The Original London Walks
The Original London Walks Adres:
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PO Box 1708, London
London
NW6 4LW
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| Telefoonnummer: | +44 (0)20 7624 3978 |
| Fax: | +44 (0)20 7625 1932 |
| E-Mail: | london@walks.com |
| Website: | http://www.walks.com |
Locatie-informatie The Original London Walks
| Adres: |
PO Box 1708, London
London
NW6 4LW
|
|---|---|
| Telefoonnummer: | +44 (0)20 7624 3978 |
| Fax: | +44 (0)20 7625 1932 |
| E-Mail: | london@walks.com |
| Website: | http://www.walks.com |
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Super vacation in London thanks to London Walks
My husband and I(both in our late sixties) spent 11 days in London late May/early June 2009. . This was an extra vacation for us that became available without time to do my usual meticulous type-A planning. I chose London mainly because of the huge number of greatly interesting and wonderfully reviewed tours offered by London Walks. The low price(7 pounds per adult, 5 pounds for us seniors) enabled us to take as many tours as we wanted. My main planning chore consisted of which tour to take when.
In 11 days we managed to do 13 of these tours - 10 regular ones and 3 out-of town trips(Explorer Days). That may be a record. One night we did a pub tour - making that the third of the day. We loved them all. This is the type of tour we always look for - a walking tour with an intelligent, interesting, knowledgeable, and always entertaining guide. Whenever we travel, we look for walking tours. We consider ourselves lucky to find one or 2 in each city and the cost is almost always double or triple the London Walk rates. Very few of the tours we have taken in the many years we have been traveling measure up to the quality of these tours - to say nothing of the entertainment value.
Although most of the tours were very crowded(sometimes 50 or 60 people), we were always able to hear the guide and we realize that the huge participation is what enables London Walks to keep the rates so low.
We got to see parts of London that we would have never found on our own and hear facts and stories that always interested and entertained us. The tours let us have a wonderful trip with very little planning - just a little juggling when it rained. Not having to make reservations ahead is a real advantage. One just meets up with the tour guide at a specified station.
It is very hard to say which tours were our favorites. We would probably never have seen Greenwich on our own and we spent the rest of the day there after the tour - one of our nicest days. We especially loved the beautiful walk through a quiet village in the Cotswolds. Again, , something we would never have found on our own The talk arranged at the Synagogue on the Jewish Quarter tour is something that certainly would not have been available to us without this tour.
Please feel free to email me for more specifics about the tours we took.
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Fabulous London Walk private tour
We hired a private tour through London Walks for the changing of the guard and St. James Park. The tour company will let you bring up to 20 people for this private tour for a flat rate of about 120 pounds. It was definitely a highlight of our trip and a great value. Even our kids couldn't get over everything they learned. Our tour guide, Martin, was brilliant. The tour company itself was very responsive and helpful, even rearranging our tour for an alternate day with better weather when it rained the day of our originally scheduled tour.
We took two children (ages 5 and 8), two adults and two seniors. Martin patiently answered all questions and interacted brilliantly with the children, while accomodating the slower walking speed of our group. As a former member of the Guard, he brought history to life. He knew exactly where to have us stand for the best sites. Interestingly, we didn't stand right in front of Buckingham Palace for the guard...he had us stand a bit back where we could see everything the Guardsmembers up close with no crowds. He also brought a guard hat and tunic which we all tried on! At the end of the tour, he helped us find a lovely pub for lunch.
If you are looking to really learn something and enjoy London, out of the crazy sized crowds, I would happily recommend this experience.
London Walks...the best!
Wife & I took a London vacation 5/15-5/21 & did FOUR London Walks:
Jack the Ripper: guide name I forget?? :(
Richmond & Hampton Court Palace: Hillary was the best!
Salisbury & Stone Henge: Richard was the best!
Central London: Helena was great & best view around for changing of guard!
For really any amount of money these are best deals in town & they happen also to be the cheapest thing you can do in London! I only regret we did not have time to do more of them! Lots of walking but well worth it! Guides were knowledgable, enthusiastic, & easily handled large groups.
The best!
London Walks-Stonehenge and Salisbury Excursion Day
Not sure what happened to the other person who reviewed this walk; our family had a wonderful experience. We met at Waterloo Station (beware, train clocks seem to run 5 minutes faster than mobile phone clocks--I made sure my watch was set to "train station time" while in London!) and had no problem finding our guide, it said to meet across from platform whatever, and that's where we all met up and found our 2 guides. Remember to have cash for this, not a big issue, as there's a money-change shop a few steps from where you meet. We took the train (extra bonus--walking past Alan Rickman in first class) and began our tour in Salisbury with a walk through the lovely town, along the River Avon, and into the town to the Cathedral. You'll have time for a quick bite in town, we opted to buy the pre-made sandwiches at Marks&Spencer (not bad) so that we'd have more time to explore the town. Then we took a bus to Stonehenge. Our guides were Phedra and Jillian, and they split our group of about 30 in two, which made it quite easy to hear them. They give an intro at Stonehenge, and then you are free to wander around on your own for a bit (you could also rent the headphones if you wanted to for this portion). There was time for the kids to get an ice cream before we headed back on the bus. It was a great day, and Phedra and Jillian were terrific! Just seeing the lovely Wiltshire countryside was worth the trip.
Great way to explore London!
Lots of people don't realise that before going to London (some of them even after been there), that London is a city easily explored on foot! Well, not all the city, but picking up certain parts of the city at a time, it's not difficult to see lots of things in a small geographic area.
London Walks company is great! First of all their system is simple. You don't need to pre book, you just show up. So if you decide to do something else, or you don't fancy going due to weather, or whatever, you may pick up an other day without have to cancel anything, or charged for no reason.
Then, it;s cheap anyway. GBP 7 for a simple two hour walk, is not expensive, and if you plan to do more than 2 walks per month, yopu buy one of their discount cards and you start saving!
Finally and most important of all, their guides are excelent! They fill you with historic facts, add some trivial details and some celebrity or royal gossip depending on the tour, and are friendly and very knowledgable. You could never imagine how many things you can learn, and how many things you can see, that you wouldn't have notice otherwise, only in two hours and in a small area. Their English is very "understandable" too, so if you are a foreigner like me, you have no problem to follow what they are say. And they are willing to answer separate answers and stuff!
I did the "Old Palace Quarter" tour with Angela and the "Historic Greenwich" tour with Ann last month, and they were real stars!!!
Except the Walking Tours Company, even of you are not very fit, study carefully a couple of maps and guydebooks, and take a walk on a park, or other areas of London. You will get a different and more "authentic" feeling of the place, than you would get on a bus tour or travelling on tube!
I loved all the parks I visited, and I walked quite a lot in areas so different, such as Westminster or Camden Town, just soaking the ambience. Trust me, you will love it!
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