Royal Tour of St James', Parques, Palácios e Intriga Real
Descrição
Este passeio a pé privado cobre a área de St James 'conhecida informalmente como a Royal Village de Londres por causa de suas muitas conexões reais. Passamos pelo OUTSIDE ONLY do Palácio de Buckingham e St James' Palace, e por dois belos parques reais, Green Park e St James' Park. St James' é famosa por seus clubes de cavalheiros, e vamos passear por vários que ainda florescem hoje, cerca de 275 anos após a sua fundação. Esses clubes estão no meio de lojas exclusivas, muitas criadas para fornecer aos senhores tudo o que possam precisar, de queijo e vinho a camisas e sapatos. Se tiver sorte, sua data de turnê pode coincidir com uma antiga cerimônia chamada a mudança da guarda, uma chance de ver o concurso real no seu melhor. Atualmente, isso acontece na segunda, quarta e sexta. Este é um passeio que não deve ser perdido com gemas escondidas em todos os cantos!
Opções de passeio
Itinerário
Diz a lenda que o parque é verde porque a esposa de Charles II, Catherine de Braganza, ordenou que todas as flores fossem removidas. Por que você pode perguntar? Você descobrirá no tour!
Construído por Henrique VIII no local de um hospital de leprosos femininos, este palácio foi originalmente construído para o filho prometido a Henrique por sua segunda esposa, Ana Bolena. Mas as coisas não saíram como planejado!
Uma das antigas cerimônias de Londres, este é um esplendor imperdível, MAS NÃO ACONTECE TODOS OS DIAS. Precisamos verificar se a cerimônia está marcada para a manhã do seu passeio. Se for, você terá uma surpresa, pois veremos diferentes partes da cerimônia de três lugares diferentes - precisaremos nos mover rapidamente para ir de um para o outro! MESMO QUE A CERIMÔNIA ESTEJA AGENDADA PARA REALIZAR, ELA PODE SER CANCELADA NO ÚLTIMO MOMENTO, POR ISSO NÃO HÁ GARANTIA DE QUE VOCÊ VERÁ A CERIMÔNIA.
Uma chance de ver onde o rei Charles III e a rainha Camilla chamam de lar.
Construído com a bela pedra de Bath, este edifício representou o Palácio de Buckingham durante as filmagens de Downton Abbey, a série da Netflix The Crown e o filme The King's Speech.
Um dos edifícios mais emblemáticos de Londres, com sua varanda mundialmente famosa, o Palácio de Buckingham é o escritório da monarquia e um dos poucos palácios em funcionamento no mundo. A rainha Elizabeth II morou aqui de segunda a sexta, mas seu filho Charles ainda não decidiu onde vai morar. O palácio está passando por uma extensa reforma, então teremos que esperar para ver o que ele decide fazer.
Casa dos Guardas da Vida das Rainhas, responsáveis pela segurança do monarca desde 1660. Daqui saem os novos guardas durante a cerimónia da Troca da Guarda.
Um dos mais belos parques reais com abundância de vida selvagem e um lindo lago ornamental, o rei mais extravagante da Inglaterra, George IV, fez dele o que é hoje. Alguns outros monarcas antes dele também opinaram - vou revelar tudo em nossa turnê!
Originalmente usado para justas durante os tempos de Tudor, o Horse Guards Parade é agora o lar de duas das antigas cerimônias de Londres que datam de 1600, a Troca da Guarda e o Trooping the Color. O ringue de desfile também foi usado durante as Olimpíadas de Londres em 2012 - será que alguém se lembra de qual esporte aconteceu aqui?
Outrora um conjunto habitacional da aristocracia inglesa, ainda mantém um belo jardim no centro.
Esta loja começou a vida há séculos como uma banca de mercado; como mudou desde então, pois agora exibe mais de 90 queijos artesanais de toda a Europa.
Originalmente um barbeiro, Juan Floris rapidamente transformou sua loja em uma perfumaria que ainda prospera quase 300 anos depois. Ainda produz o perfume Lily of the Valley, que foi uma das primeiras criações da loja, mas há muitos outros que valem a pena cheirar!
A loja de departamentos mais sofisticada de Londres - a cesta começou aqui! À medida que fazemos uma rápida caminhada pelo andar térreo da loja, você descobrirá que característica incomum está no telhado, bem como a natureza de uma competição patrocinada pela loja. Intrigante!
