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Liquid History Tours

Liquid History Tours

Liquid History Tours
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Liquid History Tours offer small group walking tours & private tours to London's finest pubs. Follow in the footsteps of Dickens & Shakespeare as we stumble down the "Street of Shame" and enjoy a drink in ancient alehouses, timeless taverns and opulent gin palaces whilst listening to the quirky tales along the way. A historic day out guaranteed!
London, England

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Travellers' Choice
2024

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sniffer80
Biggleswade, UK1 contribution
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2020 • Solo
Had a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon and would recommend it to lovers of History and pub culture, architecture etc . Our knowledgeable and entertaining guide ,Mark made the tour so interesting and paced it so we never felt rushed , but had enough time to spend soaking up the surroundings . The group of people we shared the tour with were also delightful and at the end we almost felt like old friends.
Very good value and an afternoon well spent .
Steve and Suzie
Written 9 February 2020
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Sounds like a wonderful afternoon, so many thanks for sharing the walk with us. Cheers!
Written 9 February 2020
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Chris M
Chester, UK48 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2020 • Friends
Dave took us around four historic and beautiful pubs in the space of three hours. The pace was perfect, and host historical knowledge was extensive and delivered with a real twinkle in the eye.
Good choice of drinking venues. Great sightseeing tour, and wonderful host. Would highly recommend it.
Written 5 January 2020
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Ray L
2 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2022 • Couples
What a fantastic few hours! Wil was so informative and genuinely invested in making the tour as enjoyable as possible. We visited real London pubs with great atmosphere and beer along with the unique gins.
I would thoroughly recommend this tour, a great way to enjoy part of the old city, learn about the fabulous buildings and some extraordinary people on the way. Loved it!
Written 30 October 2022
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Oliver B
Oldenburg, Germany8 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2023 • Couples
Awesome tour to four of the oldest pubs in London. Mark did a great job telling us about the history of the pubs themselves as well as the city and providing us with tipps of what to drink. It was really great fun, thanks a lot!
Written 17 December 2023
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Thanks for joining the festive fun. Cheers!
Written 18 December 2023
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Mathew Y
Asheville, NC20 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2020
We flew in from the US a few hours before our tour. Mark W. was our guide. It was a cold night. We lucked out and had Mark all to ourselves. It was great fun to learn about the pubs, the City of London, and the evolving new designer gins. Mark was interesting in his own right, a great conversationalist, and was never in a hurry. Would highly recommend Mark and this tour.
Written 7 March 2020
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Michael C.
Bowling Green, OH5 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2024 • Friends
Having done a variety of self-guided and guided London pub tours, I can safely say that our Liquid History tour was one of the best we have experienced. The itinerary included visits to four very different pubs. The Cockpit was homey and welcoming; the Blackfriar is an art nouveau gem; the Punch is a classic old gin palace (with a modern selection of gins); and the Olde Cheshire Cheese is quirky, ancient, and full of history. The pubs were our stopping points, but the tour was focused on the history of the City of London from its Roman past to the current day. Making all of this a great experience was our guide extraordinaire Kevin. Kevin was a wealth of knowledge about the history of the City, beer, and pubs and gin palaces. He imparted that knowledge with wit and fine story-telling skills and made everyone on the tour feel welcome and part of the experience. Three hours may seem a stretch, but it really gave our group the opportunity to settle in at each of the pubs we visited and get a feeling for each pub’s uniqueness. Thanks for a great time, Kevin. Do a Liquid History tour, you won’t regret it
Written 22 March 2024
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Absolutely spiffing review! Great to hear you extol the many virtues of an afternoon in the warm embrace of a classic London pub or four. Cheers!
Written 22 March 2024
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Amy G
Reading, UK20 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2022 • Friends
We got this tour as a birthday present and what a great gift!! We had Dave McGrath as our guide and he was entertaining and knowledgeable. His humour was very dry and witty and he took us to some really interesting pubs I’d never seen before. The history was great and to have been in pubs that the likes of Dickens and Pepys had frequented was awesome!! And loved the Gum Art too 😜
Written 16 October 2022
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Shakespeare, Pepys, Dickens and Johnson with a few beers along the way. Cheers!
Written 16 October 2022
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Jack H
1 contribution
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2023 • Friends
Tour was very fun and super informative. Our tour guide Mark was extremely knowledgeable and mixed in a great amount of London's history along with history of gin and pubs in the city. Would highly recommend.
Written 14 January 2023
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Elizabeth G
New York City, NY9 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2020 • Couples
Six of us went on this tour with Mark and we had an amazing time! Mark was a great guide, super knowledgeable and interesting. This tour is such a fun way to learn history and get a tour of The City of London. We are staying inLondon and will definitely do this tour again with other visitors. Highly recommend it, thank you for a great afternoon!
Written 22 January 2020
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RuudL
5 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2023 • Friends
We had a great time on the nightly liquid history tour. Ricky and his dog Diggity showed us the way and told some great stories (mostly Ricky;)) and we tasted fine local beers. A wonderful experience and highly recommended when in town.
Written 9 October 2023
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