The Original London Walks

I live in London but my boyfirend has only moved here recently and I wanted to show him the sights on foot rather than taking the tube between one place and another, most people would be suprised how easy it is to get about without using the underground and how close a proximity most of the sites are within of each other in London. I looked for some free walking guides to download and found London Walks.

We have now done all of the walks listed on their website and they're all great, the directions are really simple to follow and the interesting little facts they put on there are great too, I learnt loads and i've lived here for years!!

A must for visitors to our wonderful city and residents alike, I will be taking any guests we have on these, especially the Royal Walk.

Overall London Walks is a must-do when you travel to London. There is no way a new visitor would know a fraction of what the guides do or where to find these things. There is a wide variety of walking tours within the city and day-trips out of the city to choose from, and I am certain that there are several more I will do the next time I travel to the city. During my ten days I was able to take four separate tours:

Westminster by Gaslight (Monday night): Very solid tour that starts in the evening for those whose days are spent at museums and such. We traveled around historic neighborhoods as well as visiting Westminster Abbey and the other side of the Thames where the finer points of Parliament's architecture were described. A BIG bonus of this tour was sittting in on a session of the House of Lords. (4/5)

Legal and Illegal London (Wednesday afternoon): This tour covered central London and focused on legal happenings and things like barristers and solicitors. The tour guide was very knowledgable, however this wasn't an area of interest of mine so my returns were average. People with a law background may find it more interesting. (3/5)

The Blitz (Thursday afternoon): Now this is something I had an interest in and the tour was excellent. A bonus was two people in the group who actually lived through the bombings and were able to tell their stories. We started at St. Paul's Cathedral and ended at a museum with Roman Ruins that were uncovered during the bombing (!). Highly recommended. (5/5)

Jack the Ripper (Sunday evening): A bit overrated in my opinion. There were too many people in the group and I found the subject material a bit average, having read a bit about the Ripper before the visit. (3/5)

I found out about the Original London Walks from tripadvisor....yet again an absolutely marvelous recommendation!

I have now done 6 London Walks over the course of three visits and have loved them all! For the price, they just can't be beat as an entertaining and informative way to get to know just a small piece of this amazing city.

I highly recommend them!