victoria Park two blocks away is the walk after it; in summer the outdoor farmers' market fills the square and in winter the rink does. The chauffeur drops at the market's King Street door and collects wherever the walk ends; the attractions page has the core.
Afternoon with children: Springbank and Storybook
Springbank Park's three hundred acres along the river and Storybook Gardens inside it - the fairy-tale playgrounds, the splash pad, the carousel, the small train - are the family's afternoon, with the SUV parked at Storybook's lot and a picnic in the trunk; Boler Mountain's tubing in winter and its treetop course in summer are the alternative, eight minutes further west, and the Boler site has the seasons.
Afternoon without children: Western and the Arboretum
University College's tower, the Middlesex College clock, the concrete beach, the Arboretum's trees and the Thames running through the campus are the city's most photographed afternoon, twenty minutes from the forks; the universities page has the campus, and the chauffeur knows the campus's loops and where to wait.
Late afternoon: Kellogg Lane and the breweries
The converted Kellogg's factory in the Old East Village holds the Factory's trampoline park, ropes course and climbing walls, axe-throwing, a distillery, a brewery and since 2025 the Hard Rock Hotel with its stage; the breweries around it and downtown - Toboggan at Richmond and Dundas, Anderson Craft Ales, Forked River - make a two-stop crawl before dinner, and the wine, brewery and distillery tours page has the full version.
Evening: the Village, the Row and the arena
Wortley Village for dinner in the country's favourite neighbourhood, or Richmond Row for the restaurants and the Grand Theatre's curtain, or Canada Life Place for the Knights from September to the playoffs; the chauffeur drops at the door and collects from the corner agreed, moved by text, and the venues page has each door and the events page the calendar.
Day trips from the city
Stratford for the Festival fifty minutes north, Port Stanley's beach forty-five minutes south, Grand Bend an hour northwest, the Essex County wineries two hours west, Niagara two hours twenty east: the destinations hub has each with the drive and the planning figure, and a visitor's week in London usually includes two.
The visiting family, and the relatives from abroad
The grandparents from Delhi here for a convocation, the family from Vancouver here for a wedding, the relatives who have never seen the city: the day on this page is their week's centrepiece, the hotels page and the airports hub cover the arrival, and a household account holds the visit's bookings.
Three visitor days, as they went
Grandparents from Mumbai, June. An SUV by the hour: the forks and Museum London, lunch at the market, Western's campus for the photographs, Springbank Park, and dinner in Wortley Village. Nine hours; the family drove nothing.
A family with three children, March break. An SUV from a downtown hotel to Boler Mountain for tubing at 10, Storybook at 2, the Children's Museum at 4, and the hotel at 6.
A visiting couple, October. A luxury sedan by the hour: the Western Fair District's Saturday market, Kellogg Lane and the Hard Rock's stage, the Thames Valley Parkway at Gibbons Park, and the Grand at 8. Eleven hours.
Booking it
A single journey between attractions is a fixed rate on the reservation engine; the day by the hour is booked with the desk, which plans a visitor's week with the travel desk; the attractions page has the city.
Three questions the desk is asked about a visitor's day
Can we change the plan during the day? Freely - an hourly booking has no fixed route, and the chauffeur suggests the next stop when the children have had enough of the last. Is there a car seat? On request at booking by age and weight, fitted before the pickup. Can the chauffeur recommend a restaurant? The chauffeurs eat in the city too; they will say which patio on the Row is quiet and which Wortley cafe does the brunch, without a commission from any of them.
The rainy day
Kellogg Lane's Factory, the Children's Museum on Wharncliffe Road, the Museum London galleries, the market's food hall and the Grand's matinee are the rainy day's list, all indoors and all within fifteen minutes of each other; the chauffeur drops at each door and the family stays dry. The attractions page has the season's alternatives.
The winter day
Boler Mountain's tubing and night skiing, the market's rink, Victoria Park's Christmas lights from December, Fanshawe Pioneer Village's Christmas weekends, the Knights at Canada Life Place and a hot chocolate in the car between them; the events page has December and the Christmas light tour article the evening version.
The summer day
Storybook Gardens' splash pad, the Thames Valley Parkway's forty kilometres by bicycle from Springbank to Gibbons Park, Harris Park's festivals, a patio on the Row, and Port Stanley's beach forty-five minutes south for the afternoon; the St. Thomas and Port Stanley page prices the beach.
The couple's day
Museum London's terrace, lunch at the Idlewyld, the breweries in the Old East Village, the Aeolian Hall's evening recital or the Grand's curtain, and a nightcap on the Row: a luxury sedan by the hour at $135-165, and the venues page has the halls.
The business visitor's spare afternoon
A 3M customer with four hours before the evening flight: the forks and the museum, a coffee at the market, and Western's campus on the way to YXU; the business page has the plants and the YXU page the terminal.
The Tourism London calendar
Tourism London publishes the seasonal openings, the festivals' dates and the attractions' hours, and the desk reads them when it plans a visitor's day; this article is the day as the chauffeurs drive it and Tourism London's site is the authority on what is open.
Booking checklist for a visitor's day
The hotel or the address; the start time and the likely end; the passengers, the children's ages and any car seat; the must-see stops and the maybes; lunch and dinner preferences; the vehicle class; the account or the card; and a phone number. The desk plans the day and the reservation engine takes a single journey in seconds.
A worked example: the weekend that ran
Friday: met at Pearson at 4 p.m., the DoubleTree at 6:30, dinner on the Row. Saturday by the hour: the forks and the museum at 9:30, the market at noon, Springbank and Storybook at 1:30, Kellogg Lane at 4, Wortley Village at 6:30, the Knights at 8. Sunday: brunch in the Village, Western's campus, and YXU at 3. A family of four from Halifax, an SUV, one file with the travel desk and the desk, and the hotels page had the room.
The London guides, for the rest
The attractions page has the city in full, the events page the calendar, the venues page the doors, the hotels page the clusters and the neighbourhoods page the ground between them; this article is the day, and the pages are the city.
The desk's rule of thumb
One or two stops: fixed rates. Three or more: the day by the hour. Children: the SUV with the seats fitted. A couple: the luxury sedan. A rainy day: Kellogg Lane and the museums. A winter day: Boler and the lights. A summer day: Storybook and the beach. The attractions page has the city and the rates page the figures.
Booking it, in one line more
A single journey between attractions is a fixed rate on the reservation engine; the day by the hour and the visitor's week are one email to the desk, which plans the days, the rooms and the tickets on one file.
