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London City Pass Calculator

Find out if a city pass really saves you money on your trip.

How long is your trip?
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Want to avoid the crowds? Pick your start date (optional)
Pick the sights you want to see
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Is a pass worth it for your trip?
Tap the sights below.

How the calculator works

  1. Does your plan fit? We add up the time each sight takes, plus walking or transport between them, and group nearby sights into the same day. Picks that won’t fit are left out of the maths.
  2. What does each option cost? Individual tickets against each city pass that covers all your sights: a day pass for every day of your plan, or a pick-your-attractions pass for the number of sights. We never mix a pass with separate tickets.
  3. A clear verdict. We recommend the pass if it’s cheaper than tickets, or only slightly more (up to 10%), because it lets you add other sights if plans change. Choose a relaxed or packed pace so the plan matches how you travel.
  4. Planned around the crowds. BeatTheCrowd tracks how busy each attraction is, hour by hour, for every day of the week. Pick your start date and we check those crowd patterns for each day of your trip, so busy sights land at their quieter hours and your day isn’t lost to queues. That matters most on a pass day, where every hour in a queue is a sight you don’t get to.

The crowd tax: why most passes look better than they are

Pass sellers show savings for a perfect day. Real days have queues. A day pass only pays off if you fit three or four big sights in, and one long queue at the wrong hour can cost you one of them. Add your dates and the calculator reorders each day so busy sights fall in their quieter hours, so the plan behind the verdict is one you can actually do.

Worked examples

A 2-day trip at a relaxed pace to each city’s five most-visited paid sights, priced with today’s adult prices.

London
London Eye · Tower Bridge · Tower of London · Madame Tussauds · St Paul's Cathedral
  • Individual tickets£135
  • Explorer Pass · 5 attractions£135
  • Go City Pass · 2 days£155
Buy the London Go City Explorer Pass
Try your own London plan →
Paris
Eiffel Tower · Louvre · Arc de Triomphe · Musée d'Orsay · Notre-Dame towers
  • Individual tickets€104
  • Go City Pass · 2 days€199
Buy individual tickets
Try your own Paris plan →
New York
Rockefeller Center tour · Empire State Building · Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island ferry · 9/11 Memorial & Museum · Top of the Rock
  • Individual tickets$141
  • Explorer Pass · 4 attractions$149
  • Go City Pass · 2 days$219
Buy the New York Go City Explorer Pass
Try your own New York plan →

Is a city pass worth it? City by city

The same 2-day trip to the five most-visited paid sights, in all 39 cities. Tap a city to plan your own trip.

FAQs

Is a city pass worth it?

Only if you'll see enough paid sights to beat the pass price. Day passes usually need 3 to 4 big sights a day; with fewer, individual tickets are cheaper. The calculator works it out for your own plan.

How does the calculator decide?

It fits your picks into your trip (time at each sight plus travel between them), prices individual tickets against each pass that covers all of them. We recommend the pass if it's cheaper, or only slightly more (up to 10%), because it leaves room to add other sights if plans change.

Why does the calculator drop some of my picks?

Because they won't realistically fit. We allow about 6 hours of sightseeing a day at a relaxed pace, or 9 hours packed, including walking or transport between sights, and give day trips like Windsor their own day. Counting sights you won't have time for would make a pass look better than it is.

Which prices does it use?

The cheapest online adult ticket price we've verified for each sight, and the seller's own adult price for each pass. Using the cheapest ticket price means we never exaggerate what a pass saves.

How do crowds affect whether a pass pays off?

A day pass only pays if you fit enough sights into each day, and an hour in a queue costs you a sight. Add your travel dates and we show the quietest time at each sight on those days, so your plan is realistic.

Is the London Pass worth it?

On a 2-day trip at a relaxed pace to London Eye, Tower Bridge, Tower of London, Madame Tussauds, St Paul's Cathedral, the Go City Pass costs £155 against £135 for individual tickets, so tickets are cheaper. How it works: Unlimited attractions on each pass day. Some need a slot booked in the app. Pick your own sights in the calculator to see your numbers.

Is the Paris Museum Pass worth it?

On a 2-day trip at a relaxed pace to Louvre, Arc de Triomphe, Musée d'Orsay, Notre-Dame towers, Panthéon, the Museum Pass costs €85 against €93 for individual tickets, so it pays off. How it works: Free entry to 50+ museums and monuments for 2, 4 or 6 days in a row. Pick your own sights in the calculator to see your numbers.

Is New York CityPASS worth it?

On a 2-day trip at a relaxed pace to Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island ferry, 9/11 Memorial & Museum, Top of the Rock, Intrepid Museum, the CityPASS costs $151 against $152 for individual tickets, so it pays off. How it works: Any 5 of its 10 attractions within 9 days. Pick your own sights in the calculator to see your numbers.