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Oldest London Restaurant & Covent Garden Guided Tour
(8) Reviews
London
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Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Get yourself a Cocktail at the Famous Rules Restaurant after retracing the steps of Covent Garden’s elite, their bizarre history and secrets.
Step into the glamorous and scandalous world of old London on our Covent Garden guided tour and learn the history of the rich, the royal family and the city’s most powerful people. Hear about the British ballet dancer organising a coup behind closed doors, the nefarious coffee house owned by London's most feared female gangster and the deadly argument between actors about their wigs.
Gossip with us about the affairs of the aristocracy and the monarch’s mistresses before escaping to London’s oldest restaurant, Rules. Immerse yourself in high society a...
Highlights
2 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
2 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Professional English-speaking guide
Exclusive entry to Rules Restaurant before public opening hours
Guided walking tour of Covent Garden
Gratuities
Option to buy yourself at cocktail at the beautiful Rules Restaurant
Snacks
Meals
Meeting Points
Departure
K6 Telephone Boxes
Meet your guide where James Street meets the Covent Garden Piazza. Your guide will be holding an orange umbrella. Please adhere to Rules Restaurant dress code of avoiding shorts, joggers, tracksuits, or sportswear.
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London's oldest restaurant and cocktail bar
Oldest London Restaurant & Covent Garden Guided Tour
(8) Reviews
London
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Get yourself a Cocktail at the Famous Rules Restaurant after retracing the steps of Covent Garden’s elite, their bizarre history and secrets.
Step into the glamorous and scandalous world of old London on our Covent Garden guided tour and learn the history of the rich, the royal family and the city’s most powerful people. Hear about the British ballet dancer organising a coup behind closed doors, the nefarious coffee house owned by London's most feared female gangster and the deadly argument between actors about their wigs.
Gossip with us about the affairs of the aristocracy and the monarch’s mistresses before escaping to London’s oldest restaurant, Rules. Immerse yourself in high society a...
Highlights
2 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
2 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Professional English-speaking guide
Exclusive entry to Rules Restaurant before public opening hours
Guided walking tour of Covent Garden
Gratuities
Option to buy yourself at cocktail at the beautiful Rules Restaurant
Snacks
Meals
Meeting Points
Departure
K6 Telephone Boxes
Meet your guide where James Street meets the Covent Garden Piazza. Your guide will be holding an orange umbrella. Please adhere to Rules Restaurant dress code of avoiding shorts, joggers, tracksuits, or sportswear.
One of London's most famous streets for retail. A bustling and lively street filled with shops and boutiques.
10 minutes
2
flat 9, 118 Long Acre
The apartment where prima ballerina Margot Fonteyn lived at this apartment for most of her life. Known as the greatest ballet dancer of her generation, perhaps of all time.
10 minutes
3
Floral Court
A secret garden hidden behind the large building of the shopping district. A great example of Green-Urbanism.
5 minutes
4
A famous street for shopping which takes you to the north-west entrance of the Covent Garden Piazza.
5 minutes
5
St Paul’s Church Covent Garden
Known as the "Actors Church", the historical St. Pauls backs onto the Piazza and is known as much for its plays and performances as its sermons.
10 minutes
6
Glossier London
Make-up brand that originated from the 2014 blog of Emily Weiss, the building was once the coolest club in London.
10 minutes
7
Covent Garden Market London UK
Was one called "Convent Garden" as it was a garden where nuns lived and grew food for the poor. It has had many incarnations since - a living enclave only for the 1%, a den of vice, an arts district, and of course a huge market. These days the piazza houses a small version of what it once was with a much smaller market filled with known brands and boutiques.
10 minutes
8
Covent Garden Street Performers
At the front of the actors church is where the famous Covent Garden Street performers take to the stage. You will often find jugglers, buskers, and magicians plying their trade on the cobbles here.
9
Royal Opera House
An iconic London theatre with its origins in the 17th century. Known for its world-renowned Opera and Ballet performances.
10 minutes
10
Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Historical London West End Theatre, built at the same time as the Royal Opera House but known for its more salacious stories.
5 minutes
11
Historical London Street where J.M.W Turner Was born.
12
Rules
London's Oldest Restaurant. Once frequented by Charles Dickens, Graham Greene, and Ian Fleming. Also known for its connections to the political elites and the royal family.