Destaques
O que está incluído
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Informações importantes
- Opções de transporte público disponíveis perto
- Não recomendado para viajantes com problemas de coluna
- Não recomendado para viajantes com problemas cardíacos
- Requer condicionamento físico moderado
- Quando sua reserva for confirmada, você receberá detalhes de contato para mim (Sandy) e eu serei seu guia neste passeio. Meu objetivo é dar a você, meu cliente, a melhor experiência possível, então, se você tiver algum pedido especial, não deixe de me dizer quais são! Se você precisar parar para uma pausa no meio do passeio, tudo bem para mim.
- O passeio terá duração de até 3 horas dependendo do ritmo de caminhada do grupo, do número de perguntas feitas e se a cerimônia da Troca da Guarda está acontecendo no dia do passeio.
- O passeio cobrirá aproximadamente 2 milhas no total.
- A turnê vai fazer chuva ou faça sol, por favor não se deixe intimidar pelo clima. Use sapatos e roupas confortáveis e, se necessário, leve impermeáveis e um guarda-chuva.
- Devido às distâncias envolvidas e à velocidade com que podemos ter que caminhar entre os eventos, esse passeio não é recomendado para pessoas com dificuldades de locomoção.
- Os passeios começam dentro ou fora do Le Deli Robuchon em Piccadilly. Tempo de reunião para ser confirmado uma vez que a reserva é feita.
- Ao contrário de alguns outros guias, eu me especializei em apenas cinco áreas de Londres, sendo St James' uma delas. Isso significa que tenho conhecimento detalhado da área que passo aos meus clientes de forma divertida e interessante.
- 100% das minhas avaliações do Trip Advisor / Viator são classificadas como 'excelentes' e como agora tenho mais de 175 + avaliações no total, devo estar fazendo algo certo!
- Prefiro guiar pequenos grupos de até cinco familiares ou amigos para que todos possam ouvir o que estou dizendo acima dos ruídos comuns das ruas de uma cidade movimentada. Além disso, todos podem fazer quantas perguntas quiserem.
- SEMPRE faço contato com meus clientes antes de uma turnê, então, se você não tiver notícias minhas uma semana antes de sua turnê, entre em contato comigo.
- Só aceito reservas diretamente dos clientes. Quaisquer reservas feitas por um agente de viagens em nome de um cliente serão canceladas.
Avaliações(18)
A really enjoyable tour, so much interesting detail…. I now know why Green Park is called by that name! Sandy was so knowledgable and told us so many background stories it brought the whole tour alive. Highly recommended!
Hi Richard, thank you so much for a lovely review. We were lucky to catch the Changing of the Guard, pageantry at its best, as well having a beautiful day to explore the area. Thank you for joining me. Sandy
Learned so much today, from who’s who at the Changing of the Guard, how St James’ Park became a park, masses about the monarchy from Henry VIII to now, to fun facts about Fortnum’s London honeys and marmalade competitions and men’s clubs! Sandy was a great guide, enthusiastic and very informative, and brought the area to life for me.
Hi Rose, it was a pleasure guiding for you and Richard today and I'm so glad you enjoyed the experience. Although St James' is primarily about the royals, as you say there are lots of other snippets of information about some of the retailers and the gentlemen who made St James' their (temporary) home for large parts of the 18th and 19th centuries. Thank you for joining me. Sandy
My family of 5 truly enjoyed Sandy's tour of St. James Village. She is so knowledgeable and inspiring to listen to, from her stories of London's Royal history plus more. I highly recommend this tour.
Thank you so much for a lovely review Maria. It was an absolute pleasure to guide for you and your family. Do look me up when next you're in London and we'll do another tour together. Sandy
Sandy’s knowledge of the Royals is so extensive, it was like we had a personal member of the family walking with us! She took her time, explained what was coming up, connected places to people, and people to their place in history. She gave a personal glimpse into what life was like since the beginning of English heritage. Seeing the changing of the guard from the beginning was an added bonus she was able to include! If you want a walking history lesson, and come out feeling like you “know” the royals, this is the tour and Sandy is your guide!
Hi Maria, thank you so much for a lovely review. You and your family were such a joy to take on a tour: interesting and interested! Thank you for keeping me company. Sandy
Sandy, our guide for this tour, was prompt and very knowledgeable of St James and the Royal Village. I would highly recommend her, especially for first time London visitors. The walking tour does move fast and is roughly 3 hrs on foot.
Hi Mel, thank you so much for taking the time to leave a review of our time together in St James. If we are trying to see parts of the Changing of the Guard, you are right, we do need to move quite quickly although the rest of the tour is leisurely! The ceremony is pageantry at its best! thanks again. Sandy
Sandy, our guide was extremely knowledgeable, energetic and enthusiastic. She made learning about the history of all of the sites we saw fun and interesting. She also had fantastic advice about how to get the most out of the experience, should we want to dig in deeper at any of the spectacular locations she showed us. Would recommend her 100% for anyone touring this area.
