Portland Cruise Excursion - Stonehenge UNESCO Site Only

As instructed, we took the free shuttle from the port to Portland Castle (just a quick 3-minute ride). Jenny met us there and got us onto a comfortable coach for the trip to Stonehenge. A couple of tips: keep an eye on your Viator messages; that’s how they’ll contact you! Book your Stonehenge tickets in advance, but be aware they’re non-refundable if you can’t make the tour. Also, this is clearly advertised as unguided - it’s a transfer to Stonehenge and back, not a commentary tour. We had no issues with timing and enjoyed around two hours at Stonehenge, which was plenty for us. Yes, it can be busy, but that’s to be expected at such a popular site. Some of the negative reviews about “lack of time” seem a bit unfair, with a bit of planning, it all worked out fine. Our driver, John, was friendly, helpful, and very professional. Overall, a smooth and enjoyable trip!

Poor communication. Excursion show 10am at Port and then no one showed up. We called multiple times to see where we were supposed to meet up and then went to message company to see that the meeting instructions were texted. Never seen the messages and never received any other communication for confirmation.

We just needed transport to Stonehenge and this was a good solution. We found it's cheaper than the ships excursions and taxis. Our driver Jeff was helpful and gave us 2 hours, which was plenty in my opinion. Communication was good throughout Viator and we got back to the ship in good time. Frankly I'm glad they are cautious with timings and getting back. Thank you!

There is not nearly enough time for this excursion to make any sense. We feel that this was a complete rip-off and believe we should get at least a partial refund. We had a maximum of 3.5 hours to spend at these two locations combined. At Stonehenge, we had at total of about 2.25 hours to spend there. We had to wait 45 minutes in line for tickets. Another line for the shuttle was about 35 minutes and we had to allow another 30 minutes to return. We were able to get close to the stones, take a few quick pictures and get back in line for the shuttle. Not even enough time to get in the long line to walk around the stones. We're able to say that we caught a quick glimpse of the stones but that's it. The focus was only to get back to the bus in time. Not much less than a NIGHTMARE!. Then on to Salisbury Castle. Rushed because of long lines to get tickets. No chance of waiting in line to get actually inside the castle. Took some pictures from the outside, walked the grounds for about 20 minutes, spent 15 minutes in gift shop and had to get back to bus. This excursion might work for either Stonehenge OR Salisbury Castle but definitely NOT BOTH! Feeling VERY RIPPED-OFF!

Our driver didn’t manage our time very well. Things may have been very different if the tour started earlier. We were not given enough time to enjoy Stonehenge at all which was very disappointing. The driver didn’t even remember that we were passengers on his bus, and my wife and he said we were on another bus which made us think our bus left us. I then called the tour operator to sort things out.

There was no time to visit the Stonehenge monument because our 90-minute visit was spent standing in line for 75 minutes to get the tickets. Then we had to wait 15 minutes for the shuttle to Stonehenge monument, but then it was time to return to the bus. This tour has very poor time-management planning.

This tour was amazing! Jenny Broom the tour operator answered every single question I had in a timely fashion, and I truly appreciated all the information she gave me. The bus driver was incredibly patient even though 11 people were late to come back to the bus. He remained composed and Calm ( I would’ve left them) as they showed no sense of responsibility and didn’t even rush up to the bus. My only suggestion would be to have this as a one stop tour as there was not a lot of time to get from the bus to the stones and then back to the bus. Thank you for an incredible experience