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Roman & Medieval London: Private Half-Day Tour in a London TaxiPrivate Tour

Travel back in time and learn about the long historical connection between Rome and London with 400 years of Roman presence on this private half-day tour with Black Cab Heritage Tours.

Adults: 2 Children: 0

Total

Things to know

Duration:

4 hrs

Categories:

Archaeology, Black Cab Heritage Tours, Culture, History, Off the beaten path

Private Tour:

You and our own professional guide. 100% exclusive

Transport Mode:

Driving tour - Private London Taxi throughout the tour

What's included:

A friendly, professional English-speaking tour guide for your own private group, Private Transportation throughout the day in a TXE, TX4 or Mercedes Vito London Taxi, Hotel pick up and drop off from your centrally located hotel in London

What's not included:

Food and drink, Gratuities, Entrance Fees or guided visits inside venues, Airport pickup & drop off

Meeting points: Hotel Pick up is available from any Central London Hotel within a 5km radius from Embankment Place, or in West, North-West or South-West London). If your hotel information is not provided, your guide will meet you at the Taxi Rank in Embankment Place, outside Embankment Tube Station (at the Villiers Street entrance and not the Embankment entrance).

What makes this tour special

The city of London, as it stands, was founded by the Romans and their rule lasted from 43 AD to the fifth century AD when Boudica burnt the city to the ground. You will travel back in time to the Roman settlement of Londinium and witness the Romans marching into London on your London Taxi time machine.

On your private tour, you will:

See the remains of the Roman defensive walls that can still be found in a handful of places in London which were originally built in the late 2nd century AD;
Discover the Statue of Trajan, a 20th century bronze sculpture depicting the Roman Emperor Trajan;
Dare to peek into the ‘Dead Man’s Hole’, once a mortuary housed beneath the north tower of Tower Bridge;
Enjoy (or endure) the Execution site on Tower Hill and smirk at the origin of that well-used phrase ‘Can I hang with you?’
See the old Roman Amphitheatre which was discovered in 1988 beneath the Guildhall Art Gallery;
Admire the 800-year-old Magna Carta, one of the most significant documents in English history;
Get ‘hung, drawn and quartered in the tiny little medieval streets from London’s less glamorous past;
Drift into the story of the ‘Great Fire of London’;
Decode the blueprint of Sir Christopher Wren’s architecture, including his masterpiece St. Paul’s Cathedral.

If you are a history lover, bring all your questions to the tour because your tour guide is a keen Londoner and a historian. For the rest, you’ll shun your illusions about history being a bore.

What you'll see

Tower of London

Tower Bridge

The Monument to the Great Fire of London

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