Walking Tours of UK
United Kingdom is also offers a variety of different tourist options to its visitors. The tourists in the United Kingdom have a variety of guided tours such as hiking, historic sight seeing and many others.
Walking Tours
The concept of walking tours originated I the city of London. The tourism industry in the city of London took the tourists actually into the history of the city. In some of the tours the tourists actually dive down into time. The walking tours took the tourists through some of the most specific time lines.
Jack the Ripper’s Sinister London Walking Tour
The City of London has seen some of the biggest crimes that were committed in the history. London has also been a hub of criminals epically in the 17th and the 18 centuries. Some of the most famous detectives who were myths are based in London namely Sir Author Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes and also Agatha Christie’s Hercule Pirot.
Jack the Ripper’s sinister London tour is based on the story of Jack the Ripper in the yare 1888. The tour takes the tourist through a variety of crime stories, plots and also the famous Whitechapel serial murders. These murders were allegedly committed by jack the Ripper, the world first serial killer. The atmosphere in the tour is so sinister that the tourists actually start shivering by the end of the tour.
The tour is basically routed in the Eastern Part of the London City. The tour starts form two points the first point is the 258 Vauxhall Bridge Road and the other one is at is at the Strand Palace Hotel.
The tour takes the tourists through many crime scenes of the city. The tourists walk through the mist filled alleys, deep and sinister alley ways of the dark London where notorious criminals once prowled after dark. The way is enlightened by the Gas lamps even today. In some parts of the tour the tourists actually walk along the foot steps of Jack the Ripper. The tourists experience the unsolved mysteries of the Whitechapel murders. The tour follows the whole case that finally leads the Scotland Yard to Queen Victoria herself. The guide form London Blue Badge Guides takes the visitors through a series of five crimes.
The Supper
The tour stops at one of the most famous restaurants and pubs of London. The traditional supper that is offered in most of these pubs and restaurants is the popular supper of fish and chips. The whisky that is sold in these pubs is of the most astoundingly delicious taste. The cost of the supper is usually not included in the cost of the tour. The cost of the supper is also payable locally.
Finally the tour returns to the Victoria Train Station at 10.30 pm. The total duration of the tour is about three thrilling hours. In case of bad weather the progress of the tour is limited. Hence the tour lasts for about three and a half hours. One must note that the tour is held only on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.