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London: Money & Power Walking Tour – Babylon to Bitcoin
(6) Reviews
London
Important Information
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Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
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Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
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Not recommended for pregnant travelers
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
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All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
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Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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Explore the fascinating interplay of money, magic, and power through the lens of London’s iconic financial district—the Square Mile. On this walking tour, uncover what money truly is at its essence and track its incredible journey from ancient clay to digital tablets. Discover how myth, ritual, and commerce have shaped the City of London into a global powerhouse.
Tour Highlights:
- Step inside a hidden Roman temple, where the Sun God points to the origins of banking and the roots of money.
- Discover why, in the City of London, money really does grow on trees.
- Traverse the winding backstreets and secret alleys of the Square Mile to follow the remarkable evolution of money—from clay tab...
Highlights
2 hours and 45 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
2 hours and 45 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Local Guide
PDF Overview of Tour
Private transportation
Meeting Points
Departure
52-54 Cannon St
We meet outside Pret on 52-54 Cannon St, London EC4N 6LY, UK.
You will recognize me by my longish hair & beard, and you'll see a dragon on my backpack.
Return
The Garden at 120
We conclude on top of this beautiful building where you can continue to enjoy the view and optionally have something to drink/eat.
London: Money & Power Walking Tour – Babylon to Bitcoin
(6) Reviews
London
About
Explore the fascinating interplay of money, magic, and power through the lens of London’s iconic financial district—the Square Mile. On this walking tour, uncover what money truly is at its essence and track its incredible journey from ancient clay to digital tablets. Discover how myth, ritual, and commerce have shaped the City of London into a global powerhouse.
Tour Highlights:
- Step inside a hidden Roman temple, where the Sun God points to the origins of banking and the roots of money.
- Discover why, in the City of London, money really does grow on trees.
- Traverse the winding backstreets and secret alleys of the Square Mile to follow the remarkable evolution of money—from clay tab...
Highlights
2 hours and 45 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
2 hours and 45 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Local Guide
PDF Overview of Tour
Private transportation
Meeting Points
Departure
52-54 Cannon St
We meet outside Pret on 52-54 Cannon St, London EC4N 6LY, UK.
You will recognize me by my longish hair & beard, and you'll see a dragon on my backpack.
Return
The Garden at 120
We conclude on top of this beautiful building where you can continue to enjoy the view and optionally have something to drink/eat.
See how Religious institutions to the story of Money, Magic and Power right from the beginning.
10 minutes
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Royal Exchange Building London
Founded in 1566 as England’s first purpose-built trading floor. Rebuilt twice after fires; now houses luxury shops beneath its neoclassical facade.
10 minutes
3
London Mithraeum Bloomberg SPACE
Discover: the origin of money magicians, the oldest financial transaction and money from before the Romans arrived.
20 minutes
4
St Edmund, King and Martyr Church
It was around this location that modern western Banking was birthed.
10 minutes
5
Jamaica Wine House
Said how the first coffee house in London played a crucial role in early finance.
5 minutes
6
Change Alley
This alley was the epicenter of London's financial world in the 17th and 18th centuries.
10 minutes
7
Bank of England Museum
We tell the story of modern money and trade, how it changed shape and in turn the world itself. It's stories entail the beheading of a King, Companies that developed an empire to the advent of modern day money: The digital dollar and bitcoin.
20 minutes
8
Equestrian Statue of the Duke of Wellington
How a speedy pigeon reporting the news of the war (Wellington and Napoleon) turned enabled massive manipulation of the markets.
5 minutes
9
Statue of James Henry Greathead
We discuss what Industrial revolution meant for the City, next to one of the pioneers of the Industrial revolution.
10 minutes
10
St. Mary Woolnoth Church
This church has been at the centre point of history of debt, slavery and Christian values.
10 minutes
11
Lloyds Building
How this Insurance company helped shape empire and the world.
10 minutes
12
Plantation Lane
This outdoor installation is perfect for us to consider the movements of times and tides of money and finance and power.
5 minutes
13
Leadenhall Market
We get back to financial roots at this ancient market, and we talk Dragons!
10 minutes
14
Fen Court Garden
Public space with the Gilt of Cain sculpture, memorializing the City’s role in the transatlantic slave trade.
10 minutes
15
Garden at 120
We take a fresh perspective as we conclude the tour.
