Greater London Trip Overview
Experience a side of London that few encounter – the dark, secret world of international espionage. Discover the real-life sites, both past and present, used as headquarters for Britain’s top intelligence service and infamous double agents.
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Duration: 3 hours
Starts: Greater London, United Kingdom
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Experience a side of London that few encounter – the dark, secret world of international espionage. Discover the real-life sites, both past and present, used as headquarters for Britain’s top intelligence service and infamous double agents.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Westminster, Victoria Street at Parliament Square, London SW1P 3PA England
The tour will start and finish in style at the St Ermin’s Hotel; former headquarter of MI6, where an original coded message written on silk hangers in the lobby – hunt it down and try to crack the code.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: St. James’s Park, Horse Guards Road The Storeyard, London SW1A 2BJ England
St James’s Park is the oldest of London’s eight Royal Parks and covers an area of nearly 57 acres.
Surrounded by three palaces, the park is a popular filming location and was featured in the 2002 James Bond film ‘Die Another Day’.
Stroll through the park with your storytelling guide to board your luxury mini-coach.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Grosvenor Square, Mayfair Apartments 9 Charles Street Mayfair Apartments, London W1J 5DL England
Pass by the Millennium Hotel Grosvenor Square, currently undergoing refurbishment, and find out about its part in the 2006 poisoning of former KGB man and exile Alexsander Litvinenko.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Thames River, London England
See the home of MI6- famously featured in several James Bond movies – the headquarters of MI5 and visit the public ‘dead drop’ sites where spies exchanged top-secret information. Discover the locations used by Intelligence Services to recruit their agents, and be shaken and stirred by the stories of some of Britain’s most infamous traitors and double agents who passed top-secret information on to the Soviets.
Duration: 50 minutes
Stop At: Westminster, Victoria Street at Parliament Square, London SW1P 3PA England
The tour will start and finish in style at the St Ermin’s Hotel; former headquarter of MI6, where an original coded message written on silk hangers in the lobby – hunt it down and try to crack the code.
Duration: 10 minutes