Hi Pat, it was a pleasure to guide for you, Lisa, Mel and Jim this morning and I'm so glad you enjoyed your tour of the St James' area. It really is a delight to explore and has a fascinating history centering around the Royals and the gentlemen. thank you for booking with me. Sandy
Sandy, our guide for the morning, was already waiting for us at the starting point. There was only 4 of us on this tour, which immediately felt relaxed and just the type of experience we were looking for. After a few facts and figures and explanations on how the the mornings tour would run, we were off. Immediately I could tell we were going to enjoy the experience, Sandy had clearly spent a lot of time preparing the tour and doing her research on Royal St James. We were about to find out not only about the Royals who called St James home but the nobility and local characters that had moved west from the city to establish new lives. Although the history of St James went back to before Henry VIII, we focussed on the last 300 years or so, which was very much what we wanted. Sandy brought to life not only the monarchs of the Georges, the Williams, the Annes and Victoria but also the people that had flocked to the area once the royals were in residence. A highlight of the tour was the changing of the guard at St James Palace and Buckingham Palace with the Grenadier Guards in all their splendour accompanied by marching bands. Always good to see the crowds jump when the drums start the procession with such a clash when you are only a couple of feet away from them. Although it was a hot day with Sandy cramming a lot of interesting facts and answering lots of our questions, the tour seemed over in a flash. If you are looking for a smaller. more personal tour, would highly recommend. We plan to join Sandy on further tours soon, including Hampton Court and Westminster....Can't wait!!
Hi Sue, I'm so pleased you enjoyed the St James' tour and, as we talk about some of the monarchs from all four dynasties of royals since 1485, there are inevitably some weird and wonderful tales to be told about them all!! Although the St James' tour is a wonderful experience with or without the Changing of the Guard, there is no doubt that the pageantry adds a certain something and you're right, if you happen to be standing beside the band when they start to play, it can give you a bit of a fright! Thank you for your kind comments and I hope to see you on another 'Hobnob' tour at some point in the future! Sandy
Tour started promptly, and our guide explained everything we would definitely see and what we would hopefully see. This was a small intimate tour and our guide (Sandy) explained that she only toured with small numbers so that she could be attentive to the group and more importantly answer any questions. Sandy had obviously done plenty of research in support of the tour with plenty of little anecdotes as well as the key historical facts. Being a small group we were able to explore the little alleys, narrow streets and tiny square that were tucked away, each with a story to tell and ones that Sandy brought to life. Although it wasn't guaranteed we were able to see the changing of the old guard at St James Palace and the new guard at Wellington Barracks. It meant some swift footwork but Sandy had already explained this and checked we were all happy with making a few quick moves to make the most of the spectacular of the Marching Bands and the Grenadier Guards, responsible for protecting the King. It wasn't all rush and we had time to shade from the sun and have more fun facts and history explained to us, with lots of chances to ask questions. If you love intimate, historical tours with a friendly and knowledgable host, can't recommend enough and will definitely book more tours with Sandy......Wear comfy shoes!!
Hi Gary, thank you so much for the lovely review and I'm glad you enjoyed the tour. St James' is a real favourite of mine because, as you have explained so well in your review, the area is very varied. There are royal palaces and parks, gentlemen's clubs and exclusive shops which are centuries old and pageantry too with the Changing of the Guard; there's never a dull moment! Love the comment about 'comfy shoes' - I couldn't agree more. Don't worry about fashion, just be comfortable! Thanks again Gary and I hope to see you on another tour in the future. Sandy
The walk around St james was extremely informative. Following a return to London and more specifically this particular area, sandy our guide gave me such a great insight to the extensive history of this place through the detailed descriptions provided throughout the tour Thoroughly recommend this tour to not only foreign tourist but locals as well
Hi Martin, thank you so much for your kind words and it's interesting what you say. So many of us wander an area on a daily basis either because we live or work there but we don't question why the things we look at are there! It's only on a tour like mine that you start to realise the fascinating history that lies below the surface of what we look at on a daily basis! So pleased you enjoyed it. Thanks again. Sandy
A very informative tour by our tour guide, Sandy. Really enjoyable and full of amazing facts and anecdotes. Highly recommended. Jan Tomlins
Hi Jan, I'm so glad you enjoyed exploring Royal London. St James' has everything from palaces to parks, Gentlemen's clubs to exclusive shops set up to provide those gentlemen with everything they could possibly want. Add to that the colourful pageantry to the ancient ceremony, the Changing of the Guard, and the tour is a humdinger! Thanks again for joining me. Sandy
