Westminster with Stephen Fry: Audio Tour by a National Treasure

Highlights

Reiseverlauf

1. 1

   Houses of Parliament & Big Ben

   On this audio tour, you'll learn about how the traditional members' smoking ban still requires the doorkeeper to provide MPs with free, finely ground snortable snuff tobacco from a box made of salvaged door-frame wood.

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2. 2

   Westminster

   On this walking tour, you'll hear about how the Abbey's staff once jealously commissioned a waxwork of Lord Nelson to lure paying tourists back from his actual burial site at St. Paul's Cathedral—though they accidentally gave the statue an injury on the wrong eye.

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3. 3

   Royal Observatory Greenwich

   On this GPS-guided tour, you'll find out how this war memorial relies on an ancient Greek optical illusion called "entasis," where the stone blocks secretly taper toward the top to prevent the human eye from mistakenly perceiving the monument as concave.

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   Downing Street

   On this immersive smartphone tour, you'll discover how every single Prime Minister since 1997 has actually chosen to swap homes and live next door at number 11 because its bedrooms are much nicer.

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5. 5

   On this self-guided audio tour, you'll learn about a unique monument representing wartime women that was partially funded by a former Speaker of the House of Commons who won donation money on Who Wants to be a Millionaire.

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   Trafalgar Square

   On this historical walking tour, you'll be treated to the story of how fourteen construction workers celebrated the monument's completion in 1843 by using a pulley system to eat an exclusive steak-and-champagne dinner at the very top of the statue.

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7. 7

   St. Martin-in-the-Fields

   On this audio journey, you'll explore a historic church that was expanded by Henry VIII simply because he was irritated by the view of plague victims being carried past his palace windows.

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   On this GPS-guided walk, you'll tune into the story of the station yard's pointed monument to Eleanor of Castile, whose 13th-century organs were famously divided up and buried in three separate tombs across England to preserve her remains.

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9. 9

   On this smartphone walking tour, you'll find out how this lush park sits right over a massive Victorian sewage network and boasts a tree canopy dense enough to be officially classified as a forest by UN standards.

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    Cleopatra’s Needle

    On this final tour stop, you'll hear about how the flanking Victorian sphinxes by this 3,500-year-old obelisk were accidentally installed backward, facing toward the monument instead of away to protect it.

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Treffpunkt

This tour starts at Westminster Pier. Before arrival, please install the mobile app and use the code provided on your confirmation ticket. Detailed starting point instructions are available after downloading.

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Abholung

• Alle treffen sich am Startpunkt

Gut zu wissen

• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• Mobile or paper ticket accepted
• One per booking
• VOICEMAP CODE ─── Please check your email at the address you provided when you made this booking. You've been sent an eight character code you'll need to redeem your tour. This code can be used by every member of your party. If you've booked for three people, for example, three people can download this tour using the same code. DOWNLOAD INSTRUCTIONS ─── Once you've received your code, please follow these steps: Install the VoiceMap Audio Tours mobile app Create an account Select Tour Codes from the menu, then select Enter Codes Enter your code then select Download Now PLEASE NOTE ─── You can download the tour at any time, before or after your booking date. It's best to download before you set off for the starting point. This tour follows a set route and includes turn-by-turn directions. It works best if you start it in the right place and follow the directions from one location to the next. When the download completes, you'll see a screen with a photo of the starting point and directions to it. The red start button will become active when you are at the starting point. Remember to bring your own headphones, unless you have booked a driving tour. SUPPORT ─── For technical support and other queries, please email [email protected]

Stornierung und Erstattung

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.